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RK Jackson | Atlanta 🛸

theerkj

We all know the racist history behind the concept of voting but has anyone done a thread on the inherently racist origins of run-off elections, specifically in Georgia? Alright so

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

QasimRashid

1/ Passage of the #19thAmendment was an important milestone for our country. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by

Timnit Gebru

timnitGebru

At Davos @sundarpichai gets a question about me & he talks about how Google is a leader in AI ethics & how they "allow debate." You are a leader in

LGBT Youth Scotland

LGBTYS

THREADAt their last development day, our Youth Commission on Care Experience decided to spend their workshop time on taking action to support #BlackLivesMatter . They decided to research and amplify

Peter Suzman

Biomaven

Second thread on $FGEN roxadustat in NDD.First thread here:https://twitter.com/Biomaven/status/1304433750911188993?s=20 So $FGEN stock price was basically unchanged w/ $AKBA's failure, even though this likely removed a significant poten

michael

Sisyphusa

On this day: In 1831, enslaved people in Jamaica rose up to emancipate themselves in what became known as the "Christmas Rebellion" or "Baptist War" (missionaries and free Black Baptists

Diana Benitez

DBenitez95

I can’t believe this conversation is still happening but, there’s nothing wrong with pushing someone with a large platform to speak up about injustice. Whether they do it, or not,

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/9December 21, 2020, marks 156 years since Sherman & 60,000 Union soldiers captured #Savannah. Sherman’s 285-mile, 3-week long “March to the Sea” devastated both the Confederacy & much of Georgia.

Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Tinu

Or a Black person. Because, you know, history. Hernrietta Leakes. Tuskegee. The mutilation of enslaved Black women to create the field of gynecology. Ongoing neglect of us. Textbooks that still

Yasmiyn Irizarry

DrYasmiyn

My new article "On Track or Derailed? Race, Advanced Math, and the Transition to High School" in @SociusJournal summarized in tweet form. A thread:#Sociology #Soctwitter #mathequity #BlackandSTEM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/f

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

I hate the that Jeff Zucker moved @CNN's broadcasts out of Atlanta and to NYC. Nothing against NYC, but the US needs national news outlets based in the Deep South.

LITERALLY GOD

FindomCiara

Make some noise for Vi, who is being racially attacked by @Staciespigpay, including mocking her with gifs of a fat Black woman and photoshopping her with an Afro. He is

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

Everytime I think about the ways our country has systematically found sophisticated ways to destroy our Black bodies, I get sick to my stomach. To think of Brandon Bernard tonight

ScoonTV

ScoonTv

FTR, I think the election is over. The more votes counted and the longer this lasts the more likely Biden will win. What happens from there is anyone's guess. I

Lauren Weber

LaurenWeberHP

Black Americans are receiving covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans, according to our new @KHNews data analysis on the rollout“We are missing the boat on equity” @MarcusPlescia

Mayor Svante Myrick

SvanteMyrick

Growing up I always felt lucky to be alive *now* and not *then.**Then* was a terrible time. Black Americans had shorter lives because they lived in terrible conditions, and any

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