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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

@esglaude

17 Dec

Who believes that $600 is a sufficient response to what is happening around this country right now? I know there are other much needed elements in the bill. But what is going on in the minds of legislators to think that $600 is sufficient?

We have to understand that the leaders of this country are CHOOSING this pain and suffering. Look at Europe. Nothing of this scale of suffering is happening there. Why? They are making dramatically different choices.

And don’t tell me that $600 is better than nothing. A dollar is better nothing! The question ought to be is it an adequate and moral response to the need.

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

@esglaude

2 Sep

We have to change the frame. Fighting over who is more committed to “law and order” reproduces a way of thinking that undergirds a problematic view of policing in this country.

@BreeNewsome

All too often the phrase, “law and order,” has been used to shift the blame and focus from police violence directed at Black people to the response of Black people to that violence. @BreeNewsome 2/

We see this, for example, in how “law and order” was invoked in response to the nonviolent marches of the civil rights movement. The marches were the problem. The likes of Martin Luther King, Jr and John Lewis were the criminals not the defenders of the Jim Crow South. 3/

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

@esglaude

2 Jul

@SchomburgCenter

Hugh Downs died today at the age of 99. His death reminded me of something. While researching _Begin Again_ at the @SchomburgCenter, I came across a beautiful exchange of letters between Downs and James Baldwin. 1/

Downs was the anchor of NBC's Today Show and wrote Baldwin expressing his admiration and his own desire to do more with his platform to address the issue of racial justice in the country. 2/

It took Baldwin awhile to respond, but in May of 1966, he wrote Downs from Istanbul. "I am less sanguine, perhaps than you are," he noted. "I may have shed too many tears already. 3/

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

@esglaude

9 Jun

@Morning_Joe

Let me explain my position on @Morning_Joe. When Democrats concern themselves about the political fallout over the slogan, “defund the police,” they end up, in most instances, captitulating to a certain framing of policing that is deeply problematic. 1/

@realDonaldTrump

@realDonaldTrump and Republicans will appeal to white fears and resentments. Use the tropes of law and order and accuse Democrats of being soft on crime. Responding to that accusation over the years has led to Democrats being complicit in building the carceral state. 2/

We can’t allow that frame to dictate how we respond to the demands of protesters. 3/

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

@esglaude

7 May

As we try and make sense of the brutal killing of #AhmaudArbery I can’t help but think of all the Black parents in this country who are filled with terror thinking about the safety of their children (whether they are an adult or a child). 1/

White Americans don’t feel this. They don’t have to worry about random white men killing their children while jogging. They don’t have to concern themselves about NYPD brutalizing their children because they are not social distancing or wearing masks 2/

They can brandish guns in a state Capitol in the name of their freedom. We can’t even take a knee. While they wait for more information about what happened to Arbery or for the decision of a grand jury, we have to manage our anxieties and beat back rage. 3/

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

@esglaude

21 Apr

@realDonaldTrump

Thinking about @realDonaldTrump ‘s tweet about immigration. The politics of it all seem pretty straightforward. He is playing to his base and using Covid-19 as cover to dismantle our legal immigration system. 1/

But this kind of politics, especially in a moment like this one, adversely affects how we respond to the crisis. In effect, for those who listen to the president, such a politics narrows the sphere of moral concern and limits the scope of how we respond. 2/

Trump and his ilk are only concerned about those who matter to them. And that affects how we address the glaring inequalities that have been exposed by the virus. (We’ve seen in the past how our hatreds narrow our view of the good) 3/

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