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I am at the end of my rope. A thread. Please retweet if you agree. Tagging @AustinLASchools @NickMelvoin @GavinNewsom @MayorOfLA @WeAreCTA @UTLAnow (1/13)
The constant UTLA rhetoric about being focused on keeping black and brown and poor students safe (never mind that I’m brown and LGBT, but whatever), implies that middle class and white students are less worthy of having their needs met. (2/13)
Because those kids have privilege it’s ok to discount the concerns of their families? All communities deserve a chance for in person instruction immediately, since health guidelines don’t delineate by neighborhood. (3/13)
One hundred and fifty five years ago today, on June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger stood on a balcony in Galveston, and proclaimed the slaves in Texas now and forevermore free. Today that day is commemorated as #Juneteenth
While General Order Number 3 freed black slaves in Texas from their physical chains, It did not remove the collective bondage of the black people in this state.
During Reconstruction, blacks by the thousands registered to vote in Texas. They built coalitions with unionist whites—some of whom were even of German stock—and elected their own or those favorable to their cause to state and local office.
#InternationalWomenDay2020 I celebrate and thank the incredible women who live their values, embrace their uniqueness and celebrate others ... It's a long list because there are so many brilliant women striving to achieve equality and challenge inequity #WeRiseTogether
