History has shown that no law or court can end abortion, they can only end safe and accessible abortion. What they can do is enact laws that disproportionately impact vulnerable communities access to reproductive healthcare. 🧵 (1/5)
The draft SCOTUS decision would perpetuate systemic racism and classism, and is an assault on the bodily autonomy of all women. It stands in opposition to many of the values Americans share. The data is clear that it would disproportionately impact Black and Brown people. (2/5)
Apr 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Justice requires accountability, but accountability alone must not be confused with justice. Derek Chauvin now faces accountability. George Floyd was denied justice the moment Chauvin’s knee took his last breath. (1/4)
Finding one officer guilty does not exonerate a legal system that has perpetually brutalized Black and Brown communities. (2/4)
Mar 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Racism is a virus.
The devastating recent rise in anti-Asian American hate crimes is a direct result of underlying racism so many of our current leaders have stoked by baselessly blaming COVID-19 on Asians. (1/4)
Shameful and racist rhetoric has been used to obscure the truth, shift blame, and ultimately spur on terrible attacks on Americans. (2/4)
Feb 17, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
(1/7) America needs reparations. Learn why 👇🏾👇🏼👇🏻 #HR40#HR40Hearing
(2/7) Today Congress is holding a hearing on #HR40, a bill that would finally address America's original sin of slavery and establish a commission to study and develop proposals for reparations.
Jan 7, 2021 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
Yesterday was not a protest—it was a riot to uphold white supremacy.
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It was allowed to happen. The mostly white insurrectionists roamed freely and without consequence through the heart of our democracy. The only explanation is that this was allowed to happen because they were white—not Black, Brown or Indigenous people. (2/8)
Jun 5, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
To achieve justice, we don’t need just thoughts and prayers — we need education and action. The below thread offers some ways to learn about our country’s history, its impact on the present, and the underlying conditions that led to the murder of George Floyd.
Here’s the key to understanding what we’re seeing today: There’s a direct connection between slavery and our past and our present criminal justice system that profits from locking up Black bodies: benjerrys.co/2TX6t06
