In 2022, lawmakers in Louisiana passed a Congressional map with only one majority African American district out of six – even though Black Louisianans make up about a third of the state’s population.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 27, 2024
Now a federal court has ordered Louisiana to redraw their maps and create a… pic.twitter.com/4foZwOCK90
Posts Tagged ‘black
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Jan
24
Redraw Maps
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Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, black, court, democracy, District, election, elections, louisiana, maps, Obama, President, state, tweets, voting, Voting Maps, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act
Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, black, court, democracy, District, election, elections, louisiana, maps, Obama, President, state, tweets, voting, Voting Maps, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act
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Mar
21
Take Up Space
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Tags: AAPI, Asian, atlanta, black, chinese, domestic terrorism, georgia, Hate Crime, murder, tweets, Violence, White Supremacy, White Terrorism
Tags: AAPI, Asian, atlanta, black, chinese, domestic terrorism, georgia, Hate Crime, murder, tweets, Violence, White Supremacy, White Terrorism
We are shaken by the violence in our city that has left 8 ppl dead, including members of the Asian American community. We are gathering info about what happened & the needs of directly impacted are. Now is the time to hold the victims & their families in our hearts & with light pic.twitter.com/Hft5H7IZNW
— AdvancingJusticeATL (@AAAJ_Atlanta) March 17, 2021
I want to know their names, who and what they loved, the people they had waiting for them at home, everything they hoped for. I want to know the fabric of their days and the contexts of their lives.
— kat chow (@katchow) March 17, 2021
"Racism against AAPI Americans is not new.
— Dr. Michelle Au (@AuforGA) March 15, 2021
Otherization of AAPI Americans is not new.
But the motto of the United States is E Pluribus Unum: 'Out of many, one.'
Asian-Americans are part of our country’s plurality.
We are some of the many, and we’re part of that one."#gapol pic.twitter.com/o2lzNb4iIy
In less than 48 hours, we had a historic Asian Oscar moment with multiple firsts in 93 years—then a mass shooting targeting 3 Asian-owned businesses. This is how terrorism works—you’re not allowed to feel safe, accepted, or valued. We can resist. Take up space. Make noise.
— Min Jin Lee (@minjinlee11) March 17, 2021
Last night's shooting & the appalling rise of anti-Asian violence stem frm a sick society where nationalism has again been stoked & normalized. Anti-Black & anti-Asian racism & violence run in tandem in the U.S. Both grps were brought here for labor but never meant to be citizens
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
Even as this country was recruiting Chinese men to come do the labor white workers would not, they barred Chinese women from entering the U.S. in order to ensure the men would not settle and start families in America.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
Then this nation passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to prohibit Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. altogether. This nation's most egregious racist laws and racist Supreme Court rulings targeted Black and Chinese people because of the believe both were unassimilable.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
We had to get an amendment to the Constitution to guarantee Black Americans citizenship in their own country, and Chinese Americans had to take a case all the way to the Supreme Court in order to have their own citizenship recognized. https://t.co/7qY7M4f6ln
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
If you look at racial real estate covenants -- provisions placed on homes that restricted ownership by race -- they almost always restricted two races: Black and Asian.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
And, of course, during World War II, Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps but German Americans were not. And German prisoners of war were allowed to eat in restaurants in the American South that Black Americans soldiers home on leave were barred from.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act and explicitly racist immigration policy, the Asian population in the United States stayed relatively low until after the Civil Rights Movement and then we saw large numbers entering the U.S.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
And what has followed -- in reaction to the Civil Rights Movement and Black demands to dismantle white supremacy -- has been an enduring an attempt to use Asian immigrants and Asian Americans as a wedge against Black Americans.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
But the truth is that Asian Americans are only held up as a model to justify inequality and injustice visited upon Black Americans, but are seen by many white Americans as a problem and forever foreign otherwise. In other words, our struggles have always been tied together.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
I stand with my Asian-American brothers and sisters, just as so many of you have stood with us. I grieve. We must own all of this history -- ALL OF IT -- and determine to fight for a truly multiracial democracy where we all can be free.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
The reported shootings of Asian American women on Tuesday in Atlanta is an unspeakable tragedy – for the families of the victims first and foremost, but also for the AAPI community — which has been reeling from high levels of racial discrimination. https://t.co/rBVPnrEBps
— Stop AAPI Hate (@StopAAPIHate) March 17, 2021
A statement from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum makes the important point of how anti-Asian violence disproportionately impact women #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/npEpv31Oy1
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 17, 2021
18
Aug
20
Black-Owned
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Tags: #BuyBlack, #DemConvention, black, designer, dnc, DNC 2020, First Lady, gold, Michelle, Michelle Obama, necklace, Obama, small business, speech, tweets
Tags: #BuyBlack, #DemConvention, black, designer, dnc, DNC 2020, First Lady, gold, Michelle, Michelle Obama, necklace, Obama, small business, speech, tweets
I never imagined that something I'm so passionate about could mean so much to so many! The response has been incredible and I am beyond honored and humbled that @michelleobama wore my design. pic.twitter.com/rbkEZ7HUei
— BYCHARI (@ByChari) August 18, 2020
Confirmed: Michelle Obama's "vote" necklace was made by Black-owned jewelry brand ByChari.#DemConvention https://t.co/wDUVUYSwux
— Jenna Amatulli (@ohheyjenna) August 18, 2020
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@MichelleObama has always been extremely conscious that whatever she wears will likely sell-out, and as such often champions smaller, less-well-known labels and brands, many with culturally diverse owners/designers.
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) August 18, 2020
Designer ByChari Deluged With Orders for Michelle Obama’s ‘VOTE’ Necklace https://t.co/X4FIMaY1FA via @thedailybeast
— jeanie 😶🌫️😶🌫️ (@jeaniezk) August 18, 2020
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Someone find me Michelle Obama's VOTE necklace immediately please, I need to wear it every day for the rest of my life.
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) August 18, 2020
Psst, Biden team: start selling that vote necklace @MichelleObama is wearing and you'll fund ads for the next 77 days.
— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) August 18, 2020
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Mom and sister eager to buy one of the ‘Vote’ necklaces Michelle Obama is wearing...
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) August 18, 2020
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.@MichelleObama’s VOTE necklace is all I need right now.
— Kate Waters (@KMB_Waters) August 18, 2020
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“Michelle Obama necklace,” “vote necklace” and “letter necklace” are breakout searches, past hour, US -
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) August 18, 2020
The necklace is the top trending search on all of US Google in the last hour of the event.https://t.co/I0WiP7r7bt
Michelle Obama knocks it out of the park for the win!!!
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 18, 2020
And get into her VOTE necklace. #DemConvention pic.twitter.com/9kevB48wgv
03
Jun
20
7 Years Old
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, black, Celebrities, Celebrity, child, children, cops, DB Woodside, kid, police brutality, racism, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy, Woodside
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I was smacked in the mouth, handcuffed & made to sit in the back of a patrol car. I was walking through a predominately white neighborhood on my way home from the store. Cop pulled over, got out, asked me my name. I asked him “why?” That’s it.
— DB Woodside (@dbwofficial) June 1, 2020
I was 7 years old. 7.
27
May
20
Exhausting
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Ahmaud, america, Arbery, black, Breonna, death, Floyd, george, murder, police brutality, racism, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Ahmaud, america, Arbery, black, Breonna, death, Floyd, george, murder, police brutality, racism, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
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I know we’re sharing pics and vids of Christian Cooper and I just want us to be really careful not to fall into the “perfect victim” narrative when it comes to Black folx confronted with racism. What Amy Cooper did was WRONG - it doesn’t matter what he looks or sounds like.
— FilmFatale_NYC 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇺🇸 (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 26, 2020
I bring this up remembering how folx treated Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin’s friend who testified at George Zimmerman’s trial and was described as “ghetto trash” - I think about this young woman often. She didn’t deserve that. https://t.co/9OY0aqxPe4
— FilmFatale_NYC 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇺🇸 (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 26, 2020
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“He didn’t deserve what happened to him,” says Tera Brown, cousin of George Floyd, who said he couldn’t breathe as a police officer used a knee to hold him down by the neck. Brown said the four Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd’s death should be “charged with murder.” pic.twitter.com/XKzn8Lwxzz
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) May 27, 2020
24
May
19
Richey v. Alabama
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, 2016 Elections, abortion, activism, Barack Obama, black, Celebrities, Celebrity, Chika, georgia, healthcare, Islamophobia, Ivey, Kentucky, Kimmel, Lena, lgbt, LGBTQIA, Music, muslim, Obama, Ohio, Political And Funny Tweets, President, protest, trump, tweets, Waithe
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, 2016 Elections, abortion, activism, Barack Obama, black, Celebrities, Celebrity, Chika, georgia, healthcare, Islamophobia, Ivey, Kentucky, Kimmel, Lena, lgbt, LGBTQIA, Music, muslim, Obama, Ohio, Political And Funny Tweets, President, protest, trump, tweets, Waithe
26
Jun
18
The Gospel Truth
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Tags: black, Black History, civil rights, civility, Political And Funny Tweets, racism, trump, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
Tags: black, Black History, civil rights, civility, Political And Funny Tweets, racism, trump, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
If you’ve never had to fight oppression you don’t get to tell us how. Be quiet.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 25, 2018
The problem with this is that we still woulda been in chains if black people took this advice. The civil rights movement was nonviolent but confrontational. This whole smile while babies are in cages narrative has to stop. It’s delusional and argued from a position of privilege. https://t.co/7UloWvpLHy
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 25, 2018
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I have a problem with some of these white journalists who literally never think anything is racist or sexist judging us on what’s civil.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 25, 2018
Y’all should not get to tell us because clearly you have no clue.
MLK really was right about the dangerousness of white moderates.
— Imani Gandy (Orca’s Version) ⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) June 25, 2018
Y’all are entirely useless.
If stopping fascism isn’t a business owner turning away a woman who is complicit in the baby jails, ‘very fine people on both sides’, them ni-[clang]s better stop kneeling, THEN WHAT. https://t.co/sSs7l2vR27
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When you say “let the trump team eat in peace” you’re saying you’re okay with some of us being the meal.
— Broderick (@BroderickGreer) June 24, 2018
Some of you are incubators for fascism and don’t even know. You think that tolerance comes in infinite supply and it simply doesn’t. I am not bound to tolerate someone who’d rather I didn’t exist. There are limits to “tolerance”.
— Broderick (@BroderickGreer) June 25, 2018
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Bottom line is that I'm very comfortable with a non violent form of social censure being visited upon people who implement and defend such intentionally harmful policies. Far less pain is being visited upon Sarah et al than these families at the border. Shame on the whole lot
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 25, 2018
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Her boss is talking about an infestation and invasion by animals and rapists, etc. Intentionally dehumanizing Latinos so that he can more comfortably visit harm upon them. While tearing their families apart and interning them in tented camps This is Nazi shit. Fuck politeness.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 25, 2018
If she doesn't want to be held accountable for the administration's evil, she can resign and denounce it.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 25, 2018
08
Nov
16
We Will Not Be Denied
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Tags: 2016 Elections, African American, African Americans, black, GOP Obstruction, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets, vote, Voter Suppression, voting
Tags: 2016 Elections, African American, African Americans, black, GOP Obstruction, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets, vote, Voter Suppression, voting
This Navy veteran took a bus and walked 3 blocks on crutches to vote for Clinton in Norfolk. Says Trump doesn't know more than the generals. pic.twitter.com/YXVSRfArP6
— . (@BrockVergakis) November 8, 2016
This is Ruby, 80, from Madison. Born in Jim Crow Arkansas. Took 2 trips to DMV & court order for her to get credential to vote in WI today pic.twitter.com/YQuetxI0uE
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 8, 2016
African American voting in FL has surpassed 2012 levels. #electionday @AJEnglish
— Leah Wright Rigueur (@LeahRigueur) November 8, 2016
19
Aug
16
Black…White…And Everything In Between”
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Tags: Barack Obama, black, love, Martha's Vineyard, Obama, portrait, President, vacation
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Vineyard Gazette (Thanks, JER)
04
Jun
16
Muhammad Ali: Unapologetically Black
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Tags: Ali, black, Black History, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets
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Is it okay to say that Muhammad Ali "transcended his race" & erase his clear commitment to & embracing of blackness? pic.twitter.com/EsKB2rYBmt
— deray (@deray) June 4, 2016
Muhammad Ali didn't transcend race.
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) June 4, 2016
He was Black. Powerful. Confident.
He was everything that hateful people feared.
He was the Greatest.
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Muhammad Ali on white feminism in response to being told that he is "too arrogant"..https://t.co/vm2TqFsVae
— zia (@4zerio) June 4, 2016
Muhammed Ali was a SOUTHERN👏🏾BLACK👏🏾MUSLIM👏🏾MAN who CONSCIENTIOUSLY👏🏾OBJECTED
— 🗽Sydette Cosmic Dreaded Gorgon Clydesdale🇬🇾 (@Blackamazon) June 4, 2016
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35 years ago, Muhammad Ali stopped a suicidal man who was ready to jump off a building https://t.co/nSpk62x1UJ https://t.co/cp6YorgSoO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 22, 2016
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He cultivated his speech even though reading was difficult for him because it was IMPORTANT to him he be eloquent in his Blackness
— 🗽Sydette Cosmic Dreaded Gorgon Clydesdale🇬🇾 (@Blackamazon) June 4, 2016
He didn't transcend race . He anchored himself in what made him BLACK AMERICAN and changed the world with it. He never "left" Louisville.
— 🗽Sydette Cosmic Dreaded Gorgon Clydesdale🇬🇾 (@Blackamazon) June 4, 2016
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PEOPLE loved him and people HATED him. Because of how much he loves his BLACK self .
— 🗽Sydette Cosmic Dreaded Gorgon Clydesdale🇬🇾 (@Blackamazon) June 4, 2016
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Muhammad Ali was the only person to have his star on a wall b/c he refused to let the prophet's name be stepped on pic.twitter.com/Usbt1xiiIu
— Saraah ♤ (@BrownSugaSaraah) June 4, 2016
He's always keeping it real. I really hope he gets through this. 🙏🏽 #MuhammadAli pic.twitter.com/gceAWrEnvd
— Saraah ♤ (@BrownSugaSaraah) June 4, 2016
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Mandela and Ali. (Photo: Dana Gluckstein) pic.twitter.com/LcnYkK2voB
— OkayAfrica (@OkayAfrica) June 4, 2016
Somehow never read Ebert's piece on watching ROCKY II with Ali until now. Fantastic stuff: https://t.co/vXrR5MsPgc pic.twitter.com/jULAEGhMFf
— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) June 4, 2016
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Muhammad Ali was a champion in many ways. He worked for every person to register & vote. He will be deeply missed. pic.twitter.com/hqdq5moa8R
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 4, 2016
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