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11:52 PM · May 1, 2023

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From now until the general election, my weekly “Downballot” series will explore lesser-known races on the 2024 ballot This first 1 might be the greatest story in politics. It has everything: A Klandaughter, a civil rights hero, white history, Black history & a map Michael Harriot

Wow. What a story. Talk about a fascinating deep dive into the seamy side of Alabama...

I'll be bookmarking and watching out for the rest of his series.

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OPINION: Even before the world saw officers for the American descendants of slave catchers lynch Tyre Nichols, people wondered how Black cops be part of white supremacy.

On Tuesday, five former Memphis police officers involved in the beating death of #TyreNichols were charged with federal civil rights violations as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing.

Spoiler alert: Black cops can be racist because they are Black cops.

To be fair, I understand the confusion. Many white people have bought into a manufactured definition of racism that includes intent, hatred and Jesus knowing “what’s in their heart.” While I have never subscribed to the theory that Black people can’t be racist, I understand why Black people believe power is a necessary component of racism.

Still, when defining words, I tend to cite a little-known book called a dictionary. One of these books, published by an obscure publishing company called Merriam-Webster, defines racism as “the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another” or a “political or social system founded on racism and designed to execute its principles.”

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Click our 🔗 in bio to read more.

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If they were white it would have taken all the outrage in the world to bring them to justice. But it took less than a week to bring them down.

Wonder why?!?

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[ ID: A tweet from @/michaelharriot that reads "Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court [caps] DID NOT [end caps] strike down affirmative action.

"Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee family, and special record are still allowed.

"The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except [caps] WHITE PEOPLE [end caps]." End ID. ]

White people love colorblindness because it allows them to pretend their place in the racial ladder was justly earned and not gotten through theft, rape, slavery, murder, lynching, & violent oppression of black and brown people.

The only thing they might love more is misquoting Martin Luther King Jnr.

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OPINION: What does the hairstyle popularized by #TaylorSwift’s boo have to do with Black history, swag surfing and white culture’s greatest innovators?

If you’re one of the people who recently read the now-famous profile on Kansas City Chiefs tight end #TravisKelce’s haircut, you might have a serious question about the state of journalism in America:

Are there any Black people at the New York Times?

To be clear, the Times article wasn’t actually about Kelce, his career or even his status as the Prince of the Swifties. Instead, it focused on how Kelce has popularized the haircut known in #BlackAmerica as “the fade.” To explain the new viral haircut that you can find anywhere Black people exist, Times reporter Alyson Krueger interviewed someone who was astounded by the “sheer number of requests” for the haircut. Interestingly, Krueger managed to find an expert who’s at the vanguard of the urban style: Jeffery Dugas, a white barber in Canada.

Even though it’s #BlackHistoryMonth, it’s still important to recognize the contributions of all cultures — even the unseasoned ones. So, to honor the great white creators of the past, we thought we’d list eight innovations, inventions and creations that were conceived or popularized by white culture.

We linked the article in our bio - get the list! :psssttt it’s worth the read: 😏

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Thread by @michaelharriot on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App

Now here is the moral of the story :

Just because Tony Bennett was a diversity hire who got his job through affirmative action…

It doesn’t mean he wasn’t qualified.

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Check out this thread at Thread Reader App. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1662580068013490177.html

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[Image: Tweets by Michael Harriot ( @/michaelharriot ); the first tweet appears to be a reply to the second, so their order is reversed for understandability in the following transcript.]

Forget about Trump.

The most disturbing part of Project 2025 is that it is NOT a Trump Plan; it is a CONSERVATIVE plan. Many of the Project 2025 appointees can be installed by a GOP Senate. The House controls the country's purse strings, and a GOP-majority in the house…

enact the program in these plans WITHOUT Trump. And because it embeds MAGA workers in the gov't, it could be GENERATIONS before we infestation a MAGA infestation of the federal government.

It's not about JUST about your presidential vote; it's about voting on every level.

Basically a in-depth look of how Project 2025 will deeply FUCKED Over black people and will seriously harm black Americans. By making America " White " again and into a White only Christian Fundamentalist government controlled theocratic nation.

This shit isn't a joke and is terrifying as hell.

Literally, this plan is every white supremacist and Neo-Nazis dream come true.

FUCKING VOTE!

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“If FEMA doesn’t cover the cleanup, insurance rates are gonna SKYROCKET!”

- Me, watching the big fight at the end of every superhero movie

October 15, 2022 - 3:23 PM

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One of the most popular misconceptions about black history is that over time, America has gradually become less racist and more tolerant. That is not true. Since y'all want a BHM thread, here's a thread about the evolution of racism in America.

After the Civil War, black people freely registered to vote en masse. Voter registration was more than 90 percent in some states, especially in Southern states like Mississippi, where blacks outnumbered whites. Now that slavery wasn't a thing, how could racists control blacks? Well, they formed terrorist cells and started killing black people. If you've ever read my description of Reconstruction, you know I don't portray the massive black lynchings as separate events. It was an organized race war.

Which brings me to one of my favorite but lesser-known episodes in Black History, You must remember that the racist traitors who declared they'd rather own slaves than be American were not yet Americans. One of the provisions of Georgia being readmitted to the union was that former Confederates couldn't vote or hold office. Well, who else was left in Ga?

In 1868, 30 black men were elected to the Georgia House and another 3 were elected to the state Senate. Rufus Bullock, a white man, was elected Governor. You know white people were mad. In fact, they got so mad that a burgeoning terrorist group came down to help: The KKK. In 1868, the KKK and white supremacists in Ga removed the Original 33 from office. They literally overthrew the government. And for good measure, they started killing them.

One quarter of the Original 33 were killed, And when black people protested, the KKK killed them, too. When blacks converged in Camilla, Ga to protest, whites in Mitchell County stationed in hiding places opened fire, killing dozens. That was just a small taste. In 1868, white terrorists in Georgia murdered so many black people that the entire state was KICKED BACK OUT OF THE UNION. The Ga Supreme Court ruled, in 1869: "...There is no existing law of this State which confers the right upon the colored citizens thereof to hold office."

One of my favorite quotes about this reign of terror is that the Gov. Bullock "was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign his governorship and, in his discerning contemplation felt it wise to leave the state." That's gangsta terrorist shit, right there. But This didn't just happen in Ga. This terrorist violent overthrow of the government happened throughout the South. It was the evolution of white supremacy. Death and terror might be the only thing worse than slavery. Ga. was finally readmitted back into the Union in 1870. ~ @michaelharriot