Andrew Jackson was a wealthy slave-owning mastermind of Indigenous genocide. An undeniably terrible person. Yet Seattle still has a major thoroughfare named after him and it’s time for that to change. A #PresidentsDay thread and call to action. In case there’s any doubt in your minds, here’s a quick (and not at all comprehensive) lesson on Why Andrew Jackson was Bad.

I’m seeing way too many white people critiquing Native American intellectuals for their continued calls for @ewarren to do better. You are extremely in the wrong on this issue and here’s why. A thread. Yes, Warren has issued some soft apologies for claiming Native identity and then trying to prove it with a DNA test. But the harmful “evidence” and defenses are still up on her website.

New Orleans' Camp Algiers was a major entry point for Japanese Latin Americans who were kidnapped and brought to the US during WWII. In many cases they were quarantined and showered in DDT there before being sent to more permanent detention sites.

https://twitter.com/jonvoss/status/1092927700258508801

Thanks to @jonvoss for pointing me to this article, which talks about the site's history as a detention facility for suspected Nazi sympathizers from Latin America. wwno.org/post/wwii-inte…

"Salt of the Earth" (1954) features a predominantly Mexican American cast and shows that questions of race and class are inseparable from gender. Its production was contested in the US and caused an international incident with Mexico. Brief thread on its history.

https://twitter.com/SeattleDSA/status/1065653842161745920

The film is based on the 1951 strike against the Empire Zinc Company in Grant County, New Mexico. The cast was mostly comprised of actual miners and their families. The film’s writer, director, and producer had all been blacklisted due to their alleged Communist affiliations.

My latest for @PRI: During WWII, the US incarcerated 2,200 Japanese Latin Americans. It later denied them citizenship and redress on the grounds that they had entered the country "illegally." A dedicated group of activists continues to fight for justice: pri.org/stories/2018-1… If anyone wants to read more or plans to teach this subject, I highly recommend Seiichi Higashide's memoir "Adios to Tears," pubbed by @UWAPress: washington.edu/uwpress/search…

Cinco de Mayo puts me in a mood. Ignorant white people have turned it into racist Halloween targeted specifically at Mexico. Here in Seattle we get the Cinco de Mayo fun run where "costumes aren’t just okay, they’re encouraged." 😠 If you're not Mexican or Mexican American and want to celebrate #CincoDeMayo today, please do it respectfully and without taking up too much space at a community event like @elcentro72's: elcentrodelaraza.org/events/event/c…

If you're considering buying @sallykohn's new book "The Opposite of Hate" pls first read @IjeomaOluo's and @aminatou's comments about how quotes attributed to them were distorted, decontextualized, and invented. Kohn has shown 0 accountability but is reaping the benefits anyway.

https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo/status/988945789358522368

As Irish Americans, we can’t celebrate our heritage without first coming to terms with the fact that our identity is constructed on a foundation of anti-Blackness. A thread about that history for #StPatricksDay: In the decades leading up to the Civil War, Irish immigration to the US was reaching its peak with nearly two million Irish arriving between 1820 and 1860.