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Jan 28 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
These stories need to be amplified & placed in the context of the war on education about racism. Diversity programs have specifically been implemented in response to incidents like these. Then the programs are called "CRT" & the conversation revolves around white kids' discomfort
I wrote about the need to center Black students' stories in the education debate for @PostOutlook.
wapo.st/3AGbz6j
When I was researching the piece, I searched for articles about racist incidents in public schools. I found scores of *weekly* examples from across the country. Local news reports on these incidents, but they are rarely centered in national coverage wapo.st/3AGbz6j Image
I'm very pleased that CNN is amplifying this story. I hope to see more of it. I also hope to see more journalists contextualizing stories like these within the broader war on race/racism in schools. We should not talk about "CRT" w/out talking about this:
I wrote about the discomfort of Black children in K-12 for @AlterNet. It's not just about individual acts of horrific racism. It's about years of micro aggressions from both educators & peers, as well as systemic discrimination in domains like literacy alternet.org/2021/11/race-s…

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Mitchell was partially paralyzed by polio, including in her left hand. She learned to play the guitar in a way that compensated for this, which ultimately influenced her distinctive song-writing style." Her compensation was, she said, "a tool to break free" of standard structure
Joni Michell was discovered by David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Neil Young, like Mitchell, had contracted polio in the last Canadian epidemic before the vaccine was available. Here is Mitchell's description of how the disease afflicted both of them: Image
Here are Neil Young and The Band in 1978 playing "Helpless." Joni Mitchell is in the shadows, contributing back-up vocals. It's an astonishing performance. Listen hard for Joni, as she really elevates the song:
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Jan 25
I am boosted. I was exposed to Omicron from a boosted person w/ a breakthru infection. I didn't get sick. This is an anecdote & no one should broadly infer anything from it. I share it b/c we hear anecdotes about breakthrus, but rarely anecdotes about cases when it didn't happen
Again, anecdotes are essentially meaningless, particularly in cases where something *didn't* happen. Still, on a personal level, I am feeling grateful for the vaccine, as well as for both my immune system *&* the immune system of the person I was exposed to.
There's a lot we don't know about the viral dynamics of Omicron between vaxx'd people. We do have reason to postulate, on a theoretical level, that a vaxx'd person's immune system may "hinder" the virus. In this sense, even if they have a breakthru, their immunity protects others
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Jan 24
One of the most damaging moments of the Trump era was the Barr Memo & the media's failure to counteract its malicious framing. For two years, we'd been connecting the dots in Trump/Russia & then we were told we had been fools. Now we're failing to connect the dots for the coup.
The GOP is engaged in constant conspiracy. They welcomed foreign interference in one election. They tried to overthrow the subsequent election. Now they are laying the groundwork to overthrow the next one. Connecting the dots in a known conspiracy does not make one conspiratorial
We should always be clear about what we know for sure vs. what we *suspect* to be true, but have scant evidence for. What evidence is circumstantial & what evidence is direct. But we should not be fearful of openly examining the conspiracy that is unfolding in plain sight.
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Jan 24
I really miss having a 5-4 Supreme Court where one of the 5 was occasionally a swing vote. I miss the feeling of feeling like it was possible for a court case to result in a more just society. I miss not knowing the outcome. I miss feeling that layer of possible protection.
In any case, I am not being a doomer. Things could always get worse. And perhaps they could get better! Thomas may retire in the next decade. He could either be replaced w/ a much younger justice by a liberal president or a fascist one. We have to vote.
We also have to protect the lower courts. They were our only protection during the first 2 years of Trump's presidency. They didn't prevent damage in all cases, but, in many, they certainly slowed Trump down. Without these courts, he could have done more bad things much faster.
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Jan 23
A lot of info is coming out about Trump's various plots before January 6th. It's important to compile this timeline to get an idea of the big picture. It is especially crucial to understand what, exactly, was going on at the DoD & the extent to which Trump tried to use hard power
After the November election, Trump began restructuring the DOD. He fired Def Sec Esper on Nov 9th & replaced him with Christopher Miller. Trump also installed Ezra Watnick Cohen in a top position. Watnick Cohen was a longterm ally of Michael Flynn's. alternet.org/2022/01/damnin…
Trump also placed Scott O'Grady, who had called for martial law after the November election, in a top position at the Defense Department. alternet.org/2022/01/damnin…
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Jan 23
"Many who marched"
"A galvanizing new beginning"
"The spirit of the day carries on"
"The sense of community resonates"
nytimes.com/2022/01/23/us/…
I think it's important to document what's going on with this crowd. They are a political movement with political power. That said, language matters. Journalists should avoid words that valorize both the *purpose* of the Jan 6th "protest" & those who still fight for that purpose.
Greater clarity is also worthwhile.

"Protest a democratic election" almost sounds benign, particularly given what happened next.

"An emblem of resistance" to *what?* Democracy itself?
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