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Kimberlé Crenshaw Profile picture
@sandylocks
Mar 1, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Kudos to @LastWeekTonight for getting to the nitty gritty of how this panic over CRT is an old trick out of a very old racist playbook.

Here’s the gist of it (1/5):
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And for all those who don’t get what CRT is--or attack it bc of claims that it labels all white people racist--the fact that CRT focuses on institutions & laws rather than prejudice & individuals has been a contradiction in plain sight. (4/5)
Countering the coordinated lying at the heart of the anti-CRT campaign and connecting the dots between the assault on democracy, antiracism and Black history is what we’re about.

Join #UnderTheBlacklight with friends, heroes, & Master-ful teachers. Meet us there at 8:00 pm EST.
RSVP at bit.ly/blacklight29 and I'll see you at 8!

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As we celebrate Juneteenth, we can't overlook the fact that “anti-woke” attacks on Black history and Black political power have become one of the biggest threats to our democracy. The consequence of this threat goes all the way up to our supreme courts.
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