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Nov 23 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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🧵 One of the first things Trump did when he returned to the the Presidency was bring back the portrait of Andrew Jackson to the Oval Office. Why? They have a lot in common.(cont)
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#ResistanceRoots
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From Jackson's Indian Removal Act to Trump's mass deportation policies, I will break down the similarities in both. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. It authorized the U.S. government to force Native nations off their ancestral lands east(cont) Image
of the Mississippi. It led to one of the darkest chapters in American history. Indigenous people were marched westward in brutal conditions. This became known as the Trail of Tears—tens of thousands died from disease, starvation, and exposure.(cont)

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The Act wasn’t just about land. It was about power. Native sovereignty was erased, fertile soil was seized for White settlers, and slavery expanded into new territory. Fast forward: Trump’s immigration policies target undocumented immigrants with mass deportations, (cont) Image
detention expansion, and exclusion from public benefits. The rhetoric? Protecting “real Americans” from outsiders. The parallels are striking:
- Native nations removed, immigrants deported.
- Jackson framed Natives as “obstacles”→Trump frames immigrants as "threats". (cont) Image
Both policies weaponize state power against marginalized groups. Key difference: Native tribes were sovereign nations with treaty rights. Immigrants today are individuals without legal status. But the underlying logic—who belongs, and who doesn’t is (cont) counterpunch.org/2024/12/12/tru…
chillingly similar. The Indian Removal Act reminds us that America has long defined itself by exclusion. Whether Indigenous peoples in the 1830s or immigrants today, the struggle over belonging is central to U.S. history. (cont)

theconversation.com/donald-trump-a…
Remember this: history doesn’t repeat exactly, but it rhymes. Studying the Indian Removal Act helps us see how state power can be used to erase communities—and why vigilance is essential today.

The past is prologue.

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🧵 What happens when science is misused to justify prejudice? Enter J. Philippe Rushton — one of the most infamous figures in the history of scientific racism.

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Rushton was a Canadian psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. He was also a white supremacist. He later became head of the Pioneer Fund — an organization notorious for supporting eugenics and race-based research. In his 1995 book titled (cont)
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🧵 When we hear "Black Panthers", the first thought that comes to mind is the militant political party that came into existence in the mid-1960s.

They were not the first.(cont)
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The original "Black Panthers” were the Black American soldiers of the 761st Tank Battalion, a segregated U.S. Army unit that fought in World War II. Formed in 1942, they were one of the first all-Black armored units to see combat, earning a reputation for their bravery and (cont) Image
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🧵 During the antebellum period in the United States, free Black people were required to carry official documents known as Certificates of Freedom, or “Freedom papers". (cont)

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These documents verified their status. The documents were typically issued by local courts and included identifying details such as name, age, physical description, and the date of emancipation or birth into freedom. Free Black individuals had to (cont)

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