Fascism creeps. It does not announce itself. Just today a governor proposed a law that would allow drivers to hit and kill protesters he disagrees with and a senator put out an ad that joked(?) about "eliminating liberal scribes."
Meanwhile, the president flirts with the possibility that he will not abide the results of the election if he does not deem it legitimate, and he openly asserts that he is entitled to additional terms in office beyond those allowed by the constitution.
The president and attorney general are praising the extrajudicial killing of a suspect, making it clear that those accused of certain crimes can be subject to summary execution by the state, without trial or an attempt to arrest the suspect. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
At the same time, politicians are praising the "incredible restraint" shown by a white supremacist who travelled across state lines and murdered two individuals. They're practically salivating at the idea of right wing militants roaming the streets. thedailybeast.com/thomas-massie-…
Some states have relied on antiquated and rarely-enforced laws to crack down on dissent and arrest protesters. Others, like Tennessee, have passed new laws criminalizing dissent by prohibiting certain forms of assembly and protest. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…
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Tonight, we’ll be live tweeting from our second #HerDreamDeferred event! #SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence - An Advocacy-based Book Club.
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In June of last year, #SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence co-authored by Professor KimberléCrenshaw and the African American Policy Forum was published.
#Juneteenth is an important holiday that commemorates the freedom of enslaved people in the US country. #FreedomToLearn
This year, Juneteenth arrives at a time when the knowledge of our ancestors and Black studies is under attack across the nation. #FreedomToLearn
As we celebrate our ancestors quest to liberation, we must also continue the fight by defending our #FreedomToLearn. Visit freedomtolearn.net for more info.
We start by wishing @KhalilGMuhammad a very happy happy birthday! 🥳🥳🥳
.@KhalilGMuhammad on the ugliness of the recent College Board revelations: "We have caught the @CollegeBoard in all the lies that they created from from day one in terms of when this controversy emerged." wsj.com/articles/colle…
How did we go from a racial reckoning to bans on Black studies? How did @CollegeBoard go from introducing an AP African American Studies (APAAS) course to appeasing authoritarians who seek to prevent the transmission of knowledge?
A thread. 🧵⬇️ 1/
August 2022: 60 high schools across the US offer a pilot course in APAAS, which @CollegeBoard began developing during the “racial reckoning” of 2020 as anti-racist protests swept the nation following the murder of George Floyd. 2/
September 2022: Flagship conservative magazine National Review publishes a screed denouncing APAAS as “leftist indoctrination,” arguing that Republicans in power should reject APAAS because the course “run[s] afoul of the new state laws barring CRT.” 3/
Under the repressive laws attacking teaching about race, "this kind of documentary can't be shown," says @sandylocks. "And I think it's important to recognize this and understand this." #TruthBeTold#TheNeutralGround
.@gocjhunt discussing the title of his film, The Neutral Ground. No, it's not about some mythical political neutrality. (Reviewers— that's a clear indicator you didn't watch the film!)