Came across this Twitter thread and thought they made good points.
Presidential candidates in 2024.
Yes, I am doing this.
You know when Sanders lost the election.
Nov, 11, 2016.
Sanders slammed " civil rights" as identity politics foreclosing the possibility of the black vote. The defining vote in the primary. https://t.co/V0cTdMQi2w— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
Yes, black people are not a monolith.
But yet we vote 92% with the Democratic party.
As if we are huddled in a protective posture of self-defense.
Whether you are a bus driver or a billionaire -your blackness can mean a shorter mortality in this country
— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
Racism is a disease of the mind. It leads people to believe their own superiority as a defense from the threat of "others" challenging their sense of self.
That happens everywhere. @QueenMab87
— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
Boiling racism down to the one dimension is offensive –enough.
But then proceeding to teach people to color the true nature of racisms – is peak ignorance.
— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
Making 50,000 dollars a year as a research analyst may make you middle class by most measures. But if every research analyst in your company is making 80,000 thousand this is still discrimination.
— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
Blk people with 780 credit scores are directed to loan products with a 17% interest rate-while someone with a murkier rating receives a prime loan
This is what discrimination looks like
And this was a large part of the financial collapse in 2008. Fixing this helps the economy
— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
Don't take off that weight. Go see your doctor.. and fight to be taken seriously.
In education, you own teacher may be harsher with you than your peers for the same behavior.
There are so many dimensions to racism. That I understand you can't see it allhttps://t.co/F3PEvtdjXR— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
So if a community has this life thread of being industrious the worst thing you can do in miss that energy.
— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
Citations.
Black women most educatedhttps://t.co/tXnYWR0piK
Black entrepreneurship https://t.co/9wKANldCUI
Active dutyhttps://t.co/KbEfyVl4QW— ((BlueSteelDC )) 🏳️🌈 (@BlueSteelDC) June 13, 2020
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https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1274098195648446469
https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1274137658462285824
https://twitter.com/JohnKerry/status/1273955712746520576
This is some muthaphuckin’ BULLSHYT!!!!
Pentagon ENDS the career of USS Theodore Roosevelt captain Brett Crozier after upholding decision to fire him over leaked letter and BLAMES HIM for coronavirus outbreak aboard the ship
When the coronavirus outbreak was discovered on the Roosevelt, Crozier sent an email to several commanders pleading for more urgent action
That email was leaked to media, and the acting Navy secretary at the time, Thomas Modly, accused Crozier of bad judgment
He was relieved of his command on April 2, and an initial investigation found he should be reinstated
But a deeper probe upheld the decision to fire him because he ‘made serious errors in judgement’ that failed to stem the outbreak
More than 1,000 members of the USS Theodore Roosevelt crew were infected with coronavirus, and one died
The ship was sidelined for weeks at Guam but recently returned to duty.
Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 14:26 EDT, 19 June 2020 | UPDATED: 15:39 EDT, 19 June 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8441145/Navy-upholds-firing-carrier-captain-virus-outbreak.html?ito=push-notification&ci=19460&si=733427
https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1273985593182208000
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https://twitter.com/LordeCali/status/1273828260691038208
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https://twitter.com/KevOnStage/status/1273629638980321280
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https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1273334115421519873
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1273384431605121025
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1273435262828384267
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1273257724311199744
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1273276718535651329
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1273529369311547392
https://twitter.com/soulphoodie/status/1273529888742486016
https://twitter.com/Purify_toast17/status/1273425207370420229
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https://twitter.com/semperdiced/status/1273329351270862849
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