As many folks leave Twitter for Mastodon, I want to draw attention to thoughts being shared and discussions taking place about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter beyond white, left leaning accounts👇🏼 First up is this piece written by @meredithdclark on why Elon Musk’s purchase is not Black Twitter’s problem thegrio.com/2022/11/03/elo…

Here’s a list I’ve compiled of some of the tweets I’ve come across on how you can support Afghans 👇🏼 You can donate your airline miles to those who have legal approval to travel but cannot afford airfare. You can also donate to help mitigate fees associated with flights.

https://twitter.com/23cschwartz/status/1426997183749005313

14 years ago, 23 year old me lived in an apartment in this building, ‘Macroyan Seh’, for several months with my friend Hellan jan and her family. They are my second family and their kindness and generosity will never be forgotten. Neither will the way in which they navigated their daily lives which they did with humour, grace and style.

Every morning, Sunday to Thursday, Haroon (my friend’s brother) and I would get in the car and I would drive to the office. We would chat about Afghanistan, it’s history and it’s present state (back then in 2007).

#NotJustNCVO OK, here goes! Imagine, during the first week in your new job, your boss, a white middle-class man insinuates that your bf at the time should be working for the cause, not in the City, because he's Black & then a couple of months into
thirdsector.co.uk/bullying-haras… the job whilst you're telling him how you're finding it, he says "You know what your problem is, you take up too much space." Later, when you tell him that some of your family lived in Dudley when they first came over from Pakistan he responds mockingly "Ooh, have they moved up-