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Historian: settler colonialism, labor, health-seeking, hauntings / Bylines: @TheNation @Jacobin @PRI / Work: @denshoproject / Book: "La Raza Cosmética"
May 5, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
Cinco de Mayo puts me in a mood. Ignorant white people have turned it into racist Halloween targeted specifically at Mexico. Here in Seattle we get the Cinco de Mayo fun run where "costumes aren’t just okay, they’re encouraged." 😠 If you're not Mexican or Mexican American and want to celebrate #CincoDeMayo today, please do it respectfully and without taking up too much space at a community event like @elcentro72's: elcentrodelaraza.org/events/event/c…
Apr 25, 2018 5 tweets 2 min read
If you're considering buying @sallykohn's new book "The Opposite of Hate" pls first read @IjeomaOluo's and @aminatou's comments about how quotes attributed to them were distorted, decontextualized, and invented. Kohn has shown 0 accountability but is reaping the benefits anyway.
Mar 17, 2018 31 tweets 8 min read
As Irish Americans, we can’t celebrate our heritage without first coming to terms with the fact that our identity is constructed on a foundation of anti-Blackness. A thread about that history for #StPatricksDay: In the decades leading up to the Civil War, Irish immigration to the US was reaching its peak with nearly two million Irish arriving between 1820 and 1860.