Former VP Research for racial justice org Race Forward. Poli Sci PhD from Stanford. Views my own. He/him
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19 Apr 2019
It's taken me 45 trips around the sun, but for the first time in my life I know what it feels like to have a "band-aid" in my own skin tone. You can barely even spot it in the first image. For real I'm holding back tears.
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18 Jan 2024
The Crown broke a promise to First Nations. It could now owe billions.
"The annuity was small at first. But the treaties contained a novel clause: If the land produced in the future an amount that would allow the government 'without incurring loss'..."
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10 Jan 2024
Trump rhetoric, Republican candidates’ ads frighten immigrants in Iowa
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27 Dec 2023
"Symbols matter,” the mayor said in explaining why she thought the statue had to go. “They tell the world what we stand for and what we aspire to be. By removing the confederate monument from Springfield Park, we signal a belief in our shared humanity."
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16 Dec 2023
Amen. He literally should have been required to empty his pockets, turn over his wallet, surrender his car key fobs, and enter his bank account login information into a browser on the way out of the court room. He had/has utter disdain for a fair democracy/republic.
16 Dec 2023
We all owe Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss for their service to our democracy. They served democracy at the polls and they helped protect it by holding dangerous defamer Rudy Giuliani accountable.
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16 Jul 2023
Nice article -- Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs and the complicated response to ‘Fast Car’
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15 Jul 2023
Just arrived in the mail! I was always impressed while attending @jakada_imani and Bex Ahuja's trainings while I was a manager @RaceForward, so I'm very excited to read their @managementctr book.
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Dominique Apollon retweeted
24 Jun 2023
This photo is excruciating. The terror is palpable. Never forget that Black Americans sacrificed their children to build this democracy & rehabilitate the humanity of a country that traded it for power & profit. And we are still sacrificing & fighting everyday to perfect America.
24 Jun 2023
A nervous young girl sits in the front row. She is the only black girl in her class, Tennessee, 1957.
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24 Jun 2023
If you live anywhere within six hours driving distance or a short plane ride of the @deyoungmuseum, this Kehinde Wiley exhibit is 100% worth the effort. Open until Oct 15. The free audio tour is also a must. Believe me, make a special trip to San Francisco just to see it.
Kehinde Wiley @kehindewileyart's exhibition 'An Archaeology of Silence' tells the story of Black lives lost – and continue to lose – to racist, systemic violence. The collection of oil paintings and bronze sculptures is on view at @deyoungmuseum on Oct. 15
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24 Jun 2023
"...Just it being presented to the world changes what we think about, changes how we think. Changes the conversations that we would have or wouldn't be having if weren't so provoked. That's the power of art." - Hidari Davis on free audio tour, "Archaeology of Silence" #deYoung
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Dominique Apollon retweeted
19 Jun 2023
Formerly enslaved people were saying everywhere to Union officials: Do not abolish slavery and leave us landless. Do not leave us landless and force us to work the land of our former enslavers. Do not force us to work the land of our former enslavers and call that *freedom.* 4/
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Dominique Apollon retweeted
19 Jun 2023
A great column that captures the meaning of the “new birth of freedom” the Juneteenth commemorates.
19 Jun 2023
“Juneteenth recalls the important truth that emancipation was not a gift; it was hard won by perhaps the greatest multiracial coalition the nation has ever assembled — with Black Americans actively engaged in the taking.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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19 Jun 2023
Good summary/background on the evolution of racism in colonial America and the United States from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
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16 Jun 2023
Don't let the week of Juneteenth pass you by without attending one of the @Colorlines events or something comparable!
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23 May 2023
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21 May 2023
One tough aspect of being Black in USA is it's sometimes (but not always) tough to know if you're experiencing a challenge because a) it's right/deserved that you do; b) it's wrong/undeserved that you do; c) you're suffering from racism; d) or not; or e) ANY combo of the above.
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