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21 May, 6 tweets, 6 min read
Hey there, so HOW THE WORD IS PASSED comes out June 1st and I’ll be going on a virtual book tour to celebrate its launch. I’m thrilled to be in conversation with some brilliant & thoughtful people.

All event details & registration info can be found here: clintsmithiii.com/events Image
I’ll be in conversation with @eveewing on June 1st at 7pm ET. Cohosted by @PGCMLS and @Loyaltybooks: eventbrite.com/e/clint-smith-… Image
I’ll be in conversation with @MsPackyetti on June 3rd at 8pm ET. Cohosted by @cwclub and @marcusbooks: commonwealthclub.org/events/2021-06… Image
I’ll be in conversation with @DrIbram on June 7th at 9pm ET. Cohosted by @LiveTalksLA and @BNBuzz: eventbrite.com/e/clint-smith-… Image
I’ll be in conversation with @minjinlee11 on June 10th at 8pm ET @HarvardBooks: harvard.com/event/virtual_… Image
And there’s much more. New events are being added to the schedule regularly so stay tuned to the event page on my website for the latest: clintsmithiii.com/events

And subscribe to my newsletter for regular updates about the book & tour: clintsmithiii.com/newsletter

Hope you join us!

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21 May
“A flurry of proposed measures that could soon become law...try to reframe Texas history lessons and play down references to slavery and anti-Mexican discrimination that are part of the state’s founding.”

Obscuring history is the same as lying about it.

nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/…
There is a state sanctioned effort to prevent students from understanding that the contemporary landscape of inequality didn’t just emerge out of nowhere, but is the direct result of a history that created it. nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/…
These people are so desperate to uphold a white supremacist mythology about this country that they are literally introducing bills that would, in essence, compel teachers to straight up lie about how racism shaped our current society. nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/…
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10 May
Before the pandemic, I traveled to one of the largest Confederate cemeteries in the country & spent the day with the Sons of Confederate Veterans to understand how the Lost Cause lives on.

This excerpt from my new book is the cover story for @TheAtlantic. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
At the Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, VA the remains of 30,000 Confederate soldiers are buried. Tombstones stretch across the nearly 200 acre land. Confederate battle flags dot the landscape to the extent that, from a distance, you might mistake them for small, red flowers.
When I was there, I listened as members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans told me a story about the Civil War and American history that was very different than the one I knew, different than the one that was grounded in reality.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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30 Apr
Some news: I’m excited to be the host of a new @TheCrashCourse series, Black American History. We’ve got 50 episodes to cover 400 years. So we can’t cover everything, but we do cover a lot. We’ll drop a new episode every week. I hope you’ll watch. We’ve been working hard on this.
I’ve been a fan of Course Course for years. I’ve learned so much from the videos they’ve made ranging from the French Revolution to Chemistry to Shakespeare. So when I was approached with the opportunity to host a new course on Black history in America, I couldn’t turn it down.
When I went to grad school, I felt transformed by everything I was learning & I thought a lot about alternative ways to bring Black history to people who may not be able to sit for hours with academic texts. This is one attempt to bring this history to folks in a different way.
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21 Apr
I wrote about how to many people George Floyd became a symbol, but before that he was a father. And in so many ways, the latter is far more important.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
When I see that photo of George and Gianna, I think about my own daughter, and of so many other little Black girls who are just children being children. Full of energy, curiosity, and innocence.
After I heard the verdict I hugged my kids, and I thought of how George Floyd would never get to do so again. The world can make someone into a symbol, but it should never forget that they were a person. A person who loved and was loved. A person who did not choose to die.
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10 Mar
I know I keep saying it, but now that we're a full year into this thing I'm just blown away by how millions of teachers across the country have completely shifted and reimagined both their pedagogy and their role as educators to continue serving their students. It's incredible.
Teaching in person, teaching virtually, teaching in person *and* virtually at the same time, teaching virtually while managing their own children learning virtually in the next room. It's the sort of balancing act no one should've ever had to do, but so many have done it so well.
Most teachers were already egregiously underpaid, but if there was ever any doubt that they should be paid more—which is to say paid at a level commensurate with the work they do—there should no doubt left. They deserve respect, they deserve more pay, they deserve our gratitude.
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5 Mar
Watching the debate on this relief package unfold, I've been thinking about how there are some who believe they should be able to police the financial decisions of people living in poverty. Who think they, not the actual ppl in poverty, know best how their money should be spent.
Poverty, for one, is not a homogenous phenomenon. The needs of those living in poverty vary from place to place, from family to family, from person to person. This is why something like direct cash is so important, let people make the decision that's best for them & their family.
Some people need to pay bills. Some need to buy food. Some want to take their kids out for a nice dinner. Some want to take their family on vacation. All of those things are fine! *You* go on vacation. *You* take your kids to nice dinners. Others should be able to do the same.
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