#Violence

Back in the early summer when white people were suddenly realizing that the US has, you know, a certain malign track record, i asked what spurred their epiphanies.Of the hundreds
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So, a few people getting stabbed in London warrants wall-to-wall U.S. media coverage this morning?How many people were shot and killed in Chicago this week?Our media is a joke... in
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So like I know a lot of my followers aren't SPORTS people like I am and aren't in the habit of listening to sports radio programs at whatever-the-frig time it
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I’m at such a loss for words about everything going on rn. The fact people are getting tear gassed in the middle of a pandemic that effects the respiratory system
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tw // lorie Hi so I’m going to be talking about user @LORIEDIED and why i and the rest of spag no longer associate with them. This thread many contain
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I have absolutely no idea why people are clinging to the Karen meme so hard. Whatever its origins, it’s pretty laced in sexism by now (as shown by the men—incl
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This Day in Labor History: October 12, 1898. A racialized battle over strikebreaking broke out in Virden, Illinois. Let's talk about how employers could so easily manipulate racism to promote
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White supremacists and far-right militias have infiltrated police departments in every region of the US. A timely report + warning from @BrennanCenter:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias-infiltrate-us
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That Ikoyi/Banana Island video. Whew.I understand the sentiment behind wanting exclusivity and all the senrenre that comes with paying a lot of money for stuff (accommodation in this case). It's
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I see all this anger over the Pride train and the replies, and I just want to cry. Just a day after uproar over inclusive sex education as well.People always
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An informal thread on anger and hate. To begin with, though they have similar felt energies, anger and hate are not the same emotion. However, we could also say that
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Today is #IDEVAW2020, and this year has been marked by increasing violence against women globally in part due to pandemic lockdown measures.Mainstream organizations established to protect women are failing as
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I can’t believe it took this long to find a solution to domestic abuse. We thought it was about safe housing, but we just need to update our avis and
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Vanessa Guillen’s murder is a misogynist atrocity yet wholly banal. In Long Beach, California, a “popular” high school Spanish teacher, Pedro Tepoz-Leon, murdered his student, Mayra Mora-Lopez, an undocumented student
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Have you read the new Police Bill Buhari just signed into Law? We are in Soup! Let me summarize; A thread. The problem began in Section 34 of the Bill
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this year i'm not at home in hawaiʻi for irei no hi but this day is still a chance to reflect on legacies of war and what peace and genuine
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