This narrative that black people who want an accurate reflection of history are "angry and resentful" leaves us with one logical takeaway:
White people don't want to know history because they can't handle the truth.
A thread.
Black disabled lives matter.
I’m devastated. It wasn’t just COVID19 that robbed Michael Hickson of his life. It was racism & ableism.
I’m praying for his wife & children. In his name we fight for true liberation.
Say his name #MichaelHickson
"...these systems may also label women as whores or bitches, and Black and Asian people with derogatory language. The database also contained close-up pictures of female genitalia labeled with the C-word."
Tell me how datasets is pure and unbiased again?
theregister.com/2020/07/01/m…
On June 11th, Michael Hickson, a quadriplegic black man with COVID-19 was killed by a hospital in Austin Texas.
Doctors decided he had "no quality of life" and was not worth spending the resources to save.
The conversation between his doctor and his wife was caught on audio 1/?
ALT A black disabled man on an invasive ventilator smiling at the camera
The police have not stopped rioting. We can't look away from this.
Last night in Portland police were assaulting people right and left. We can't just let this slide.
📽️: @KohzKah
I am proud to work with @SenSanders, @EdMarkey & @MarkPocan on this critical legislation to cut our Pentagon spending & redirect the money toward health care, housing, & education.
It’s time to have a serious look at our national budget & realign our priorities. #PutPeopleFirst
Join me in a half hour, when I will speak on the Senate floor about my effort with @repmarkpocan, @RepBarbaraLee and @SenMarkey to reduce military spending by 10% and invest that money in communities ravaged by poverty, mass incarceration, deindustrialization and systemic racism.
This Colorado DA refuses to charge the officers who killed unarmed #ElijahMcClain, because he says there isn't enough evidence that THREE armed officers didn't have to use force against one 140lb, 23 year old man. Woo boy, @da17colorado. 👀👀
The coronavirus is at record numbers. It's raging out of control. Where the hell is the federal government? Where the hell is our national leadership? I cannot imagine this level of dereliction of duty in any other administration I have seen in my (long) lifetime.
It’s really hitting right now me how many people have fucking died of COVID, of lack of healthcare, of violence, of racism, and on and on because we’ve managed to make “giving a shit about other people” a political question