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7 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
ANYTIME we try to criminalize COVID (mask violation/home orders/etc.) it will disproportionately impact Black people more than others. Criminalizing public health doesn’t help anyone and in fact hurts more Black people. Criminalization negatively impacts public health. Period.
This isn’t hyperbole. As more research continues being conducted, we know what the data show. BIPOC—who are already bearing the brunt of the pandemic—are more likely to be policed and punished for COVID-related orders. Criminalization is not a solution. communityresourcehub.org/resources/unma…
What we must focus on is distribution AND administration of Black folks being vaccinated. It is important.
Stop believing a racist carceral system will drive solutions that help people when it never has.

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22 Dec 20
It’s heartbreaking that we are so used to this country “giving” us crumbs that we are expected to willingly acquiesce to the little they give us. This is not about being thankful or grateful, but about political ping-pong that will always impact marginalized folks.
As if we don’t see billions going to “democracy programs” in the same places we’ve actively started conflict and war. As if we don’t see airlines being bailed out and as if we don’t recognize corporations being given billions.
And to be clear, none of this is just given to us, which is why conditions (taxes, income levels, etc.) have been placed on it as a condition of receipt. This is OUR money.
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22 Dec 20
I think... many people... don’t actually understand the Tuskegee Experiment.
Someone shared this but want to link again: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you…

I’ve listened and you won’t regret it.
And I want to be very clear: we know there are specific reasons Black people have a mistrust for doctors and the medical profession. There is a history of racism, sexism, LGBTQ-antagonism, and fatphobia.

Medical racism has existed and in many ways still do.
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21 Dec 20
And y’all wonder why I criticize the Democratic Party.

And y’all wonder why I criticize Nancy Pelosi and say she has NO business being speaker.

Electeds argued over $600 and then called it a “significant” amount for families in this country.

This is a joke.
Of course people will say this was taken out of context. No.

She is speaking to the direct payment Democrats offered that Republicans did not, then called it "significant." This is what Pelosi and older Democrats do -- pivot to Republicans to make themselves seem like heroes.
And people are dying. I'm not about to argue about Nancy Pelosi and her statements. Under NO stretch of the imagination, should the word "significant" ever have been used. Ever. $1,200 was the compromise. This is not good, or a blessing, or life-changing.
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21 Dec 20
Candiace keeps making these comments under her breath about Monique and claiming to be traumatized. Whew. #RHOP
They gaslight Monique so much. It is CLEAR that Candiace’s hand was in her face. These women have NEVER been in fights before and that much is clear. #RHOP
It’s only difficult for Candiace to relive because her hands don’t move as fast as her mouth. All of these tears and still being combative w/@iammrssamuels and claiming she is scared and traumatic. All these fake tears and dramatics. Tired of it. #RHOP
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21 Aug 20
[THREAD FOR BLACK MEN] I finally listened to Megan Thee Stallion's live video of her explaining the night Tory Lanez shot her. It was heartbreaking and painful to hear, particularly because she made it as a result of people saying she was lying. This happens to Black women often.
The other week, I made a thread explaining why many Black men *incorrectly* believe we're the most oppressed. We are not. Trust me. You know that, too.
Part of that is because we ignore our own patriarchal violence and other parts is because we don't even take Black women into consideration as much as we think. Yes, that even goes for us who believe we are in active solidarity with them.
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29 Jun 20
I want to talk about a terrible Supreme Court decision that was handed down right before us winning abortion access and very few are discussing it.
In USAID v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., the Supreme Court ruled that enforcement of law requiring foreign orgs. receiving funds to fight HIV/AIDS to have policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking does not violate the First Amendment.

This is wrong.
This means the the Court upheld the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath (APLO), a 2003 policy that conflate sex work with human trafficking and refuses funds to organizations that do not have a policy explicitly opposing *sex work* or sex trafficking.
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