Category: Educate yourself

THAT’S EXACTLY HOW YOU BECOME WHITE!

A lot of the anger about non-white people voting for a white nationalist is because some people don't understand one inarguable historical truth:

THAT'S EXACTLY HOW YOU BECOME WHITE!

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— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) November 5, 2020

A lot of the anger about non-white people voting for a……


Crime vs. harm and the violence of crime rates as our indicator of social wellbeing

Seeing lots of talk of crime rates going around, so a short-ish thread on crime vs. harm and the violence of crime rates as our indicator of social wellbeing. 1/

— micah – #8toabolition (@MicahHerskind) August 6, 2020

Seeing lots of talk of crime rates going……


So why did the Portuguese decide to sail around Africa to find India? Why did Christopher Columbus sail to find India? A thread.

So why did the Portuguese decide to sail around Africa to find India? Why did Christopher Columbus sail to find India? A thread.

This thread will be a continued discussion on how really did Black People became slaves here. https://t.co/vpHTosQ0ju

— X (@x_m2lx) …


How did Black Americans, Black Africans that became Americans, become slaves?

It starts with the Arab Slave Trade, or the Islamic Slave Trade. The African continent was dominated by Arab-Berbers in the north; Islam spread southwards along the Nile and through the Sahara. Thus began at least ten centuries of slavery for the benefit of the Muslim countries.


“Black-owned” ≠ worker-owned + community-owned.

George Washington Woodbey

“Negroes…are yet under the impression that the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few Negroes will solve this problem…notwithstanding the fact that a few white men have all the wealth and the……


Black Americans and Voter Suppression

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*Twenty two* African Americans served in Congress during the 1800s after the Civil War. Right before Southern racists took voting rights away from black people again.

After the Civil War many Americans could……


Black Americans & The American Revolution

In July 1775, George Washington, a Virginian and a slave owner, feared guns in the hands of blacks, particularly those enslaved, believing that armed slaves might foment a rebellion.

— X (@x_m2lx) July 4, 2020

In July 1775, George Washington, a Virginian and a slave owner, feared guns……


Freedom is a Constant Struggle – Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson, Palestine, and prison abolition. In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world.

Reflecting on the importance of black feminism,……


The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a book by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and legal scholar. The book discusses race-related issues specific to African-American males and mass incarceration in the United States, but Alexander noted that the discrimination faced by African-American males is prevalent among other minorities……


The Communist Manifesto

It is important that before you state your opinion on a topic, that you are informed enough that your opinion is productive and not misleading. Take the time to read on Marx. Here is where I am starting: The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Marxist orthodoxy always insists that societies naturally……