Tom & Lorenzo on Twitter: “When powerful white men use words like lynching and witch hunt to describe their perceived persecutions, it’s because there are no historical analogues to white male persecution. There’s no term for it because historically, there’s no such thing.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/350xyUw
THE GOOD NEWS FIRST:
StanceGrounded on Twitter: “My heart can’t. A mother, who came to Canada as a refugee from Syria, sees her son for the first time in three years after his refugee application was approved. The family is now reunited. He goes to kiss her feet, a sign of respect. I’m crying” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2qb7CXE
Roland Martin Reaches More Black Americans With News Than Anyone In U.S. | Black Enterprise http://bit.ly/3512eoU
Lupita Nyong’o & Cicely Tyson Share an Embrace at National Equal Justice Awards Dinner 2019 | Cicely Tyson, Lupita Nyong’o : Just Jared http://bit.ly/2pkSE0S
David Ovalle on Twitter: “Singer John Legend arrives at Miami-Dade criminal court for special docket to waive court fees, so convicted felons can have their right to vote restored” / Twitter http://bit.ly/33OWJJu
History Lovers Club on Twitter: “This tree in South Africa is over 2000 years old and is known as the The Tree of Life. More pics” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2O8eTiQ
Leslie Proll on Twitter: “By U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, the only Black federal judge ever to serve on bench in Montgomery, Alabama. They are both history-makers.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2KgHtgQ
AND NOW THE NEWS RELATED TO WHITE SUPREMACY:
White man who enslaved and abused black restaurant employee received 10 years in prison – The Washington Post https://wapo.st/373cqPg
Rebecca J. Kavanagh on Twitter: “Cops in unmarked cars grabbed a group of Black children trick or treating in an affluent Brooklyn neighborhood, lined them up against a wall, searched them, handcuffed them, then took them to a police precinct, where they were released without charges.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/32Gyyvr
The Volatile Mermaid on Twitter: “The people who don’t want us to use the term “concentration camps” when talking about groups of children concentrated in camps are defending their use of the word “lynching” to describe a white man being held accountable for his actions.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2NLDpaA
Leslie Proll on Twitter: “Could Texas be any more intentional? Houston voters elect 19 Black women to judgeships. GOP then introduces bill to replace judicial elections w/governor-appointed judges. Kicker: Bill would end elections only in counties w/500,000+ people, targeting urban areas like Houston.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/33N8pMV
LDF Sends Letter to Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission Supporting Complaint Against Judge S. Kastrenakes | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund http://bit.ly/2O9cKDI
NYC Psychology Professor Secretly Moonlights As White Nationalist Co-Host Of Richard Spencer’s Podcast – Gothamist http://bit.ly/2KhMYfq
EXCLUSIVE: A U.S. Marine Used the Neo-Nazi Site Iron March to Recruit for a ‘Racial Holy War’ – VICE http://bit.ly/359O8BJ
Facebook Empowers Racism Against Its Employees of Color http://bit.ly/370l8hk
Donald J. Trump on Twitter: “Bringing the word “Nationalism” back into the mainstream – great job by Rich Lowry! Very important book.” http://bit.ly/2QgqZZW
Redlined by Algorithm | Dissent Magazine http://bit.ly/2KhNjic
Father of Atatiana Jefferson has died, family spokesman confirms | wfaa.com http://bit.ly/2O8XFSy
Opinion | The ‘Lost Cause’ That Built Jim Crow – The New York Times https://nyti.ms/2rJU06b
wilfred chan on Twitter: “ICE rolled an armored military vehicle. with a gunner in the roof. through an immigrant community in Queens.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2Ocvkuu
Nikki Haley Forgives Trump’s racist ‘go back’ slur on Ilhan Omar: ‘I appreciate where he was coming from’ | rawstory.com http://bit.ly/2O6MdXw
Batya Ungar-Sargon on Twitter: “Our Orthodox brothers and sisters are bearing the brunt of the massive rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes, many of which are taking place on a daily basis in Brooklyn, New York effing City. FOR SHAME AMERICA. RAISE YOUR VOICE UP FOR THEM!!!” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2qeLVFY
1944 Expulsion of Iberia Parish’s Black Leaders | Iberia Travel http://bit.ly/2q28WMy
Kristen Clarke on Twitter: “The Trump administration held 69,550 migrant children in gov’t custody over the past year, enough kids to overflow a football stadium. That’s more kids detained away from their parents than any other country, despite the trauma & damage that results.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2qaDsUo
Khaled Beydoun on Twitter: “The forgotten Muslim soldiers that served with the Allies. Nearly 600,000 served; here they are seen praying while fighting during WWI. #VeteransDay” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2Qgx48P
The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans | The New Yorker http://bit.ly/34X7rhk
Little-Known Heroes of WWII: The U.S. Army’s All-Mexican-American Unit http://bit.ly/350LRIN
ADL Urges Action After FBI Reports Jews Were Target of Most Religion-Based Hate Crimes in 2018 | Anti-Defamation League http://bit.ly/2KjIeFP
Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails | Southern Poverty Law Center http://bit.ly/2QhAgRF
Soledad O’Brien on Twitter: “Why any corporation would advertise on a show where a hateful person spews anti-immigrant rhetoric is beyond me.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/34YzqNG
Peter Daou on Twitter: “I ASK AGAIN: What in living hell is white supremacist #StephenMiller doing in our White House??? He has spearheaded a border torture policy that the last living Nuremberg prosecutor called a “crime against humanity.”” / Twitter http://bit.ly/370m8SC
Samantha Jonscher on Twitter: “BREAKING: A 28–year old male Northern Territory police officer has been charged with one count of murder over the death of Kumanjayi Walker @abcdarwin” / Twitter http://bit.ly/2OaloBL
Dr Andrea Livesey on Twitter: “In the plantation museum there is one board on slavery. It tells visitors that ‘various records indicate they were treated well for the time’. I’m guessing these records all come from the enslavers?” / Twitter http://bit.ly/36Xm9a1
Court Rules Against Black Woman Who Said She Was Ridiculed For Her Hair At Work, Told It Was ‘Unprofessional’ – Blavity News http://bit.ly/3515L6E
Demand the WWE be held accountable for perpetuating anti-Black imagery. | ColorOfChange.org http://bit.ly/34YOuuD
Report Details How Stephen Miller Shared Theories Favored by White Nationalists – The New York Times https://nyti.ms/375b6M0
Billionaire’s wife claims she can use n-word because she knows Alicia Keys https://pge.sx/350zpsG
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