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Michael Harriot Profile picture
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Feb 15, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
If you've watched "Judas & the Black Messiah," and wonder what happened to the white organizations and the Black gangs he united, or how it relates to today,

I've written about them a few times:

A thread (just links, really).
First, to understand how these so-called "gangs" were even created, you have to go back to 1919.

theroot.com/the-real-watch…
And remember the group of white activists who teamed up with Hampton and the Panthers?

Well, they're still around.

theroot.com/the-caucasian-…
And the last letter in this edition of the Clapback Mailbag is the story of a bunch of white people who broke into the FBI headquarters and found a mysterious set of blueprints to a Chicago apartment:

theroot.com/the-roots-clap…

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May 7
This is not true. It has never been true. It is based partly on a misunderstanding FBI data and partly based on a widely perpetuated lie.

A thread.
First of all, let’s get this out of the way, NO ONE deserves hate. It is wrong

Yet, year in and year out, there are more anti-Black hate crimes than any other category.
And according to the latest FBI data there, are nearly 3 times more anti-black crimes than anti-Jewish crimes. Image
But of course, there are SIX TIMES more Black American than Jewish Americans, so people just divide the number of hate crimes by the percentage of the population and Jewish Americans are more likely to experience hate crimes…

Well, everyone except the FBI.
Read 18 tweets
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Apr 26
A few years ago, while working for one of the greatest sports franchises of all time, I learned a very important life lesson.

A thread
Every summer, my hometown's recreation department hosted a "stop the violence" summer league to keep kids "off the street."

It eventually became so competitive that teams would recruit out-of-town ringers, leaving local basketball players shut out of their hometown's tournament
My homeboys asked me to sponsor a team and I agreed. Unlike the other teams, no one on my team played college ball. They were essentially regular dudes from the hood who just loved basketball.

And yes, they were very "hood"
Read 24 tweets
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Apr 19
Many people don’t know that the phrase “crabs in a barrel” comes from an old Geechie Gullah tale.

A thread:
A long time ago, it was impossible to catch crabs. They were too crafty. Even when they got caught in a net, other crabs would come and free them. Then, one day, a fisherman found a crafty old crab in his net one morning. He was just about to eat it when the the crafty old crab said:

“Please Mr. Fisherman, don’t eat me. Please don’t eat me!”
“Why wouldn’t I eat you?” said the fisherman

“Because I’m crafty, old, & other crabs respect me,” the crab replied.

Fisherman: What good does respect do me? You ain’t nothing but a crab”

Crafty Crab: Well crabs are very stupid, and I’m smart. They’ll believe anything I tell them
Read 11 tweets
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Apr 18
7 years ago, I wrote a small piece about a man who was falsely accused of a crime.

A few days later, I got an anonymous telling me to look up the woman they called “the evilest white woman on earth.”

What happened next is the absolute wildest story you’ll ever hear

A thread
The story begins in 2017, when an editor asked me to fill in for a coworker and do a quick write-up about Lamonte McIntyre, who spent 23 yrs in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit.

I thought it was weird his conviction wasn’t actually overturned

theroot.com/lamonte-mcinty…
I got an anonymous tip telling me that I should look into it more. But I was filling in, remember. At the time, it wasn’t really my beat.

A few months later I just HAPPENED to be covering an unrelated story about cops who sexually assault women

theroot.com/kansas-finally…
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Apr 16
Good question.

A BETTER question is why is Youngkin so determined to give Klan-affiliated white women welfare by stealing money from Black kids?

A thread.
Contrary what people who don't read things say, the Virginia legislature is not "targeting" the Klan-affiliated, pro-Confederate hate group that is responsible for the "lost cause" by taking the tax-exempt status from the KKK's little sister.
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See, in 1950, Virginia GAVE the UDOC a plot of land to build their HQ in Robert E Lee Park with 3 stipulations

1. They had to finish building in 5 years
2. If they didn't, the land reverted back to the state
3. If they finished, the state would GIVE them an additional $10K
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Mar 21
One more thing:

In 1924, lawmakers tasked the census bureau was tasked with figuring out the “national origins of the white population of the US.”

If white people were from a certain country, that country was considered “Good.” Nonwhite people were from “bad countries.” Image
To preserve the country’s racial composition, they created a formula. Ppl from good countries could immigrate based on the % of pop. in the formula. Immigration from bad countries was limited.

And no Asians

This was why we call it the Asian Exclusion & National Origins Act Image
In 1952, they changed the formula to allow people from “bad countries” to immigrate at a minimum # 100

Except for Africans. Under the formula, ALL of Africa was considered 1 country

In 1965, civil rights activist convinced LBJ to sign the Immigration & Nationality Act Image
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