This is why i say white supremacy is parasitic. Imagine being so uncomfortable with hearing the truth from the horses mouth that you pay a white woman to speak on behalf on Black issues because she sugarcoats the language and makes it comfortable for YOU. Racism isnt comfortable
The U.S. launched a racist eugenics program in Puerto Rico in the 1930s — sterilizing about one third of Puerto Rican women by 1976, many forced or coerced.
It was just one chapter of U.S. colonial eugenics programs and medical experiments targeting women of color. 🧵(1/8)
Albanese has asked all Australians to observe a minutes silence today to reflect on Queen Elizabeth, someone who chose to maintain her earthly power, stolen wealth and uphold systems that benefited some and devastated many.
We are quick to paint Indigenous murals, add acknowledgements to country, acquire and display Indigenous art, or even say we are being ‘brave’, yet, we aren’t prepared to distance ourselves from the white noise when it matters
Whether we are thinking about this from a religious or secular perspective, the question remains the same: What or who is the cause of group inequality?
Inferiority of certain groups?
Or, the systems and structures and policies and powers that's oppressing them?
Today, it's not enough to simply be "not racist"; here's why we should all strive to be anti-racist instead.
Watch Ibram X. Kendi's (@DrIbram) full talk here: t.ted.com/zYwX02G
Let a Ugandan w/ no medical training come to your white suburban town & let them start experimenting medically on your children. See how fast they get arrested. The sympathizers of Renee Bach are anti-Black & racist af. It’s ACTUALLY that simple.
So much love for this tweet, so many people connect with allyhenny’s depiction of yt fragility and I have had countless firsthand experiences with yt tears..