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—honoring black viewpoint diversity for the sake of our democracy. 501(c)3.
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New Pew poll: Young Dems, 18-29, are the only group in which a majority (55%) deny US is "one of the greatest countries." —52% of ALL Americans say US “one of the greatest countries.” —23%: US “stands above all other countries.” —23%: “there are other countries better.” 1/2
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Best take yet on the Joy Reid / Musk / Karen affair.
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Claiming ownership of calling people ‘Karen’ isn’t something to be proud about, especially not as a racial “contribution” to popular culture.
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3/4 Our ultimate aspiration is toward a world in which, in
@cvaldary
's words, we "treat people like human beings, not political abstractions." Only by honoring the *true diversity* of the thoughts entertained by people racialized as "black" can we reach that longed-for world.
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2/4 One might wish someday to stop characterizing any thought as "black," but we do it strategically now in order to fight the deeply ideological and, sadly, hegemonic narrative about the "essential nature" of dark-skinned, African-descended people that's being pushed so hard.
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Why Free "BLACK" Thought? It's a rhetorical & strategic rather than metaphysical choice. "Blackness" is today tendentiously essentialized as inherently a matter of *these* beliefs vs *those* beliefs. Ours is a countervailing rhetoric, saying this *too* is "black" thought. 🧵
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"blackness as difference and multiplicity": we're stealing that!
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Replying to @FreeBlckThought and @bruceclark77
yes a return to a notion of blackness as difference and multiplicity is a core task in the retooling of liberalism.
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“He earned this. Okay, he’s Black. But he just happened to be a Black soldier who did what he did. He did what he did out of love for his men.” His own skin burned as he made 6 trips back into the burning truck to save his comrades. Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor at last.
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After extraordinary sacrifice — and years of delay — Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor The White House ceremony should start momentarily. washingtonpost.com/national-secur
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RIP bell hooks (Sept 25, 1952 – Dec 15, 2021)
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bell hooks: “If you look at the history of silencing, ultimately the people that get silenced are the dissident, radical voices” 1/2 cc: @JasonReynolds83, @jzfriedman, @ashleyhopeperez, @ejmknox, @powellnyt, @michelleinbklyn, @ncacensorship #FReadom, #censorship, #BannedBooks
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RSVP to hear John McWhorter (
@JohnHMcWhorter
) LIVE with Ian Rowe (
@IanVRowe
) and Nique Fajors (
@NFajors
) on the INVISIBLE MEN podcast. TOMORROW 12/16, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET: aei.org/events/john-mc
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Join @NFajors & me on 12/16 for our first live episode of The Invisible Men with the erudite @JohnHMcWhorter - How does Woke Racism affect kids in K-12? aei.org/events/john-mc @FreeBlckThought @1776Unites @AEIeducation @fairforall_org @wil_da_beast630 @CDouglasLove3 @BobWoodson
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Tremendously insightful thread about the way "generational resentment" is passed from minority parent to minority child, such that children "inherit the wound," as we've heard
@thomaschattwill
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i was unaware that this man was capable of producing measured tweets; finally, an illuminating point. generational resentment is the memento minority children are imposingly programmed with. twitter.com/GodCloseMyEyes…
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