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Fr Nebraska. Living & biking in the City of Angels. Never stop: Fighting racism, inequality, poverty & injustice. All tweets/views my own. #StopKillingUs
Dec 10, 2020 10 tweets 2 min read
Morning @BethOsborneT4A! I feel like you asked me a question yesterday on Slow Streets, but I can't find it so just replying here. It was a great question so I wanted to make sure to answer it. Thanks for asking! Never said cities shouldn't do slow streets...a 🧵 When (white) ppl read critiques or commentary from BIPOC folks and then minimize and simplify what we're saying to that I think it's often racist, anti-Black and extremely white-and wealth centered.
Jul 19, 2020 14 tweets 5 min read
A 🧵: Like many folks, my wife & I are feeling like educational disparities are going to increase as COVID continues to impact Black & brown communities more significantly. With schools closed, ppl w means will likely look to forming pods, pulling resources, and hiring teachers. Who is doing that for low-income Black & brown kids? Many of whom have family out there doing essential work? On the frontlines. Who is going to help the families struggling to figure out how to support their kids w disabilities who others might deem 'too difficult' for a pod?
Feb 4, 2019 8 tweets 2 min read
The young girl who was to become Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and taken to Boston on a slave ship in 1761 and purchased by a tailor, John Wheatley, as a personal servant for his wife, Susanna. She was treated kindly in the Wheatley household, almost as a third child. The Wheatleys soon recognized her talents and gave her privileges unusual for a slave, allowing her to learn to read and write. In less than two years, under the tutelage of Susanna and her daughter, Phillis had mastered English.