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Ten US military bases (Fort Hood, Fort Bragg, etc.), are named for pro-slavery #Confederate Army Generals who fought to destroy America. Let's rename them. Here's a thread with worthy candidates to honor. @AP @JeffreyGoldberg @ClintSmithIII @atrupar @john_sipher #BlackLivesMatter 
African American Crispus Attucks was the first American to die for the #AmericanRevolution:
#HarrietTubman, slave rescuer and spy, US Civil War.
🇺🇸🎙️Seconda puntata della rubrica sui Discorsi Inaugurali con @lelemonaco90. Il 4 Marzo 1829 giurava Andrew Jackson, e una nuova era iniziava per gli USA, una di violenza, di divisione, di espansione e di affermazione della presidenza. Il discorso 👉 bit.ly/2VXn2uU
Jackson è più presente nel nostro tempo di quanto si immagini. 20 città, soprattutto nel Sud, portano il suo nome, la sua faccia è sulla banconota da 20$, la sua statua a cavallo è al centro di Lafayette Square di fronte la Casa Bianca.
Nella cultura generale è associato di solito a due cose. Una è la deportazione delle nazioni native del sud est del Mississippi nell’attuale Oklahoma, il #TrailofTears, che liberò terre nel sud per i bianchi (e i loro schiavi).
Mês de novembro mês da Consciência Negra instituído oficialmente pela lei federal 12.519 celebrado foi incluído no calendário em 2003
A regulamentação não transformou a data em feriado nacional e fica a critério de cada estado e cidade optar por ser feriado ou não
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A regulamentação não transformou a data em feriado nacional e fica a critério de cada estado e cidade optar por ser feriado ou não
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Dos 5.570 municípios brasileiros menos de 15% consideram a data como feriado de acordo com o Estado de S. Paulo
Essa baixa adesão do feriado tão importante para 56% da população do pais, ou seja, mais da metade, mostra como vivemos em um pais completamente RACISTA!
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Essa baixa adesão do feriado tão importante para 56% da população do pais, ou seja, mais da metade, mostra como vivemos em um pais completamente RACISTA!
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O dia escolhido 20 de novembro faz referência à morte de Zumbi dos Palmares assassinado em 1695
Hoje no dia 02 de novembro feriado do dia dos finados fizemos uma pequena homenagem aos nossos ancestrais q lutaram pela nossa liberdade
#Aqualtune
#GangaZumba
#LuisaMahin
#LuizGama
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Hoje no dia 02 de novembro feriado do dia dos finados fizemos uma pequena homenagem aos nossos ancestrais q lutaram pela nossa liberdade
#Aqualtune
#GangaZumba
#LuisaMahin
#LuizGama
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Some things we learned in our journey of getting to know #HarrietTubman for this unique take on her personality, some of which you may know yourself/ (#minty is available on Youtube and Vimeo )
1)She was always considered a very independent girl/slave
1)She was always considered a very independent girl/slave
2)she had incredibly adult responsibilities as a child bc she was trusted and a self-starter, two qualities that would eventually lead her and many others to freedom
3)She was hit in the head w a brick thrown by a slave owner when she tried to intervene in a punishment
3)She was hit in the head w a brick thrown by a slave owner when she tried to intervene in a punishment
4)she developed narcolepsy but swore to her dying day it wasn't narcolepsy but a gift from God. She claimed God showed her visions in her "fugues", some that helped her out of some very risky close calls. She credits those visions with her successes.
Spoilers ahead! I've spent the weekend percolating on my thoughts after seeing @HarrietFilm Friday. While I liked the movie as a whole, there was one character/story line that did not sit well with me. When I thought about it, the signs were there.
In fact, I don't even know why it was in the film to begin with. Why on earth would the writers of this movie think it was okay to have a black antagonist in this? The antagonists should have only been the white people and the institution of slavery.
I loved watching Harriet on screen. She was strong and sure, and an inspiration. By contrast, every time Bigger Long came on the screen I cringed and not because he was the "bad guy."
Let's gooo! Welcome @RedheadProf @ericaadunbar & @dbcthesis2002. The @HarrietMovie Twitter chat sponsored by @ABWHTruth begins now! Be sure to use the hashtag #shecametoslay
@RedheadProf @ericaadunbar @dbcthesis2002 @HarrietMovie @ABWHTruth First off, how did each of you come to the study of Harriet Tubman? How did you encounter her in a way that led you to want to know more?
#shecametoslay
#shecametoslay
@RedheadProf @ericaadunbar @dbcthesis2002 @HarrietMovie @ABWHTruth There's plenty about Tubman's life that defies expectations and seems almost like fiction. What event or facet of her life surprised or stuck with you the most?
Homicide always requires a certain hubris: a pride that vaunts the "wants" or "needs" of the killer over the life of the killed.
That hubris is now on display with a posting from "Auntie Lynn."
That hubris is now on display with a posting from "Auntie Lynn."
That posting directs itself to the women of Georgia (and other States adopting "#heartbeat" #abortion restrictions).
The posting pretends to be an invitational note from an old Auntie who lives in New York. Well, no, it is an invitation so it isn't a pretense in that respect.
The posting pretends to be an invitational note from an old Auntie who lives in New York. Well, no, it is an invitation so it isn't a pretense in that respect.
The pretense is that it comes from one's Aunt rather than from folks involved in #murdering #uterine #children for hire. Auntie Lynn wants poor repressed mothers in #Georgia and elsewhere to know that #abortions will still be available to them in #NewYork.
To all the people, designated White by colonizing nations, who are becoming disillusion by your evangelical or Christian faith: When you walk away from Jesus you are not #woke. You are operating out of the white supremacy you say you abhor. 1/ #LiberatingEvangelicalism
When you walk away from Jesus and Christian faith to be “woke” you are walking away from a faith that sprang from brown, indigenous, colonized people. You’re walking away from faith born on the underside of empire in the context of oppressed peoples. 2/ #LiberatingEvangelicalism
You’re walking away from the faith of enslaved people who found such profound liberation in Jesus that they broke laws to gather together and worship in #trees! 3/
Here is why Cynthia Erivo, in particular, should not play Harriet Tubman.
TL; DR: There’s a troubling pattern of Cynthia repeatedly, deliberately, selectively *choosing* to not give respect to African-American heritage – the heritage of Harriet Tubman.
#HarrietDeservesBetter
TL; DR: There’s a troubling pattern of Cynthia repeatedly, deliberately, selectively *choosing* to not give respect to African-American heritage – the heritage of Harriet Tubman.
#HarrietDeservesBetter
Note: There’s an argument to be made against Africans/non-DOS Brits playing important African-American figures – & vice versa. Performance & perspective, where & how we take up space, larger economic & cultural issues at play.
Others have unpacked that; this thread won’t.
Others have unpacked that; this thread won’t.
This thread is about why Cynthia Erivo should not play Harriet Tubman, “the Moses of her people” & a sacred African-American ancestor. It goes beyond Cynthia’s birthplace, accent, heritage & even her association with an ethnic bigot.
It rests on a pattern of behavior & choices.
It rests on a pattern of behavior & choices.
The framing of @paularogo's @Essence piece on Cynthia Erivo is…interesting.
This response will be a long thread bc it's impt that:
◾️we step back to analyze the larger narrative that's being created ◾️Essence is aware that we're aware of deliberate editorial decisions.
This response will be a long thread bc it's impt that:
◾️we step back to analyze the larger narrative that's being created ◾️Essence is aware that we're aware of deliberate editorial decisions.
TL;DR: From word choice, to sourcing, to biased, inaccurate framing, @paularogo's article, "Cynthia Erivo Pushes Back On Criticism Of Her New Role As Harriet Tubman" amounts to an Erivo fluff piece that tries to further neutralize valid criticism of a very real, very large issue.
(Note: When referring to African-Americans, I'm referring to DOS (descendant of slaves, h/t @BreakingBrown)/DACS (descendants of American chattel slavery)/BADASS (Black American descendants of American slavery & sharecropping, h/t @kimmaytube)
