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6 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
This weekend I spoke to a black who claimed she wasn't going to vote for Trump, but that he had done a great job "With human trafficking" . I thought this was strange for a lot of reasons, but it ended up exposing yet again Facebook's failure to stop disinformation
First, it's patently not true, Trump has done no better battling "Human trafficking" than previous presidents & that's before you consider children who've gone missing from border interment camps
politifact.com/factchecks/202…
But this narrative plays into the conspiracy about #pizzagate & child abuse that bots & hate groups have spread online. Here's the catch though, many of you have probably never actually SEEN any of these memes or stories pop up on your timeline on Facebook. Why?
Because Trump/Russia/ suppression efforts target persuadable people or those that can be deterred. If you're GETTING these kinds of messages it's because Trump thinks you're uninformed enough to be persuaded to not vote or vote for him
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
So the next time you hear a friend talk about some insane conspiracy that just 'popped up' on their facebook timeline. Tell them that Trump thinks they're gullible, and the best way to prove him wrong is to vote him out of office

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5 Oct
In class I took all of my @morganstate students to the @StateMaryland website to check on their voter registration status. Several of my students pleasantly surprised me by showing they actually had their paper ballots in hand already. Which brings to mind something
Maryland is a blue state in presidential elections but has bounced btw Dem and GOP governors for the last 20 years or so. Registering to vote is very easy, keeping up w/ your registration is easy and there are several ways you can vote
The state is also 29% African American. I point this out because voter suppression doesn't happen automatically because the GOP is in charge or there's some critical mass of black people. It takes generations of policy and reinforcement
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30 Sep
The reflexive X Y axis of being turned off by Trump's behavior being directly correlated to education and class is why so much of the white left is ignored by actual activists and Black organizers.
Trump's behavior is problematic to many "working class people" assuming your definition of working class isn't exclusively white. In fact many white working class people have plenty of bad experiences with rich bosses/landlords who treat then like crap just like Trump
The whole thread above is a fancy grad school way of dressing up economic anxiety, which was NEVER Trump's appeal but an idea that the white left refuses to abandon.
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10 Sep
The wildfires out in California are so much worse than what most of our 24 hour press is covering consistently. This isn't a criticism, the 2020 campaign justifiably eats up a tremendous amount of airtime, but seeing the impact firsthand is terrifying
The sky in large parts of Southern CA are a burn umber, or even red regardless of the time of day. Because you can actually SEE the fires off in the horizon. Every single national forest in Cali is closed because of these fires. That's JOBS on the line as well
The #wildfires in Southern CA have burned over 11,000 acres in the last week. Which is more than every single professional and college football field in America.... Twice
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4 Sep
#NBA Labor can influence hiring but does not have final decision making ability. Labor's 'choices' for potential coaches are constrained by what ownership will accept. You're missing the larger picture here - Let the Merovingian break it down for you 🤨
Also, you have to look at why Nash is even considered HOF / Coaching material to begin with. He's not a champion, he's not even the best PG of his generation. He was elevated based on the same racially biased assessments of 'talent & ability' that have always defined the #NBA
Patrick Ewing had been an assistant coach for YEARS, he's a legit champion and HOF - couldn't get a whiff as a head coach. Now he's at Georgetown. Same story with many other black players with an interest in coaching
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1 Sep
Suddenly stories are being written abt #SundownTowns thanks to the brilliant writing on @LovecraftHBO - Much credit to the showrunners for educating America about itself in ways our public schools don't (Like the millions who didn't known about the Tulsa riots until #WatchmenHBO
Now, what IS a "Sundown town"? It's a colloquialism for a town or part of town where black folks knew they had to leave before sundown or risk police violence or vigilante violence from whites. They're part of America's unofficial apartheid policy
The presumption was, the only black people in that part of town were there to do work for white homeowners or business people, so once the sun went down they should be on their way home and had no business in that part of town. It's a practice that continues to this day
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28 Aug
So I filmed part of an upcoming documentary on @MorganStateU campus. I think this might be only the second time I've worn pants in public in months 😅 Image
I've always respected the staff I work with for TV but filming during #COVID19 Is a whole other level of stress and pressure Image
And yes that's a @starwars mask I'm wearing 👀 Image
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