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I went to bed feeling betrayed--perhaps even enraged. I woke up, still feeling betrayed--but resolved. I still believe #AnitaHill. I still believe #ChristineBlaseyFord I still believe #survivors #women They have knocked us down, but not out. I still believe in the power of us.
Our perpetrators tried to stifle our voices too--and, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. We will not be silenced or moved. Today, survivors will keep organizing, sharing our painful and hard truths until the very last hour, and then we'll take our fight to the ballot box.
Survivors matter and we do vote--and run for office too! We have been ignored, but not silenced #midterms A vote to support #Kavanaugh confirms more than one man, to the highest court in the land, you are also confirming #privilege #entitlement #injustice
Let's talk about the racism by "Vieno Vehko," pseudonymous assistant prof from a USA Midwestern university. This article is not simply about "millennials." It is about Whiteness & how White academics expect to teach students like themselves
#marginsci
#marginsci
The piece is racially loaded in a way White academics & students have missed in their critiques. The author explicitly takes swipe at young people- but not equally.She begins with skewering Susie for not looking up 'lexical' in the dictionary. #POC can pick up that Susie is White 
The fact that "Vehko" doesn't use racial/ cultural words to describe Susie is the first clue that, not only is Susie White, but Vehko is too. As you'll see in this thread, White people only remark on the race for #POC. But Vehko is also policing Susie's White femininity.
(1/11) When I say..."The people closest to the pain, should be the closest to the power, driving & informing the policymaking..." THIS is what I mean. (A) When I wanted to break cycles of #poverty by strengthening pathways to #graduation, preventing #dropout #MA7
(2/11) for expectant & #parenting #teens, (still the #1 reason girls drop out, even with unplanned pregnancies on the decline) I invited them to the table to share their stories, struggles & to inform the #BPS policy we developed to better support them.
(3/11) (B) When I wanted to better understand why we were seeing an increase in #bicyclist & motor vehicle collisions, I contacted @bostonbikeunion I invited them to share their stories & struggles, 4 hrgs later, we had a crash data report & the 1st sideguard ord. in the country
#BREAKING:.@RandPaul.@SpeakerRyan &.@GOP in general ARE VERY CONCERNED about alleged #surveillance abuses when it comes to #Trump Admin, but when its allegedly abused on #POC for their social media posts? CRICKETS!! Hmm
#TheResistance #CNN #MSNBC #FoxNews
theguardian.com/world/2018/may…
#TheResistance #CNN #MSNBC #FoxNews
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#BREAKING:Congress MUST investigate why #POC are subjected to government #surveillance SIMPLY FOR what they post on.@twitter, #Facebook.--which by the way includes surveillance by.@SecNielsen's #DHS and #DoD cc @ChiefPentSpox @JacksonLeeTX18
#TheResistance #CNN #MSNBC #FoxNews
#TheResistance #CNN #MSNBC #FoxNews
#BREAKING: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the U.S. Military CANNOT ENGAGE IN domestic law enforcement. I guess this is yet another "NEW NORMAL" we have to deal with under the #Trump Admin--huh.@ChiefPentSpox?
#TheResistance #Surveillance #CNN #MSNBC #FoxNews #bbcnews
#TheResistance #Surveillance #CNN #MSNBC #FoxNews #bbcnews
I've talked before about Russian #disinformation, and how the goal is to exploit existing divisive issues to weaken the enemy. 1 #InformationWarfare #WednesdayWisdom #CambridgeAnalytica #Russie #Putin #deza
Bernie v. Hillary, Benghazi & the "email scandal" were perfect targets. There was already tension & division on those topics, so they were easy to exploit. 2
Russia also targeted #peopleofcolor (specifically black voters) to sow distrust of Hillary & the political process, which helped Trump's campaign. 3
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On #POC lawyering: A law school friend asked me why I was so white because I like opera &c. This is one form of POC exclusion (thread) 1/
ppl think #LatinxLandia is all cervezas tacos and burros and women in rainha da batería costumes. That happens-Not exclusively2/
now it's a platitude that cultures are multifaceted. The issue is who fits where, and stereotypes matter here. 3/
Thread: Some abusive, violent, transphobic, racist antisemitic gems from #TheResistance which I'm publishing soon at @PasteMagazine. (1/?)
Shout out to @MikeyAmman for documenting so much of the abuse nobody talks about which is hurled at people on the Left, including #POC (2/?)
#LGBTQ, god forbid Arab-American, people like Mikey, and countless other people, including women. See it here (3/?)
