ICYMI
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 26, 2019
Do you think that white supremacist groups pose a threat to the United States?
ALL
Yes 65%
No 29%
Dem.
Yes 88%
No 9%
Ind.
Yes 66%
No 29%
Rep.
Yes 41%
No 51%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 3/21-25/19)
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Category: Racism
Black workers have seen the smallest wage increases
More evidence of racism in America.
“The disparity suggests black workers aren’t benefiting to the same degree as others from what is by several measures the best labor market in nearly half a century.” https://t.co/LyoPaRHujd
— Errin Haines Whack (@emarvelous) April 17, 2019
Donate money to rebuild the three black churches destroyed by arson
The $1.8 million goal to rebuild these three historically black churches has just been exceeded. Twitter is a truly great place. Faith in humanity restored. https://t.co/86bzKAa1dl
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 18, 2019
While good people of all faiths open their hearts and wallets to rebuilding an international symbol of faith rocked by tragedy, please don’t forget three historically black churches burned to the ground and still picking up the pieces right here at home.https://t.co/NfqHvv7JLE
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 15, 2019
A crowdfunding campaign for 3 fire-ravaged black churches in Louisiana received nearly $400,000 after it was widely shared on social media https://t.co/6kx7MCmY8H
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2019
Please share 3 historic black churches were set on fire because of racism. Please help rebuild these important historical monuments- https://t.co/13ohYWUkC6
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) April 17, 2019
54. The blessings continue to flow in!!!
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 18, 2019
Ravens owner contributes $100K toward rebuilding historically black churches burned in arson https://t.co/AGBaR23DOE
Another Trump nominee won’t say that Brown v. Board of Education was correct
Now, another Trump nominee won’t say that it was correctly decided. This is racism right out in the open.
Jeffrey Rosen, DAG nominee, declines to say if Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided https://t.co/GWSClINu96
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) April 10, 2019
This puts him in the same camp as a number of Trump's judicial nominees, including Judges Wendy Vitter and Andrew Oldham
If you can’t agree that Brown v Board, SCOTUS’s 1954 education desegregation case, was decided correctly, you don’t belong at DOJ, let alone in the no. 2 position. https://t.co/wq2BN3LQQG
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 10, 2019
Burnings of black churches
I certainly think you can attribute this to Trump’s encouragement of white supremacism.
Trump and Pence quickly tweeted sympathy after the Notre Dame fire but said nothing about the black churches that burned.
“They burned down a building,” said the Rev. Harry J. Richard, whose Greater Union Baptist Church was among those destroyed in a series of suspicious fires. “They didn’t burn down our spirit.” https://t.co/NHQdVyWy0k pic.twitter.com/36SoFCrguk
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) April 9, 2019
Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case.
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) April 6, 2019
More at @nytimes: https://t.co/llcXMaR1Jg
The spike in church burnings in Southern states like #Tennessee & #Louisiana is a reflection of the emboldened racial rhetoric and tension spreading across the country. @NAACP stands vigilant to ensure that authorities conduct full investigations. https://t.co/mNczyhbDUr
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) April 8, 2019
So glad @CNN continues to cover the #burning of #blackchurches in #Louisiana. #thisis2019 https://t.co/VKIylRxftK
— Robbin Simmons (@RobbinSimmons7) April 9, 2019
Why aren't Pence or Trump speaking out about the 3 historically black churches in Louisiana burned down?
— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) April 16, 2019
Hint: They are bigots.
Analysis: Trump and Pence tweeted about Notre Dame fire but said nothing when 3 black churches burned https://t.co/YH863rMfYw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 16, 2019
Republicans use liars to deny the problem with white supremacists
Today’s House hearing on Hate Crimes and White Nationalism included Republican witnesses who lied about history. Republicans don’t want to deal with white supremacists because they are a large part of the Trump cult.
The Republican guests in today’s House hearing on white nationalist terrorism were there to distract from the fact that white supremacists are a vital GOP voting bloc, and that their extremism is to be tolerated. Read @CharlesPPierce. https://t.co/8uJ68ynXPL
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 9, 2019
Oh man. Rep. Ted Lieu now playing a tape of Candace Owens, who is sitting right there, saying it would have been fine if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great. pic.twitter.com/BIIQGOeKPC
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) April 9, 2019
Serious question: Which Republican invited Candace Owens to speak as an expert at a hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism?
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 9, 2019
Her views on this issue are out of line with the public and the data. And what is her expertise in this area? https://t.co/5GAE2PasIH
"The political realignment that began as a result of the civil rights movement in the 1960s is well documented … In fact, when Ken Mehlman was RNC chairman, he effectively apologized for that political strategy at the 2005 NAACP national convention." https://t.co/MpA9YFbZYr
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 9, 2019
During House hearing today, @replouiegohmert and Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, promoted a conspiracy theory that the media somehow misreported Trump's comments about "very fine people" participating in a white supremacist rally in Virginia. pic.twitter.com/LksqnmFh8L
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 9, 2019
Tomorrow's House hearings on Hate Crimes and White Nationalism will feature, in addition to Candace Owens (??), avowed white supremacist @MortonAKlein7. This drawing features actual statements Mort has made.
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) April 8, 2019
Full list: https://t.co/kqKNHeQywR via @russelneiss pic.twitter.com/I1dETugWL4
Mort Klein is now telling Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, a man who is at this white supremacy on social media hearing because he lost two daughters and a son-in-law in a hate crime, about the "aspects of the Quran that promote murder" and that "we need to have Muslims step up."
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 9, 2019
Dr. Abu Salha’s daughters, Yusor and Razan, were killed in a hate crime. Razan wanted to be an architect; Yusor a dentist. They loved the beach.
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) April 9, 2019
Today Dr. Salha is sharing his story with @HouseJudiciary. I’m thankful for his bravery.
We must stop white nationalist violence. pic.twitter.com/ZgXLW1uNEY
Racist and anti-Semitic YouTube users overwhelmed the official YouTube livestream of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on white nationalism https://t.co/h36kBRg9xi
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 9, 2019
House Judiciary Cmte. hearing Tuesday about the rise of white nationalism unleashed a wave of online hate speech, prompting YouTube to turn off chats on livestreams of the hearing. https://t.co/nVM3iHIzEu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 9, 2019
UPDATE: House lawmakers who held a hearing on white nationalism grilled Facebook and Google. At the same time, users posted racist screeds on YouTube. Meanwhile, GOP-invited witnesses called the hearing a political stunt. https://t.co/V6F7mNLaNo
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) April 9, 2019
YouTube today disabled comments on a livestream of a House Judiciary hearing on hate speech and white nationalism, citing the presence of "hateful" messageshttps://t.co/ordoaD76It
— POLITICO (@politico) April 9, 2019
To be clear, Candace Owens, who claims the Southern Strategy never existed, was the BEST the GOP had for this House Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes. (Below is a great explanation of the Southern Strategy via @RanttMedia.) pic.twitter.com/8GsxalqNl9
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) April 9, 2019
23 House Republicans voted against a resolution condemning bigotry
How can you not be opposed to hate? Sad!
JUST IN: The House has voted 407-23 to pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other bigotry. 23 Republicans voted against the resolution, with GOP Rep. Steve King voting "present"https://t.co/uWlZlpDhr7
— Axios (@axios) March 7, 2019
House Democrats have been under pressure for a week on anti-semitism but House Republicans have bailed them out.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 7, 2019
No 3 house r Liz Cheney, Lee zeldin and Louie Gohmert vote no. Jeff Duncan present.
An embarrassing moment for house gop.
So Dems, allegedly in disarray on this one, all vote in favor. No votes are Republicans. https://t.co/icJeUtyevu
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) March 7, 2019
In case it wasn’t obvious, the people who refused to vote for a generic, non-binding “hate is bad” resolution were Republicans. https://t.co/riGuwJf8QT
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 7, 2019
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) March 7, 2019
Do you think the Republican Party is tolerant and open to all groups of people?
Yes 32%
No 65%
Do you think the Democratic Party is tolerant and open to all groups of people?
Yes 65%
No 32%
(Pew, 3/17-27/16)
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The “race vs class” debate
The framing of the "race vs class" debate that resurfaces on here every few months feels incredibly reductive. It's both. It's those things & more. Racism, capitalism, sexism all engage with one another & have unique material impacts on the how different ppl experience the world.
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) March 4, 2019
I see the Bernie bros have come into my timeline. So if class is black people’s primary barrier and not race answer the following questions:
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 3, 2019
African-Americans face wide-ranging educational, economic and health disadvantages — lasting effects from the Jim Crow era, says @NCNWHQ. To uplift communities, the nonprofit champions STEAM education: https://t.co/fIgUYxZZVZ pic.twitter.com/Ku3BXl5niV
— Comcast Newsmakers (@ComcastNewsmkrs) March 4, 2019
In 2006, amid the real estate run-up, black families earning more than $200,000 annually were more likely on average to be given a subprime loan than a white family making $30,000 a year. Most important story you’ll read today:https://t.co/56LqFOuJJk
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) March 2, 2019
School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the U.S. in 2016, despite serving the same number of students, a new report found https://t.co/4dZI0WHJPh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2019
This is data visualization done right. https://t.co/0e411lqp7X
— Trevon D Logan (@TrevonDLogan) March 4, 2019
Specifically notes the racial disparities. Crucial. https://t.co/OYZMFaPDBv
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) March 5, 2019
Trump is a racist. Meadows is a racist.
They’re both racist birther movement believers. I don’t care that Trump has a black employee, I’m sure lots of racists do.
To be clear, telling a black person to go back to Africa is one of the oldest and most well-known racist tropes in this county’s history. https://t.co/hV3TcVpjCI
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) February 28, 2019
It’s really worth watching this entire video. It’s a reminder of what birtherism looked like and how the president got his political start by questioning whether President Obama was born in the United States. It’s definitely worth pressing Mark Meadows to comment today. https://t.co/osb0ZmkI5w
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) February 28, 2019
It’s morning & I still can’t believe that Rep. Mark Meadows ran the full playbook of most insulting racism defenses. 1. Used the “Black friend” defense as proof a white person could not be racist. Actually physically presented the Black friend (which is unusual).
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) February 28, 2019
Meadows tells CNN's @SunlenSerfaty "anyone who knows me knows that there is not a racial bone in my body" in response to questions about his Obama birther comments in 2012. Note: Obama had been president for 4 years at that point and Meadows said he should go "back to Kenya."
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) February 28, 2019
CNN’s @SunlenSerfaty spoke to Meadows who says he has apologized for the comments from 2012 he made about then-candidate Obama, saying he has “addressed it a dozen times.” https://t.co/yWEyGJnEC3
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 28, 2019
Blow up Twitter: Meadows and Tlaib just hugged on House floor and are engaged in a long, cordial talk.
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) February 28, 2019
Tlaib/Meadows thing is a great example of the plight of the minority professional in majority white spaces (like Congress!). A colleague did something racist. Tlaib politely pointed it out – and has now had to spend 24 hours reassuring her white colleague that's not a bad person
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) February 28, 2019
Rep. Mark Meadows invited Lynne Patton to Michael Cohen's hearing on Wednesday. Her appearance ignited a heated exchange about race, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib calling the act “insensitive” and possibly racist “to use a black woman as a prop.” https://t.co/VTSQgU2UXR
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 28, 2019
Analysis: Having a black friend doesn’t mean you’re not racist. https://t.co/em5C1HTqmc
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 28, 2019
I need you to see the longer version of this bigoted video from Congressman @MarkMeadows. It's 4 minutes of pure bigotry. Not only was the question disgusting, but @RepMarkMeadows relished in the bigotry from his fellow panelist, Vance Patterson, then joined in himself. pic.twitter.com/I8F3L27giM
— Shaun King (@shaunking) February 28, 2019
Steve King must go
He should be gone. Bigot.
The Republican party is supporting racism if they let him run again (and serve now).
Except for being an alt-right shitbag. https://t.co/jO9gAchLuv
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 22, 2019
Rep. Steve King plans to seek re-election: "I have nothing to apologize for" https://t.co/W48yhJsKWo pic.twitter.com/j9C8vmQQKK
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 22, 2019
Steve King appearance on Iowa Press starts with Yepsen asking about comments that sparked firestorm. "Are you sorry?" King responds: "I have nothing to apologize for." Blames controversy on the media.
— Tony Leys (@tonyleys) February 21, 2019
Sad! 