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30 Jan, 9 tweets, 3 min read
I know I’ve been beating this redlining and wealth gap drum for 20+ years but here is a GREAT cliffs notes version.

But don’t take @ambermruffin’s word for it. You should get references...

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How homes in Black neighborhoods are undervalued by $156 billion

theroot.com/if-you-want-to…
Every major bank in the US has been sued for mortgage discrimination and a study that included every mortgage in America found that Banks charge higher interest rates to nonblack customers

theroot.com/redlining-2-0-…
theroot.com/your-bank-is-a…
Baltimore redlined areas in 1935 vs Baltimore Drug arrests in 2016
yesmagazine.org/issue/black-li…
When she said Blacks and whites use illegal drugs at the same rate. That came from the National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health, which includes weed as an illegal drug.

Now that marijuana is legal in most states, experts think illegal drug use will skew white.
The average nonwhite school district gets $2,226 less per student

edbuild.org/content/23-bil…
theroot.com/redlining-the-…

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1 Feb
Some people thought this was a snarky remark, so I'll answer:

A LOT of people thought @BeschlossDC meant OPENLY "violence-prone, racist anti-Semites" striding around the U.S. Capitol as elected members.

But here's your answer.

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So we won't be here all day, let's start with post-Civil War Congressional members. I'm not picking & choosing. I could easily mention slaveowners like Preston Brooks, who almost clubbed Charles Sumner to death ON THE SENATE FLOOR for an anti-slavery speech

That's too easy.
When the Civil War ended, Sen. James Guthrie was in office. Guthrie didn't own a lot of slaves but he was in favor of whipping the ones he had and keeping them enslaved.

Why?

Well, here's how he explained it to THE UNITED STATES SENATE: Image
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Michael Harriot Profile picture
29 Jan
Have you heard that one about coming together and political unity after an insurrection?

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One time, after a contentious election, there was a group of angry white people. Because of their "economic anxiety," they refused to acknowledge the president. But THEIR economic anxiety was really white supremacy.

NO, I'm not talking about 2020. This was the election of 1860.
Lincoln wanted to ignore these racist idiots but—I don't know if you've heard about this—racists aren't known for their "letting-shit-go" qualities.

Very few people who own muskets and handlebar mustaches are described as "pretty chill dudes."

Look it up
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Michael Harriot Profile picture
27 Jan
Every neighborhood has a hustler. But my neighborhood had had one of the original kings of con men

his name was G-man.

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G-man was ageless. He could have been 32. He could have been 68. No one knew.

G-Man wasn’t violent and he wasn’t a thief. You could leave your wallet in G-Man’s lap and he’d bring it back to you.

He was a church deacon and served his congregation faithfully...

I think
Now that I think about it, I’ve never met anyone who says they went to church with G Man but everyone knew G Man didn’t hustle on Sundays.

The other 6 days was “game on”

And G Man KEPT a job, which made everyone happy.
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Michael Harriot Profile picture
24 Jan
I have this theory that Lebron James has Hyperthymesia or an Eidetic memory and wonder if he’s ever been tested.

He displays the signs all the time.
Everyone has seen this clip of him recalling every play in a game.

This ain’t studying film. This is just instant recall.
And the interesting thing about it is that she didn’t ask him about the last few seconds at the end of the game. It’s just a random point in 48-minute game
He does the same thing in this clip. But if you listen closely, he’s going to make a reference to something ANOTHER player did in ANOTHER GAME from ANOTHER YEAR
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23 Jan
#istandwithkrystina because... Well...

White people are racist.

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I don't understand why white people can't understand that there is a difference between "white people are racist" and "ALL white people are racist."

Sometimes, for shits and giggles, I arbitrarily use the words "white people" just to see how many "not me" responses I get
But here is the crazy part:

WHITE PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME!

How many Black people have ever been put in the position of speaking for Black people like we walk around taking polls and surveys.

ESPECIALLY if you are a Black writer.
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18 Jan
Here are some of my favorite stories about Martin Luther King Jr. that you won't hear today from people who wanted to paint him as this adorable teddy bear and not the radical that he was.

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King was a hustler.

One time, he rode the bus to Dublin, Ga. to enter an oratorical contest about the Constitution for kids from 12-16. Now, this was in 1944, when the U.S. was in WWII.

All the little children give their speeches about Black people in the land of opportunity.
When it was King's turn, he GOES OFF!

He was supposed to be talking about FREEDOM! But he says: "Black America still wears chains. The finest Negro is at the mercy of the meanest white man."

He asked why we were fighting for somebody ELSE's freedom when we ain't free?
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