Michael Harriot @michaelharriot Twitter profile

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

Ticketmaster be like: Concert ticket: $40 Venue fee: 21.32 Access fee $18.32 Paperless transmission fee: $12.03 Fee Fee: $8.84 Fi Fo Fum: $3.43 Cuz We Can Fee: $2.01 Might as well fee: $1.89 WTF you gonna do nigga, not go? fee: $1.38 Another dollar won’t hurt nobody fee: $1.00

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Michael Harriot

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So much of history has been whitewashed for the sake of making it palatable for white consumption that we are starting to perpetuate things that are not only misconceptions, but outright lies. A lot of what you're told about protests, MLK, etc. is wrong. A thread.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

Those “good apples” be quiet AF

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

They’re right. I don’t know what’s in that vaccine. I also don’t know what’s in Hydroxychloroquine. Or Robotissin. Or tea. Or anointing oil. Or the blood of Jesus. Shit, I don’t know what’s in people’s thoughts and prayers. Also, I eat hot dogs.

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Michael Harriot

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10 months

I don’t engage in ANY activity where oxygen is measured in time increments

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

Here’s a quietly wonderful thing I noticed: If you talk to someone who was in choir or band at a majority Black HS, you’ll eventually discuss those annoying fundraisers for uniforms, instruments, etc. & a SURPRISING number will casually say: “Oh, Dolly Parton paid for ours”

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Don’t let up, y’all. So far, all they’ve done is give us a three day weekend and changed the syrup logo. Police haven’t stopped killing us.

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Michael Harriot

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9 months

Guess they tried that in a small town

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9 months

Yo this is wild 😭 A group of white men attacked a black security guard after the security asked them to move their pontoon boat so the big Harriot can dock. They refused to & attacked the security guard. A group of black men seen & went defend him by beating the white men 💯🙌🏾

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Michael Harriot

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1 year

Matt Taibbi and Elon Musk rummaged through millions of emails & Slack messages from pre-Musk Twitter & all they found was employees deliberating & consulting w/each other about how to fairly apply & enforce rules. But I get it.. To a rich white man, that seems very oppressive

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Michael Harriot

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10 months

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

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Michael Harriot

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2 months

I googled their wives. We good, y’all.

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2 months

The Democrat Party’s WORST NIGHTMARE in one room. Stay tuned…

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

It was 80 degrees yesterday but when I went to bed, we were under a tornado warning. It just snowed. I’m sure nothing’s wrong.

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Michael Harriot

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1 year

If they say “get on the ground”’and you get on the ground, say “I’m on the ground” and you STILL get tased and pepper sprayed. What else are you supposed to do but run? So much for that whole “if he only he had complied” narrative.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Ppl keep presenting the "slippery slope" argument that if we tear down Confederate statues, we'll tear down statues of everyone who's offensive & eventually there'll be no statues left. Well, here's a complex, nuanced counterargument to the prospect of a statue-less world: "So?"

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Michael Harriot

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10 months

Y’all wanna hear the TRUE story of Nikki Haley? A thread

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Michael Harriot

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6 years

I’m just here to remind y’all that when a cop killed Brian Hundley, a jury found that the cop lied. Brett Kavanaugh threw out the verdict. He didn’t cry.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Thread: Nikki Haley said the Confederate Flag was a symbol of "service and sacrifice and heritage" I was born and raised in SC so I know a little about this. Here is the truth behind that statement:

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

I don’t understand the point of posting every time a police officer shows some humanity. It’s like me sharing a picture of the cashier of a grocery store and saying: “This is Amy. She gave me the correct change, insisted that I have a nice day and didn’t try to murder me once!”

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

“I don’t know what kinda junk they’re putting in that vaccine,” said the man in front of me at the gas station, as he paid for his hot dog and Monster Energy drink.

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Michael Harriot

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1 year

Elon is what Joffrey Lannister would’ve been like if he reached adulthood

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

You wanna know what white privilege is? Let's look at the credentials for the "Council to Reopen America" 1. Mark Meadows: Not only is Mark Meadows not a doctor, but his official gov't bio also says he only holds a bachelor's degree. That is a lie.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

Bloop.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Wait... Did Roger Stone just say “I don’t feel like arguing with this negro...”? Man...2020 is the wildest!

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

Slavery, segregation, voting rights, gerrymandering and abortion all have one thing in common: “States rights.” Since the first draft of the constitution, “Leave it up to the states” has been code for “Leave it up to the racists.”

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Michael Harriot

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7 years ago, I wrote a small piece about a man who was falsely accused of a crime. A few days later, I got an anonymous telling me to look up the woman they called “the evilest white woman on earth.” What happened next is the absolute wildest story you’ll ever hear A thread

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Elizabeth Warren is a real one

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Michael Harriot

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10 months

This is Whitekanda, an area was created by a race war, white fear, the prospect of an all-Black state, stealing land from indigenous people & one of the greatest real estate scams of all time. It is also the least racist place in America A thread

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Imagine how lit Juneteenth will be when slavery is actually outlawed.

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Michael Harriot

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5 years

Imagine if we treated black people's right to vote like we treated white people's right to bear arms

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Michael Harriot

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5 years

Thread: Today I learned the interesting story of Abaco, the island in the Bahamas hit hardest by hurricane Dorian.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Thread: 50 years ago, on Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago cops killed 21-year-old Black Panther, Fred Hampton Hampton's death wasn't just another police murder. Even more than MLK or Malcolm X, Hampton's murder might be the most important black assassination in US history. Here's why:

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Here is a gift to white people who insist they know what Martin Luther King Jr. would have said. A thread

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

I don’t care what kind of rumors y’all spread about Lauren Boebert. In my heart, she’ll ALWAYS be the high school dropout, multiple arrestee who married the guy who pulled his dick out at the state fair.

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Michael Harriot

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1 year

According to exit polls, Abrams had MORE support from Black men than Dems had nationwide. In fact, if every single Black male Kemp voter had voted for Abrams instead, she still would’ve lost Turns out, the “Black male voter problem” was a lie It was white voters. It ALWAYS is

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Turns out, we were the “shithole country” this whole time.

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

“Don’t Look Up” is a documentary

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

You wanna know why the Ahmaud Arbery story is so disturbing for a lot of us? Because many black people can recall a specific incident where we could have met the same fate. Here are 3 of mine:

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Remember when the Dow crashed and Obama said “I got this,” then H1N1 hit and ppl panicked but Obama said “didn’t I just say it got this?” then Ebola hit & O said “I told y’all mothefuckers I got this,” then stocks soared & everyone got free health care? Anyway (sigh) Good times

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Michael Harriot

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7 months

To be fair, the only reason Biles won is because she consistently does stuff that no one else in the entire history of the sport has been able do.

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7 months

Russia’s National Gymnastics coach wants rules changed after Simone Biles wins the World Championships for the 6th time. She said Simone “had no great performance, only difficulty.”

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

Greg Abbott has armed guards who don’t let people get close, daily testing for anyone he comes into contact with, a whole team disinfecting the Governors mansion and a medical staff on standby And he STILL got that shit I’m sure those unmasked Texas schoolkids will be fine, tho

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Every single person who has ever told me: “My mom whipped my ass, and I turned out fine”... Did NOT turn out fine.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Y’all demonized black people for welfare for DECADES because it “costs too much.” Then, the prospect arose that white people might not be able to pay rent, have a job or keep their business open & suddenly they found a WHOLE trillion dollars under the couch cushions. We see you

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

This is from one of the “open up the country” protests. You think I should wear this to the next Black Lives Matter rally? I’m sure everything would be fine, right?

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Never forget that the local authorities who voted to paint “Black Lives Matter” on city streets could’ve just voted to reform their police departments.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Stop saying you’re colorblind or you “don’t see color.” If the only way you can acknowledge someone’s humanity is to pretend their culture and history doesn’t exist, you need to examine yourself. Plus, I love being black. This shit’s dope AF when the cops aren’t around.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

They never intended for me to vote either, yet here we are.

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3 years

The founders never intended for Washington DC to become a state.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

It’s crazy that Trump got impeached and it’s not gonna even make the top 10 most fucked up things about his presidency.

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Michael Harriot

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5 years

Thread: A lot of white people were shocked to learn about the bombing of Tulsa from HBO's "Watchmen" while most black people are familiar with the bombing of Black Wall Street. Even historians mention these events as isolated incidents.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

I think Anthony Fauci needs to slow down on fully opening up until I can figure out what size clothes I wear now.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

This might be the most controversial thing I ever tweeted but it’s time America faces the truth about a group of beloved historical figures, so here goes: Blanche, Dorothy, Rose $ Sophia—The Golden Girls—were actually members of an organized crime syndicate. A thread:

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Elizabeth Warren treated Mike Bloomberg like Mike Bloomberg treated black people.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

My grandmother says white men once broke in looking for my granddad for riding whites in his taxi. When they heard him praying 4 God to spare his kids, they left. I asked if she prayed, & she said: “I couldn’t close my eyes. I had the pistol” This tweet is about the filibuster.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

We’re watching the Republican Party split into two factions: 1. White nationalists 2. White nationalists with merch.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

I’m out. I’m good. Just hungry AF and want the City of Birmingham to know that officer C. Lancaster is DEFINITELY the next Derek Chauvin

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Everyone's talking about impeachment and Clinton & Johnson as the only presidents ever impeached. But most people don't know WHY Johnson was impeached. So let me tell you the story about how not impeaching a racist president is a BIG reason why white supremacy lingers in America

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

That “anti-white” sentiment people keep talking about is just the erosion of what I call the “privilege of individuality.” White people aren’t accustomed to being lumped together and being defined by the actions of others. Welcome to the club.

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

Will Smith & Chris Rock just explained my position on microaggressions, white people saying the n-word and the entire concept of free speech. Everyone should have the absolute right to say whatever they want. But you can’t then restrict people’s reactions to what you said.

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

“White people’s raids be different.” - Breonna Taylor.

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Michael Harriot

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3 months

If Tracy Chapman doesn’t have a 7-figure endorsement deal for shea butter by tomorrow, something’s wrong.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

That Joe Biden speech was strange. He didn’t cuss or say anything racist or blame stuff on other people. He didn’t even start a “locked him up!” chant He was just up there speaking in complete, coherent sentences, not lying, acting like a goddamned adult... It’s just weird, yo

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Everyone believes Trump is using the USPS to sway the 2020 election. I don’t. I think this is about the 2016 election. Everything you're about to read has been publicly reported. I'm finna show you something. A thread:

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

Ironically, banning the nonexistent teaching of Critical Race Theory made a lot of people want to learn about critical race theory.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

One time, probably in ‘00, my niece said she’d wanna be in the Olympics if she was a boy “Girls are in the Olympics, too,” I said “I know,” she replied. “But they gotta do everything in a bathing suit.” I laughed my ass off But I think about it every time I watch the Olympics

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

Anyone who thinks this was staged has never seen Chris Rock act.

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this but your family DOES NOT want you to “try something different” with the macaroni & cheese.

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Michael Harriot

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2 months

The 25 white Republicans who wrote Alabama’s new anti-DEI bill may have inadvertently made college football (and all Division I NCAA sports) illegal Roll Tide.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

Black journalists have repeatedly asked for race-inclusive data on coronavirus but people keep wondering why we want to inject race into a global pandemic. Here's a list of reasons:

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

If you want to understand how white Supremacy works, 135 white people just rigged an election in broad daylight and they arrested a Black woman for knocking on the door to watch

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Michael Harriot

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This narrative that black people who want an accurate reflection of history are "angry and resentful" leaves us with one logical takeaway: White people don't want to know history because they can't handle the truth. A thread.

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Michael Harriot

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Sorry, guys. MLK wasn't about going to protest in a designated area and playing by the rules. His goal was to make people uncomfortable and cause chaos. He ADVOCATED breaking the law. It's almost like no one ever read the Letter from a Birmingham Jail where he said all of this:

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Michael Harriot

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This is a good point. When anti-vaxxers cite their freedoms, constitutional rights, and–the whitest thing of all–the Founding Fathers to rail against vaccine mandates, do they know what they're talking about? What if I told you this happens EXACTLY every 100 years? A thread.

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

One of the most popular misconceptions about black history is that over time, America has gradually become less racist and more tolerant. That is not true. Since y'all want a BHM thread, here's a thread about the evolution of racism in America.

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

Chef’s kiss for this headline

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Michael Harriot

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1 year

Told y’all

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Michael Harriot

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2 years

Remember: @laurenboebert is the least-educated member of the House & has been arrested more times than all the members of “The Squad”combined. More than ALL Black housemembers combined. But here is the best fun fact: Lauren Boebert has been arrested more times than Tupac

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Michael Harriot

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We’re never going to fix this culture of white on white violence as long as uneducated teen moms from broken homes continue to disregard the rule of law

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BREAKING: Rep. Lauren Boebert is the subject of an active police investigation into an alleged physical altercation with her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, at a restaurant in her district. A Boebert aide told The Daily Beast that no one was arrested.

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Michael Harriot

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My neighbor has a Trump yard sign so I bought the biggest Black Lives Matter flag ever. This is how the race war starts.

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Michael Harriot

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Hey, I’m pretty dumb and I’ve bothered all my lawyer friends too much this week, but... Can someone tell me exacly which “constitutional right” or exactly which “freedoms” white people think is being violated when they find out they can’t go in Walmart without a mask?

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Michael Harriot

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Kaepernick kneeled so that Snoop could cripwalk

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Michael Harriot

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I don’t ever want to hear how progressive New York is again. Y’all could’ve had Maya Wiley and elected Sgt. Ruckus instead.

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Michael Harriot

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Maybe they should focus on the so-called “real lawyers” who went 0-26 against my man Brian.

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FACT: Kenyan authorities have arrested a fake lawyer, Brian Mwenda, who has falsely been presenting himself as an Advocate of the high court of Kenya. He argued 26 cases before High Court Judges, Magistrates, and Court of Appeal Judges. He won all the 26 cases before his arrest.

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Michael Harriot

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Do y’all ever sit and think that Robert Mueller quit on us?

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Michael Harriot

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Joe Biden didn’t even ATTEMPT to save Florida from Hurricane Ian by drawing a new path with a Sharpie.

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Michael Harriot

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Breaking News: In a 5-4 decision, the conservative judges on the Supreme Court reject the final death row appeal of a Nazarene minister convicted of teaching Christian Race Theory. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issues blistering dissent, calling it a “crucifixion.”

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Michael Harriot

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1 year

I managed to get a copy of Twitter's new policies. Here are the top ten biggest changes: A thread.

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Michael Harriot

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1 year

Tyre Nichols was killed by Black, college educated cops who received extra training & passed required psychological exams How’s that “We-don’t need-to-defund-the-police-we-just-need-a-better-trained-more-educated-more-diverse-police-force” thing working out?

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Michael Harriot

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Instead of $740 billion to the military, we could’ve lowered it to: $739B + free laptops & internet for every poor student, $737B + 3 social workers in every police dept. in America, $735B and free college for 240,731 ppl Or, at least stop saying it’s for “National Security”

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

I only trust peer-reviewed research, so I commissioned a detailed analysis of the athletic achievements of everyone who has been critical of Simone Biles. Here are the preliminary results

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Michael Harriot

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If the Biden Administration doesn’t use this clip in a campaign ad as an endorsement, he doesn’t deserve to be re-elected

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Michael Harriot

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When the black delegation traded Kanye in the racial draft for a pick to be named later, no one thought they’d get a member of the royal family!

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Michael Harriot

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3 years

I always thought Kaepernick was right but I’m not gonna lie… I didn’t know he was THIS RIGHT!

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Michael Harriot

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4 years

How many Kyle Rittenhouses will be “patrolling” when people protest in the streets if Trump wins? How many Kyle Rittenhouses will be “patrolling” the streets if Trump loses?

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Michael Harriot

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I'll take this one. The idea that affirmative action or diversity, equity & inclusion policies equal lower standards is something that a lot of people believe. Instead of citing what "I believe" like Elon did, let's use facts & a something I like to called "math" A thread.

The Vigilant Fox 🦊

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Who Won? Elon Musk Debates Don Lemon Over the Impact of DEI Programs Lemon repeatedly said, “There’s no evidence” that DEI programs are lowering medical standards, a comment @ElonMusk believes is a “false statement.” Who is right? Musk calls on Community Notes to settle the��

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Michael Harriot

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On the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre, let's acknowledge that what happened in Greenwood was not a spontaneous eruption of hatred. That's the narrative that America likes to portray but what happened on May 31, 1921, is an example of systemic racism. A thread

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Michael Harriot

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I’m not a Bernie Sanders stan but when Anderson Cooper asked him how we’re gonna pay for Medicare for all he should’ve said “we’re gonna make Mexico pay for it.” It worked last time.

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Michael Harriot

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I had a professor who always talked about "the necessity of existence." Basically, some things should be created just so that thing will exist in the world. So here's a thread to RT anytime some1 responds to #BlackLivesMatter with "but black on black crime" like this yahoo.

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Michael Harriot

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I'm honestly starting to believe that Trump believes his only path to victory is to LITERALLY start a race war. And if you think I'm making a crazy, baseless accusation... I hope I am, too.

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Michael Harriot

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Three black deacons would’ve gone into a back room and counted that shit in 23 minutes

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Michael Harriot

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You do not EVER have to sharing video of a cop lynching a black man. Here’s why. A thread:

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Michael Harriot

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How can you “open up” a country if you didn’t have enough courage or intellect to shut it down?

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