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14 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Ted Wheeler's choices in Black friends is rather concerning.

Mondaine and Hennessee have more in common than y'all knew!

portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/…
Shout out to @alex_zee. Been killing it on this protest trail.
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And no this does not come as news to me. But y'all like your facts from "established sources" so here we are.

I couldn't even finish reading that article. Fucking disgusting.

The NAACP doesn't deserve this. Black people don't deserve this. The protest movement doesn't deserve this. His victims didn't deserve any of this.

A whole monster.
And I don't think that his attempt to throw the NAACP into disaster by unilaterally giving Wheeler their unfounded endorsement was an accident either. He knew this was coming.

Seems to me like everything this Elbert guy does is meant to hurt Black people and our progress.

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Well dressed white lady at the BLM Ribs stand was talking to folks about the raid on the homeless camps earlier, so I got in and asked a few questions, specifically why she felt she had the authority to remove the encampment.
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One thing I love doing at work is making people admit that they don't know how to do something, and then forcing them (thru awkward silence and faux aloofness) to ask for help...

... only to tell them that I don't know either and to ask someone else.

Men be mad.

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And I'm the only Black male at my job so you know which "men" I'm talking about.

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This catches the coworker off-guard and creates unnecessary defensiveness.
Once the coworker is properly perked, verify that they have all the tools required to do the work themself, then force them to self identify their lack of training as the issue.

I call this "stewing" because this is where you really get the flavor. Best if others are watching.
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15 Oct
Took my dog in to treat an ear infection and she ended up getting surgery and a biopsy.

$1,000+ later... I'll be at the crib doing post-op care for a few days.
I think it's important to keep in mind that many of the people we see out doing the work in this revolution of sorts (protesting, fund raising, housing, organizing) are not "full time activists" and we are out here IN ADDITION to our already busy, difficult and stressful lives.
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Today's thread might be a little different. Gonna be some jumping around so don't worry if you get confused. I'll fill in the blanks later.

Police have a light presence a few blocks from Peninsula Park. They seem to be chatting it up.
Police walk through the park and are followed by activists.

As they ask for details about the event, someone tells them to check the website.
I count 3, maybe 4 chuds hiding in the crowd.

There's a lot of pizza, free shields, and signs are posted around the picnic area.
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25 Sep
Arbor Lodge Park

Somebody rambling on the mic under a cloudy moon. Not many people here. There's almost as many press and motorcade as protesters.
They blowing bubbles.
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22 Sep
This is the next speech I'm going to give at the protest lol...
I have enough people that like me.

I don't be in these streets looking for friends, I'm out here scanning for accomplices. I'm measuring the like-minded and those with adjacent goals for capability and commitment to principles.

I'm out here by moral obligation.
And along the way, we make friends, we share in love, we bond, we fight, we agree, we laugh, we dance, we clique, we compete...

That's all part of the process. But when we talk about centering... What's the big picture?

We don't HAVE to be buddies for Black Lives to Matter.
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