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Rebecca Traister @rtraister
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I know that this race is too close to call but I just have to say that McBath’s path here, the fact that she is this close to victory on GA-6, is astounding. This is the district Jon Ossoff could not win. Dems! Get behind women of color!
Lauren Underwood, Sharice Davids, Ayanna Presley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Deb Haaland, Veronica Escobar, Sylvia Garcia, maybe Gina Ortiz-Jones...this is the future, looking to the women who have long been the democratic base, for leadership.
Reminded that I left out Jahana Hayes. (And probably others! I’m still catching up on lots of races)
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Whose challenges are framed as aggressive and whose are practically indiscernible as disruptions? Relevant to my interests:
This is power dynamic I write about in Good & Mad. @Ocasio2018’s civic participation gets framed as problematic, eruptive. But 5 white guys come for Pelosi from right & it’s just a tactical move. Women’s raised voices are problematic, men’s are comprehensibly professional.
More than comprehensibly professional: some people are granted political validity at the outset. Others are understood as chaotic, divisive, suspect and disruptive to legitimate politics.
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Also every white guy currently explaining the (extremely real) villainy of white women to me can take a seat until they’ve come to collect Joe Manchin, almost all of the Republican Party, and the vastest share of Trump’s base.
To be clear, that is not letting Collins, 53% of white women & MANY generations of their forebears off the hook! My new book is in part about ww’s eagerness to support a white capitalist patriarchy & in doing so leave their sisters to suffer. Which is what Susan Collins just did.
No wait, clearer: Not just leaving sisters to suffer. Actively participating in the further oppression and subjugation of people of color, women and men. But be clear—white women aren’t coming up with this horror all by their lonesome.
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Have been talking non-stop about how women’s anger is treated as both laughable and infantile. Thanks Orrin Hatch, for continuing to be a walking fucking advertisement for my book.
A reminder that 27 years ago, Hatch called Anita Hill’s story “too contrived...so slick it doesn't compute” and suggested that she borrowed it from the Exorcist.
Actually while we’re here, let’s check the tape of Orrin Hatch, laughing as he reads a passage of the Exorcist to Clarence Thomas. Who’s been on the Supreme Court for 27 years. nytimes.com/video/us/polit…
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It couldn’t be any clearer what Republicans in states like GA and TX are doing. They are purposely undermining voting rights for Black and Latino Americans. Here’s how they’re doing it:
1. #GA Republicans are holding up the voter registration of 53,000, mostly Black people. The state’s Secretary of State Brian Kemp who oversees the voting roll is in a race for governor against Democrat @StaceyAbrams: nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
2. Florida has barred ex-felons who have completed their sentences from voting in the state denying 1.5 million people the right to vote. A referendum on the ballot in November would restore voting rights to these people: nytimes.com/2018/09/26/mag…
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Continuing our mini-interviews with Reconsidering Southern Labor History contributors, today @m_hild & I talk to @JM_Thompson about his fascinating essay on #Atlanta #ATL , #labor, & #race:

#twitterstorians @SouthernLaborSA @lawcha_org

kerileighmerritt.com/joseph-m-thomp…
You can check out @JM_Thompson's website here:

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And please ask your library to order a copy of Reconsidering Southern Labor History today!

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Race compositions published by Governments have a lot of problems. Here is a table published by the US Census bureau - which claims that 96.8% of American population belongs to one race and only 3.2% to 2 or more races

To my mind there are issues here

factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableser…
Firstly the definition of "Race" itself is problematic.

"White" is viewed as a single "Race" - a deeply problematic notion given that "White" is merely a shorthand for several races - Anglo Saxon, Celtics, Germans, Italians, East Europeans, the Middle Easterners among others
Very few whites in the US would be purely Anglo Saxon or purely Irish unless they are 1st generation immigrants.

So the fact is - most of the so-called White population is multi-racial
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My Dear Igbo Compatriots, your leaders, not President Buhari, are your enemies

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Politics anywhere in the world is a fierce battle. Like war, all is fair in politics. In Nigeria, tribe & religion determine, to a very extent, political victories

I wonder if the above assertion is debatable. I have seen a lot to come to this conclusion
In my entire political life, i do not know a Nigerian politician who's loved and hated in equal measures like the current occupant of Aso Rock - PMB

Like all mortals, PMB has his weaknesses and these weaknesses have been over-exaggerated by his political foes

That's politics!!
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here's a thread on how i deal with resentment and jealousy about opportunities given to marginalized groups i'm not a part of!

you should read this if you're in a majority group but have personally dealt with adversity, and are feeling unsupported.
for background: yes, all asian groups are marginalized (see bamboo ceiling, model minority myth, and do your own research).

southeast asians are especially likely to have lower socioeconomic status and lower education rates. that's me!
my parents didn't go to middle school/beyond, escaped vietnam on a boat, and don't speak much english. i went to a high school that almost lost accreditation (i would have lost my diploma) and the average SAT score was 1200/2400. so i get mad when people assume i had resources.
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#Fact 1 - The Wage Gap is real. People who says it's not haven't read the data.

However, in places like the USA, the wage gap is *not* mostly due to sexism like many #femnist #WomenInScience are claiming it is today. Disparate outcomes doesn't imply disparate treatment.
Women typically choose fields that are lower paying; even in the #STEM fields. To attribute that to sexism only or even mostly is a very dishonest way of deriving an answer for this complex disparity.

Sources:

cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/upl…

npr.org/sections/money…
When the US Department of Labor Statistics took into consideration personal choices, non-wage benefits, hours worked, experience, education, and other variables that contributes to the wage gap the percentage of earnings decreases to approximately 3%.

shrm.org/hr-today/publi…
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