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May 26 • 6 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
"Good for me, but not for thee." In 1968, Burgess Owens was only the third African American to be offered a scholarship to play football at the University of Miami. Two years after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the United States Office of Education
ordered the desegregation of collegiate athletic programs. Ray Bellamy was the first to desegregate the University of Miami football. Even though the Brown v Board of Education decision desegregated public facilities, many schools around the country and not just in the South,
were slow to do so. @BurgessOwens benefited from the activism of civil rights leaders and the United Black Students (UBS) group at the University of Miami that pushed the university's administration for higher enrollments in the number of black students as well as scholarships.
Why is there a need for these types of programs in 2023? Because students from historically marginalized communities remain under-represented. This is the reason for programs such as the McNair Scholars Program (@mcnairsjsu). Owens' continued acquiescence of right-wing talking
points put these programs in jeopardy as well as scholarships that allowed him to be where he sit right now. Owens didn't get to @CanesFootball and @NFL just for being a stellar student or football player (hence: Satchel Paige). @RepBurgessOwens didn't get to where he's at on
merit alone. He got there because between 1960 and 1968 when he signed, people fought for those that look like him. This is what allowed him to be one of the first in 1968. They didn't fight for him, so he could turn his back on their grandchildren. #utpol #civilrightshistory

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May 28
A little over a month ago, most Americans filed their annual income tax return. The goal is to get as close to zero as possible. Yet, most Americans believe getting a tax return check is a good thing. It can be. But, it also means you're using the feds as a savings account.
The Inflation Reduction Act allocated money to staff an understaffed IRS. Republicans went berserk. Middle-income earners typically don't have tax accountants scrutinizing their income to the last cent. Most are using a tax software or tax agency to file. The 'lucky' ones are
given the good news that they can expect a check rather than have to pay. The money is usually spent before the check arrives. Processing those returns require staff and resources. I worked as a seasonal IRS data entry clerk at the IRS processing center in Kentucky back in the
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May 26
"Just finished reading the final Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It will cut taxes for working Utah families. I will proudly vote for it." @SenMikeLee 2017
How did it work out?
1. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut taxes substantially from 2018 through 2025. The resulting deficits will #utpol
add $1 to $2 trillion to the federal debt, according to official estimates. The debt increase will be larger if some of TCJA’s temporary tax cuts are extended. Republicans want to make them permanent. The CBO has estimated the cost of making TCJA cuts permanent to be
~$3.5 trillion over the next 10 years.
2. Erodes the EITC. Over time, will raise taxes across the board. And for low- andmoderate-income families, it means the maximum EITC will increase more slowly.
3. Ended the CTC for 1 million children — overwhelmingly “Dreamers.”
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May 23
"The biggest lie of all time" is that the Democrats and GOP switched parties.
I wish I had the time to really break this down, but there are BOOKS for this sort of thing. Our history is not that complicated. There was the Party of Lincoln and the conservative Southern Democrats. Image
When Hubert Humphrey gave his Civil Rights speech at the 1948 DNC Convention, the only people that didn't cheer him were the conservative Southern Democrats and Northern Conservative Republicans. Party insiders also worried that Humphrey's speech would split the Democratic Party
and thus cause Truman to lose his 1948 re-election. However, reading the tea leaves, Humphrey (and LBJ) knew the Democrats needed the Northern black and urban vote, so they had to do the right thing on Civil Rights. Humphey's Civil Rights' DNC speech is credited helping Truman
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May 22
Here we go again. In case you're like @RepBurgessOwens and don't know, the middle class in the US was made possible by unions and collective bargaining. Also, Owens was able to join NFL players lawsuit against the NFL over brain injuries because of its players union. #utpol
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to eliminate racial bias in the testing and payout formula, under a revised plan. The established fund has paid out more than $800 million to players with the average dementia awards to be about $600,000. So, for all the NFL players who were compensated
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May 22
I completed, The House on Mango Street. Conclusion: This is a beautifully written book that contains no material that warrants this post by @UTBoardofEd member Natalie Cline. There’s no way she or the ‘concerned parent’ read the book. It would be my guess Ms. Cline acted on #uted Image
existing implicit biases rather than offer an educated and thoughtful critique of a book. I read the book looking for material that warranted the harsh declaration of 'disgusting.' I found none. Written as a series of vignettes, the book is a collection of lyrical prose in the Image
voice of its protagonist, a pre-teen Chicana (Mexican-American girl) named Esperanza.

Ms. Cline has repeatedly shown herself to be extremely biased against multiculturalism while expressing religious intolerance, bigotry toward the LGBTQ community, and harboring extreme right-
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May 22
Florida's history with racism is oft forgotten due to the state's sunny nickname. Blacks were targeted by law enforcement to provide mandatory labor for citrus groves. Dr. King called St. Augustine 'America’s most segregated city' in 1964. The city is forever linked to the Civil Image
Rights Movement by the swimming pool incident. On June 18, 1964 a group of black and white protestors jumped into the segregated swimming pool at the Monson Motor Lodge. The hotel's manager responded by pouring acid into the pool. The very next day, Congress passed the
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