Note: TWIWS will be on hiatus for the rest of the year. We will return in early January.A group of students from Tulane University’s School of Medicine is gaining attention after they gathered together at a former slave plantation in Louisiana to pose for a photo they say powerfully illustrates their “ancestral resiliency.” http://bit.ly/2PF2YLoTHE GOOD … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #106: Powerful Photo Shows Black Medical Students Standing on Former Slave Plantation in White Coats

Michael Harriot thread on Twitter: "Everyone's talking about impeachment and Clinton & Johnson as the only presidents ever impeached. But most people don't know WHY Johnson was impeached. So let me tell you the story about how not impeaching a racist president is a BIG reason why white supremacy lingers in America" http://bit.ly/2LMFTnETHE GOOD NEWS … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #105: Michael Harriot on impeachment, a racist president, and why white supremacy lingers in America

Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle - [Steve] Foster’s experience [for eating a breakfast sandwich on the platform] is a microcosm of the other-ization of black people that happens frequently on BART. They’re detained by police more often than any other racial group despite making up a small percentage of total BART customers. These incidents often … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #104: ‘Riding BART while black: Does our transit system play a part in continuing racial stereotypes?’

The Electoral College’s Racist Origins: More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that. - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/2D7yXwATHE GOOD NEWS FIRST:Sherrilyn Ifill on Twitter: "So honored to receive this award from @UDCLaw named for such a great lawyer and legend. #CharlesOgletree https://t.co/UDPQX870EU" / Twitter … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #103: The Electoral College’s Racist Origins

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/350xyUwTHE GOOD NEWS FIRST:StanceGrounded on Twitter: "My heart can't. A … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #102: When powerful white men use words like lynching

The Souls of Black Folks: Reclaiming Our Humanity From Racialized Trauma - “Healing from 400 Years of Enslavement” - is a free conference taking place on December 10, 2019, from 8:30am to 5:00pm at the Hilton Oakland Airport. The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Kenneth Hardy. Soul Food Breakfast and Lunch Served; Workshops, Entertainment, and more; … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #101: (Dec. 10) The Souls of Black Folks: Reclaiming Our Humanity From Racialized Trauma

Welcome to the 100th edition of This Week in White Supremacy. We started this weekly email on September 8, 2017, as part of our fight against white supremacy. Hitting this milestone of 100 editions isn't bittersweet. It's just bitter.TWIWS started with a desire to call out white supremacy wherever we saw it. I read a … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #100: A Special Message from Eva Paterson