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Delano Squires
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Mar 5 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
I wrote this a few weeks ago for @theblaze, but will share it as a🧵 for one simple reason: the black community will never progress as long as we demand that other people value our lives more than we do.

So here are 10 principles of a *real* BLM movement. Image First, some foundational work. We will never know who we are until we know *whose* we are. Also, there are no pregnant men in a true BLM movement. Image
Jun 29, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🧵The SCOTUS case on racial preferences, like all cases, is built on arguments based on evidence. The court’s decision proves the Kendian belief that present discrimination justifies past discrimination is not just unconstitutional but also logically inconsistent. Many affirmative action supporters say the policy mainly benefits white women, but then reject calls to eliminate it for fear it would exacerbate racial inequality. That logical inconsistency is caused by appeals to emotion over facts.
Mar 24, 2023 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
🧵Anyone who follows my work knows I don’t promote physical violence against anyone. I appreciate our system of gov’t, respect privacy, and don’t want the state to play God. But let’s be clear, the global reckoning with ‘Pride’ isn’t about private, consensual behavior. 1/ It’s about using the force of the state, the influence of the media, the financial might of the private sector, and the armies of global powers to rewire our brains, replace our language, and radically reshape our values. This is political, not personal. 2/ Image
Jan 28, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 What happened to Tyre Nichols was a tragedy. The beating he received was brutal and inhumane. Thankfully there was video of the incident (not just the official police account) and the officers who did it to him will face their day in court. But part of the reason it is difficult to talk about policing is because the people with the largest platforms & loudest voices have a worldview that’s entirely rooted in an oppression framework. That means they have to carefully select examples in order to advance their cause.
Oct 17, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
🧵I wrote about Democrats, matriarchy and Moynihan because I want black men to understand why the party they are so loyal to is so comfortable publicly berating and attacking them. A party that believes masculinity is “toxic” can’t claim to have the interests of men at heart. 1/9 Look at the black men in the party. They MUST bow to radical sexual/gender politics if they hope to win office. This is why Eric Adams sent out an *official statement* supporting drag queens in NYC schools and why Gary Chambers promotes abortion at HBCUs. 2/9
May 18, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
My take is simple: black politicians, pundits, journalists, pastors, and academics treat race-hatred like a national emergency and self-hatred (evidenced by our homicide rate) as a local concern. There’s a reason most ppl know Amy & Christian Cooper but not Davell Gardner Jr. The black and white homicide victimization rates *literally* can’t be shown on the same graph, but these people (and the larger community) could not name a single one of the hundreds of schoolchildren killed in street violence each year. Image
May 9, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@JemarTisby can you help me understand why two black Christian men discussing abortion dedicate more time to what white Christians think and do than the importance of marriage, fatherhood, & the *biblical* obligation men (incl. black men) have to their families (1 Tim. 5:8)?🧵 Image Your reference to “women, babies, and families” made me think of BLM’s “Black Villages” principle. Both talk about black families without a single reference to black men. Do you believe an increase in black nuclear families is a *necessary* component of improving social outcomes? ImageImage
May 7, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
.@IAmSophiaNelson interesting and thought-provoking piece.

On what basis do you claim Justice Thomas feels no duty to black ppl? Here he quotes Douglass in his Grutter dissent on UM’s AA policies. That’s the same “we don’t need handouts” ethos you cite in your column. 🧵 ImageImageImage Unlike the left, black conservatives tend to focus on the importance of the nuclear family. I noticed no part of your agenda said anything about marriage or family. Was this an oversight or do you not think a 70% nonmarital birth rate is connected to social outcomes?
Mar 15, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
.@michaelharriot I read your column and would love to know if you would apply this standard to education funding as well, esp. given the poor outcomes some schools & districts produce for low-income kids. Principle aside, I want to respond to the arguments you made in this piece. Point #1: No one wants more police funding.

One 2020 (post-GF) Gallup poll found that 81% of black respondents said they wanted the same or an increased police presence. Anyone who’s talked to vested residents (not activists) would attest to this.

news.gallup.com/poll/316571/bl…
Mar 2, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Our media establishment’s trans advocacy is one reason people regurgitate euphemisms like “gender affirming care” without having to give precise definitions. The fact is that kids *can*get puberty blockers as young as 10.

mayoclinic.org/diseases-condi… Most kids aren’t eligible for surgery until they turn 18 but Boston Children’s Hospital will do “top” surgeries on girls as young as 15.

childrenshospital.org/centers-and-se…
Feb 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I draw a very bright line between drunken bar fights in country and the promotion of *murder* in rap. Same with women in Old Glory swimsuits dancing in front Kid Rock and Nelly swiping a credit card down a woman’s backside. As a pastor, I’m sure you appreciate when God draws distinctions between sin in general & specific abominations. Same here. Further, I think it’s fair to ask to what extent art imitates life and vice versa when the artists & the men imitating them are murdered at very high rates.
Feb 14, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Rappers have donated lots of $$ to good causes. The question is at what cost. Electoral politics are important, but culture is as well. And there needs to be serious discussion around the impact 30+ yrs of hip hop’s norms & values have had on our communities and country. This is not some small issue that can be waived away as Gen X/Boomer pearl-clutching. We’re talking abt mainstream artists rapping about killing other black men and degrading black women. These are people that are celebrated by everyone from fans to brands.
Jan 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
One of the biggest problems with this essay is the sleight of hand it employs regarding race. It starts with the country’s desire to correct the wrongs done to black Americans but the two examples given are related to immigration. 1/5 This only makes sense to someone who thinks “people of color” is a useful and precise category. I assure you that it’s not, especially among the growing number of black citizens that see the Dem hand-wringing about voter ID as more about immigration than “racial justice”. 2/5
Oct 29, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
No, we just know that there was not a single reference to police brutality or violence in any of BLM’s 13 Guiding Principles.

They did manage to take a swipe at the nuclear family though. Don’t you find that odd for a group that’s allegedly pro-black? We also know there are typically about 10-25 unarmed black men involved in fatal police shootings each year, while there are hundreds of school-aged kids killed in street violence every year. And in cities like Philly and St. Louis, over 90% of the homicide victims are black.
Sep 26, 2021 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
I read this post by @DavidAFrench to hear his arguments and heart. That said, this essay suffers from the same problems most analyses on crime and punishment in this country do: 1) a lack of specificity, 2) misplaced sympathies, 3) and an unwillingness to assess tradeoffs. As is often the case in this area, David never says WHY people in this country are incarcerated. Before I do that, it is helpful to know what the ecosystem of confinement looks like. There are about 630K ppl in local jails.
Sep 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I see the conservative rejection of race labels (eg, hyphenated Americans) as a desire to encourage a single national identity as “Americans”. The conservatives cheering for Tamara Mensah-Stock did so because they see her primarily American, not her ethnic identity. That said, I agree that there are cultural histories and norms specific to groups within the broader culture. I think it’s unwise to act as if that diversity of experience doesn’t exist or matter. HBCUs, Ebony and Jet, the “black church”, etc. all came to be in a specific..
Sep 10, 2021 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Hey @rolandsmartin, It’s bad journalism (and manners) to ask someone a question, not allow them to answer, and insert your own response.

Your problem is you think I’m a partisan like you. I can assure you I’m not. I have certain values that are anchored in a biblical worldview. That’s why I believe that people are made in the image of God and that their value is inherent—NOT dependent on whether they are wanted by their parents, how they were conceived, or how other people feel about them.
Jul 26, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
My goal in responding is to be as charitable in my understanding of your positions and gracious in my response as befits two brothers in Christ. You didn’t have to say “all abt racist policies in the past”. What you left out of your assessment of black life says it for you. @DavidAFrench For example, you tie redlining to wealth disparities btwn groups. No one denies that inheritance passed down through generations contributes to wealth. So does income. Yet you never mention how differences in marriage rates & households impact income & wealth.
May 13, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
A few more words on Fault Lines. One thing I appreciate about @VoddieBaucham is that he makes his positions and arguments using clear language. One of the worst parts of the SJ/CRT/Antiracist movements, both in and outside the church, is that it has turned people (esp. men) 1/12 Into mealy-mouthed euphemism machines who constantly change the meaning of words to fit whatever ideology they’re pushing. They are intentionally vague so that they can come back and say “well that’s not what I meant”. Plausible deniability may make for good political drama 2/12