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Kneeling NFL players are NOT disrespecting the flag or the nation. It's a protest against the excessive force used against people of color by police, and of our failure to hold those guilty of it accountable. I'm a white person who gets that, so I kneel in solidarity. #Nike
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Very disturbing story of whales being caught and illegally held captive to sell to Chinese marinelands was reported by @dodo and @CBSNews in the fall. Now re-verified by @snopes. Watch CBS video report here. cbsnews.com/news/russia-wh…
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UPDATE: Only Romaine Lettuce From Central and Northern California Is Unsafe, F.D.A. Says nyti.ms/2DM0gyf
@FDAfood 26NOV full statement:
@CDCgov statement issued 26NOV 845PM EST: cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o15…
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An academic philosopher discusses the moral pros and cons of staying on the troubled social media platform, and when to consider dropping it. Readers' responses are plentiful and diverse. nyti.ms/2zqSUx8
H/T NYT reader Mike in Dallas:

Protect your privacy as you do your health. Leave @facebook and then:

*Get a VPN connection and use it
*Use Safari and Mozilla as browsers
*Use DuckDuckGo for searches. Avoid Google and Bing unless absolutely necessary. 1/
*Get off all social media. (LinkedIn may be an exception for business relationships but don't use it for anything else.)
*Stay off propaganda sites no matter how titillating
*Access and support fact-based accountable journalism 2/x
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1/I noticed Brit Hume defending Tucker Carlson's remarks about diversity today, and it made me think about how ideas go from the political extremes to the political mainstream. I kind of have a model in my head for how this process happens.

2/The idea that an influx of minorities is dangerous to the fabric of a nation is a very, very old idea on the political right, of course...

amazon.com/Strangers-Land…
3/But that doesn't mean it's a *constant* idea.

Ronald Reagan strongly supported Mexican immigration. He signed an amnesty for undocumented immigrants.

In the 1980s, the Republican mainstream supported large-scale nonwhite immigration. What changed?

vox.com/2017/1/29/1442…
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20+ year businessman here: The NFL's actions over the past 2+ years has been astonishing, and this move will make it worse. This is mass career suicide & the league will cease to exist if someone with a spine does not take charge soon. thenationalsentinel.com/2018/07/20/cow…
Every business has 'Standards and Practices' guidance for employee behavior. NFL made this bed by allowing 1 person to bring a political statement onto the field and not stopping it immediately. At this point, no matter what they do- it will be wrong. Players vs. Fans= Bankrupt
NFL players, executives and owners HAVE to realize that they are engaged in a battle that they CANNOT win. A VERY large portion of their audience is being isolated by the protests & less fans means less $$$. #NFL
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“If you have burglaries that are not solved, if you see anybody black walking through our streets and they have somewhat of a record, arrest them so we can pin them for all the burglaries”

Police chief told cops to frame random black people to boost stats
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“You’re not supposed to be here. This is a good neighborhood"

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University of Louisville announced that the school's football stadium will no longer carry the Papa John's name after founder John Schnatter admitted to using the n-word during a conference call wlky.com/article/ap-pap…
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Thread: About a week ago, I, and a few other students, reached out to Marcus’ family about writing a etter to VCU on their silence surrounding the unjustified killing of Marcus-David Peters

#18daysfor18seconds #MarcusDavidPeters #vcu #rva #JusticeAndReformation #HelpNotDeath
We sat down and started drafting carefully pulling pieces out of VCU’s strategic plan where they have made promises to students and the community.

#18daysfor18seconds #MarcusDavidPeters #rva #vcu #HelpNotDeath
After review by the family, we were asked to read a portion of the letter at the march on Saturday. You can view myself and @khudaiii speaking here (and the other lovely speakers from Saturday!)



#18daysfor18seconds #MarcusDavidPeters #HelpNotDeath #vcu
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#TakeAKnee is
Against brutality directed toward minorities
Against divisiveness (for a show of unity)
Supports Amendment 1 of U.S. Constitution
Supports solidarity (power/credibility to make changes)
It's not done against flag or anthem
It's not done against our military/veterans
#TakeAKnee is
For liberty & justice for all
For basic human rights
For civility & civil rights
Against "ugliness" that exists in our society

Whoever doesn't understand this, just doesn't want to.

#IStandWithKaepernick
#IStandWithEugeneGu
#TakeAKnee

And, I wonder…

How many people partake in the flag/anthem ritual while watching at home/bar?
How many people partake in it while grabbing food and/or drinks at the stadiums?
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Y'all need to understand that entitled white racists call the police on people of color for simply existing because white comfort and white "safety" have ALWAYS included the violent removal and exclusion of people of color, BEGINNING with Native Americans and enslaved Africans.
White supremacy produced and institutionalized a warped and deranged sense of "safety" for whites only that REQUIRES violent harm and harassment directed toward people defined and perceived as "non white"
This is what happens when you build a society on racial genocide and torture. This is what happens when "safety" has been defined for and by white people as the absence of people of color FOR CENTURIES.
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