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11 May, 6 tweets, 3 min read
This one is tough but try to stay with me:

* Daniel Kaluuya won an Oscar for Judas and the Black Messiah.
* He is not Leslie Odom Jr., who starred in One Night in Miami.
* Neither man is David Oyelowo, who directed The Water Man, which is out now. indiewire.com/2021/05/jason-…
And it’s DAVID Oyelowo.
I’m just going to start introducing myself on red carpets as Lenny Kravitz and see how it goes. I apologize in advance @LennyKravitz for ruining your good reputation.
I joke but watch me have to issue a Notes press release stating that despite press reports, Lenny Kravitz hasn’t “let himself go,” it was just me testing a hypothesis, and many people’s comments when they thought he had were hurtful and unnecessary.

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This is rather extraordinary.
Honestly though, having @PhyliciaRashad as the Dean of one's school would be stressful. It's one thing to disappoint your elders in an academic environment, but that would be too much.
Get called into the Dean's office and see this on the other side of the desk.

Absolutely not.
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Time to dig into this race and Hollywood study by noted social justice warriors..checks notes...@mckinsey (Yes, a joke)

Headline is obviously that Hollywood is losing $10B per year by not optimizing for the economics of Black talent but THERE'S MORE (1/x) deadline.com/2021/03/mckins…
A lot more. But yes, "By addressing the persistent racial inequities [re: the Black community], the industry could reap an additional $10 billion in annual revenue—about 7% more than the assessed baseline of $148 billion"
"The few Black creatives in prominent off-screen positions (creator/producer/writer/director) find themselves responsible for providing for other Black off-screen talent. Unless >=1 senior member of a production is Black, Black talent is largely shut out" mckinsey.com/Featured-Insig…
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If the timeline is any indication, we are all willing to die to protect Amanda Gorman. #InaugurationDay
Black Harvard poets.
I might be a tiny bit biased.
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20 Jan
This fit and energy is why I will always have a place in my heart for Bernie Sanders.
As I was saying...
People seem to think this was a political statement when it was really just about me being generally curmudgeonly, hating being made to wait in the cold, and liking warm mittens.
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20 Jan
Still here, never left.
Every time I actually sit and really think about this.
I have been advised by my mother not to bother calling to wish her Happy Birthday until after they’ve been officially sworn in.
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