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16 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Sometimes when I’m enjoying a baseball game like tonight (Yanks clobbering the Os) I gasp thinking about how utterly disrespectful, outrageous & deranged it was for Billy Martin to call in Reggie Jackson from the outfield to replace him b/c he thought Reggie was fielding “lazy.”
Also racist as hell. Martin shld have been summarily fired & nvr hired again as a manager. To humiliate this Black man like this before a full stadium & TV audience. That Martin is so often described as “volatile,” & “hot-tempered” when he was unprofessional and out of control.
Just remembering Reggie’s confusion as he ran in; his embarrassment , and everyone just...couldn’t believe it was happening. Ugh.
Reggie was everything in our house. Ate more Reggie candy bars than is appropriate for a kid. He was a superstar -beloved by my Dad. Just to see him treated that way.....these are the lessons that stay w/you as a Black kid. I’m talking about it 40 yrs later like it just happened.

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A cable news host just said “there’s a difference of opinion right now about who is really American” and I feel like I’m going to lose it. What’s the point of the 14th Amend. if we’re going to credit these bananas claims to “Anglo-Saxon” heritage as some indicia of Americanness?
This country chose birthright citizenship (jus solis)& not the (common in Europe) “blood” (jus sanguiness) conception of citizenship in 1868, precisely to secure the legitimacy of citizenship Black ppl here. Yr claim to “Anglo-Saxon” heritage does not increase your legitimacy...
...or claim to Americanness or citizenship. Media please STOP making it as thought this racist, ignorant and uninformed “Anglo-Saxon heritage” mvmt is part of any legitimate debate about who is American and who is not.
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30 Mar
Yesterday I participated w/3,000 others in a Bystander Intervention training for discrimination & violence against the AAPI community. Hours earlier in broad daylight in NYC an Asian woman was brutally beaten outside an apt bldg. 2 security guards watched w/o intervening.
The video is nauseating. The assailant who commits this awful act of violence is unrelenting. The two security guards literally close the door to the building. I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society.
The perpetrator must be caught and face legal consequences. But the bystanders...I understand these guards have been “suspended” from their work at the building. This must become a moment for teaching & dialogue and change. What are our obligations to each other as human beings?
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It was only a matter of time before a revisionist attempt like this was packaged and presented. No, threats to the integrity of our elections is not a “both sides” problem, nor are efforts to undermine confidence in our elections. And these efforts didn’t start in 2018. 1/
Advancing the myth of voter fraud & “ballot integrity” programs targeted at Black & Latino voter has been a right-wing tactic for 40 years. In fact the RNC’s illegal efforts in this regard in 1982 had it placed under a consent decree for 30 yrs. brennancenter.org/our-work/court… 2/
SenJesse Helms (R-NC) launched a notorious “ballot integrity” program in his ugly battle to keep his Senate seat in a race against the popular Black fmr Mayor of Charlotte, Harvey Gantt in 1990. Helms’ campaign was sued by the DOJ for these activities. apnews.com/article/52589f…
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The courageous demand for full citizenship, the ugly violent denial, the passive bystanders. As it was then, so it is now. We draw strength from the resilience & determination of the #Selma marchers to whom this entire country owes a great debt.
#Selma56
Iesha Evans in Baton Rouge in 2016 protesting against police violence after the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
Minneapolis, MN on May 26, 2020 after the killing of George Floyd.
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Like many who were enslaved when they were born, #FrederickDouglass did not know his birthdate. He adopted February 14th as his birthday. He remains among the most brilliant, fierce, eloquent, prescient Black leaders and American patriots in our history. Heed his words. 1/
In January 1865 Douglass gave a speech “What the Black Man Wants” in which he pressed for the right to vote. Among the reasons:
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“...of treason... interfering with the quiet operation of the Federal Govt in those States. You will see traitors handing down, from sire to son, the same malignant spirit which they have manifested & which they are now exhibiting....with broad blades & bloody hands....” 3/
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So excited. Starting now, the world premiere of #MyNameIsPauliMurray at @sundancefest.
#PauliMurray was another among a litany of women like Ida B Wells, who many don’t know also challenged segregation in public transportation years before Rosa Parks #MyNameIsPauliMurray
Born in #Baltimore, raised in Durham, NC. Her mother died; her father institutionalized. Raised by her aunt (a teacher) in Durham. “The classroom was my second home.”
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