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Professor, dad, citizen.
Mar 28, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
There are many layers and aspects to the #WillSmith @ the #Oscars incident, but I am surprised at how little of the commentary has been directed at Smith's betrayal of trust with the Williams family to be a trustee of their story. /1 fortune.com/2022/03/28/tox… I loved the movie #KingRichard because it reminded me not only of the staggering odds that the Williams family overcame in producing not one, but two, all time, world class tennis players, /2 howtheyplay.com/individual-spo…
Mar 17, 2021 5 tweets 3 min read
The police response to the #Atlanta shootings reminds me of what happened in Chapel Hill 5 years ago -- with a mad rush to exonerate the shooter of a racial or ethnic bias before we know the facts. /1

#AsianAmericans #HateCrime

fox5atlanta.com/news/man-confe… And what is the sole basis for this conclusion? The statement of the killer. Why enable the shooter to craft the narrative he chooses to explain his attention-seeking violent tirade? /2 cbsnews.com/news/atlanta-s…
Aug 9, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
THREAD: It doesn't matter what stats you look at. The U.S. #COVID19 response is horrible, the worst in the entire world. @realDonaldTrump is a total failure. The U.S. has the most #COVID19 cases and the most #COVID19 deaths in the world. It is not even close. #AmericaFirst!
Jul 15, 2020 13 tweets 9 min read
THREAD: How the @NCGOP has been consistently 100% wrong on COVID since March (a tragedy in 12 parts).
@ProjectLincoln In March, @NC_Governor Roy Cooper issued a stay-at-home order. Lt. Governor @DanForestNC, the highest ranking Republican in the state, and Cooper's challenger in November, immediately criticized the order to close restaurants and bars. ltgov.nc.gov/news/2020/03/1…