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1Nov 6, '24We must not delude ourselves in this moment. Multiracial democracy in the United States is less than 60 years old. It has always been contested, often violently so. It has always b33.7×5.8M23k4.6k4.5k
2Feb 4, '23My daughter just asked my birth year and I said 1976, and she said, "Dang! That's close to the Holocaust." And I was going to object, but it's actually closer to the Holocaust than19.9×3.5M71k3k585
3Jun 12, '24Don’t ever talk to me about how Black people aren’t owed reparations because no one alive has suffered what the reparations are for. These survivors for more than a century have st18.6×3.2M31k9.8k2k
4Sep 17, '23That's right. "We've" never heard of her. What an amazing self-own.18×3.1M28k1.6k752
5Jan 24, '24Let’s look at the race of the pilots of every U.S. flight that has ever crashed and then call this what it is: unabashed, standard-issue, racism.17.3×3M39k4.9k1.6k
6Jul 12, '24This is what I am hearing from so many Black Americans and especially Black women who feel 1) That their vote, decision and concerns are being undermined by non-Black people in the14.7×2.5M15k3.5k590
7Apr 16, '24Honestly, y’all should be embarrassed for even posting this salary. Women deserve better.13.9×2.4M23k2.7k306
8Aug 7, '23If you understand the history of Montgomery -- one of the most prolific slave-trading cities in the US turned brutally repressive apartheid regime after, and majority Black but JUS13.8×2.4M25k3.4k1.4k
9Jan 19, '23Remember when we were told they weren't opposing the teaching of Black history, just "CRT"? And how many dismissed those of us who said these laws were anti-history laws, and anti-12.6×2.2M26k8k497
10Feb 8, '23If you're going to lock up everything in the drug store, an already demeaning shopping experience, at least have enough workers to open up the cases for all the customers who just 12.4×2.2M22k1.3k138
11May 2, '24Just an FYI for people referencing the Civil Rights Movement as the ideal and legal means of protesting, students sitting in at lunch counters, in movie theaters, in bus terminals 10.4×1.8M22k5.5k1.4k
12Mar 28, '22I’m tripping that you can assault someone on live television on stage at the Oscars and just take your seat and watch the rest of the show.10×0153k13k1k
13Feb 14, '24Y’all. There’s no illusion anymore. Kids in the diverse Miami-Dade school system in Florida having to sign permission slips to be read to from a book because it’s “by an African Am9.9×1.7M18k5.8k1k
14Jun 10, '23UC does not have affirmative action, Black students remain under-enrolled. Blaming Black folks, however, never goes out of style.9.1×1.6M18k3.2k296
15Sep 28, '23Imagine being Black and running in a political party where you believe you need to disgrace your ancestors to have a chance.8.1×1.4M20k3.5k368
16May 3, '24Ole Miss is literally called this to honor how enslaved people had to refer to the slave owner’s wife. Black students account for less than 12 percent of the students there even th7.8×1.4M16k2.9k886
17Aug 27, '23Journalists: the Jacksonville mass murder was not racially motivated violence, it was RACIST violence. We must be specific and direct with our language.7.8×1.3M17k3.6k107
18Jan 12, '24The cruelty of being the poorest state in America and choosing — choosing — to turn down federal aid for poor children to eat.7.6×1.3M23k6k295
19Sep 11, '24Shout out to the @ABC moderators for fact-checking in real time. This is how you do it.7.4×1.3M47k5.1k281
20Jul 22, '24Kellyanne Conway just said on Fox News that Kamala Harris doesn’t speak well or work hard — rich considering who she worked for, and laughable because we’ve all heard the VP speak.6.7×1.2M27k4k309
21Apr 16, '24He shot this 60-year-old woman three times. This is the result of a society with too many guns and too little tolerance and the certainty that the law will protect you for shooting6.6×1.1M24k5.5k406
22Jul 18, '24Trump has been caught sleeping several times at the convention, which apparently is not a crisis or a sign that he’s too old to serve.6.3×1.1M23k4.9k318
23Aug 15, '23Once again, it is Black people who are the greatest agents of democracy the United States has ever seen.6.3×1.1M22k2.7k249
24Jun 23, '24This is for all the people who dismiss the need for opportunity for anyone except our top students. All of our children have potential, talent and worth. We don’t throw away the on6.0×1M36k5.5k846
25Jan 26, '24DEI is not the reason why you presume Black people aren’t qualified. Racism is the reason. And a need to believe a Black person could not possibly do better than you. I know it and5.8×999k21k4.5k655
26Jul 8, '24If billionaires paid their fair share of taxes we wouldn’t have to rely on these “gifts” bestowed on a few and instead could offer universal college. Just saying.5.4×929k20k4.2k269
27Jan 17, '22I was invited to give an MLK speech today and a small number of members of the group hosting me wrote and then leaked emails opposing my giving this speech, as it dishonored Dr. Ki5.0×045k14k4.2k
28Apr 1, '24Why would a journalist even ask this question? When was the last time journalists asked a white governor if a catastrophe happened because too many white people were hired? This is4.8×826k17k4.2k529
29Jan 20, '22Journalists, stop calling the failure to pass the voting rights bill a “major setback” for Democrats. It is a major setback for DEMOCRACY. The right to vote is not a partisan issue4.3×053k14k239
30Jan 4, '22With a bachelor’s degree I worked part-time at Subway, as a receptionist, and as a cashier at a department store. I sold mattresses with a master’s degree. I also am human enough t3.4×049k6.9k491
31Nov 19, '21In this country, you can even kill white people and get away with it if those white people are fighting for Black lives. This is the legacy of 1619.3.3×036k8.8k394
32May 11, '22Say it with me: Voting rights secure all other rights.3.2×045k7.4k105
33Sep 6, '23A truly powerful moment in my journey was getting to meet Ms. Viola Fletcher, radiant at 109, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. As we held each other's books, 3.1×536k16k2.5k240
34Apr 17, '22I’ve been thinking more and more that newsrooms need to hold an all-staff meeting where they invite democracy experts & historians in & really do a massive reset of how we 3.0×038k7.6k376
35Jul 1, '24We are in dangerous, dangerous times. A faltering democracy in decline.2.9×495k16k2.7k189
36Jun 24, '22We knew it was coming and yet it still took my breath away. I have no words.2.6×042k4.3k92
37Oct 8, '22A model, in many ways, for how journalists in real time should be forcing politicians to back up their claims with facts and sources and not simply allowing them to go unchallenged2.4×033k5.1k970
38Jul 28, '21This is an argument against every public good and that’s not how public goods work. Why should we pay, then, for public school if our kids attend private or we have no kids? Why pa2.4×033k5.8k298
39Nov 11, '21You know what hurts workers more than the cost of milk? The cost of childcare.2.2×034k3.7k58
40Jun 22, '21This is why it’s not enough to tell people to vote. People did vote. These voter suppression laws are in response to people organizing and voting. Our democracy is on the cusp and 2.2×029k6k109
41Nov 7, '21It’s actually simple: If you can feel pride in things you didn’t personally take part in, then you can feel shame in things you didn’t personally take part in. Some of you are moti2.1×026k5.6k630
42Feb 14, '22Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass, the greatest American ever born. When he self-emancipated, Douglass chose Valentine's Day as his birthday because his mother gave him a heart-2.0×029k4k324
43Sep 16, '22Imagine being in a foreign country, not speaking the language, desperate and with your child, and being dropped off in the middle of the street in a strange city with nothing becau1.9×023k4.1k130
44Nov 4, '21I am confused about how one state going Republican for governor and another remaining Democrat is the death knell for Biden’s agenda. Seems like the scripts are written no matter t1.8×029k2.6k74
45Sep 30, '24I am very excited to announce the initial schedule for the 1619 Project: A Visual Experience book tour — and especially to announce what is going to be a magnificent launch event a1.8×312k2.1k365148
46Oct 21, '21Are folks realizing how insane this is? One, that teaching an academic theory is prohibited by law? Two, that what’s really outlawed is teaching about race, racism and accurate his1.8×021k5.9k457
47Sep 2, '21Black people tried to tell y’all. Do you believe us now?1.7×027k2.5k185
48May 4, '21Here's a thought: Maybe vaccinated people are still wearing masks because none of us know who is and is not vaccinated and so it is an act of being unselfish to not force workers/o1.7×022k4.5k132
49May 3, '22Folks on here saying this will energize “women” voters are blatantly ignoring that majority of Black, Latina, Asian and Indigenous women voted against Republicans, and majority of 1.7×023k3.8k177
50May 16, '22I’ve avoided tweeting about the white supremacist massacre so not to dishonor the dead in anyway. But I keep obsessing over the constant drumbeat of the last year abt the dangers o1.6×024k3.7k248
51Dec 31, '21This really is what it’s about. They do not want accurate history, but to erase history. It never occurs to them that we should teach both.1.6×024k3.2k182
52Jul 6, '21Here is my full statement about my decision to decline tenure at UNC Chapel Hill and instead accept the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting at @HowardU.1.6×021k4k298
53Oct 3, '21Y’all, my daughter has been asking for a dog since she was five years old. The other day I told her for the first time I’d actually consider it. Why did I do that? She has been goi1.6×026k689216
54Mar 17, '21Last night's shooting & the appalling rise of anti-Asian violence stem frm a sick society where nationalism has again been stoked & normalized. Anti-Black & anti-Asian 1.6×016k5.5k491
55May 20, '21I've been staying off of here today, but just know I see you all and I am grateful.1.6×028k67976
56May 1, '21America is not a racist country but if we teach our children about all the racist things this country has done they might think the country is racist is a helluva argument, I have 1.6×023k3.1k221
57Jun 4, '22What would it look like if Democrats ran an anti-gun campaign the way Republicans ran the anti-CRT campaign?1.5×022k2.7k105
58Jul 6, '21💪🏽✊🏽1.5×023k2.2k171
59May 20, '21I have been overwhelmed by all the support you all have shown me. It has truly fortified my spirit and my resolve. You all know that I will OK. But this fight is bigger than me, an1.5×026k1.3k75
62Jun 25, '22Many companies are stepping up and offering travel and other assistance for their employees to get abortion access but women should not have to share this private health decision w1.5×023k2.6k79
63Aug 25, '22Because clearly it still needs to be said: Student loan forgiveness is not about irresponsible people taking out education loans and then not paying. These are compounding interest1.5×020k3.7k171
64Apr 13, '21I am so honored to reveal the covers of the first #1619Project books: THE 1619 PROJECT: A NEW ORIGIN STORY, which dramatically expands the original project, & the children's pi1.4×018k3.1k450
65Jan 1, '22In 2021, I was tested & disrespected. I had the audacity to say I refuse while wearing this bright red hair that so angers people who think intellect & success must adhere 1.4×025k86361
66Feb 6, '22Racist slurs have always been about power, that is why it is convenient for people atop the racial hierarchy to pretend otherwise. There is no equivalent to the N-word that Black p1.4×018k3.5k677
67Jun 15, '21What we are seeing is exactly why the #1619Project needed to exist in the first place. All these laws are doing are confirming the thesis of the project and affirming why this work1.4×019k3.4k126
68Aug 8, '21I have to say hotels claiming they aren’t cleaning rooms daily because of Covid while operating fully maskless bars and restaurants is a great hustle.1.4×023k1.6k75
69May 8, '21Oh, this was something. Study history folks. Everything old is new again, including motivations.1.4×017k3.9k695
70Jan 19, '22To test how race-neutral the DeSantis bill and others like it are, Black, Latino and Indigenous parents should flood these states with lawsuits about lessons that make their childr1.4×018k3.6k159
71Jul 28, '21Sometimes, Black women simply must say: I refuse.1.3×021k2k91
72Dec 13, '21I used to only read history. Now I’m mostly reading on fascism and authoritarianism and how how democracies fail. If you’re a journalist in these times and not doing the same, I’m 1.3×019k2.5k265
73Apr 15, '21This is why journalists must stop reporting law enforcement accounts as fact. We should be highly skeptical at all times. We know better. Do your jobs.1.3×016k4k134
74Jun 25, '21The fear that you’ll be treated the way you’ve treated others.1.3×017k3.2k274
75Oct 14, '21The family *needs* to be honored with some financial reparations.1.3×019k2.7k71
77Oct 28, '21Do you ever notice how few teachers are ever interviewed in these so-called CRT stories? Simply allowing Republican operatives posing as “concerned parents” to fear-monger about wh1.2×017k3k78
78Oct 22, '22I nearly fell out. We should make doing this a thing.1.2×017k1.8k1.1k
79Feb 4, '22But it somehow doesn’t include teaching students about racism and inequality?1.2×017k2.7k68
80Dec 30, '21Meanwhile, Black folks sitting behind bars for weed convictions.1.2×016k2.9k169
81Dec 8, '21I never want to hear anything again about “dysfunctional Black culture.”1.2×018k2k141
82Oct 6, '21When I deleted Facebook some years ago over privacy concerns, I missed it for approximately four days. All I have felt since then is liberated. Trust me, it will be ok if you stop 1.2×019k1.3k63
83Dec 3, '21PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE TWEETS SOME NONSENSE DOES NOT MEAN I AM REQUIRED TO DEBATE THEM ON HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE. MY PUBLISHED WORK IS MY DEBATE.1.2×020k80266
84Feb 18, '22Teach our children the truth.1.2×017k2.3k36
86Jan 27, '22This is absolutely hilarious because literally from 1790 to 1967 every single member of the Supreme Court was selected initially through an exclusionary criteria of race and gender1.1×016k2.7k153
87Feb 14, '22Def the Blackest halftime show in history. #HalfTimeShow1.1×019k1.1k54
89Apr 16, '22The type of country that prevented a talented player from playing strictly because of his race is precisely the history you don’t want children learning.1.1×016k2.6k91
90Nov 18, '21This was a dream I didn’t even have the audacity to dream. No magazine has meant more to me than @essence. As a Black girl from a working-class family in a working-class town, Esse1.1×017k1.3k70
91Apr 26, '22I came from a working-class family. My parents took out Plus Loans & desperate to make something of myself I took out 10s of 1000s in student loans. After repaying many multipl1.1×018k1.2k128
92Jul 6, '21There’s more.1.1×017k1.5k46
93Jan 3, '22Parents in NYC public schools are being asked to try to get our children tested b4 returning to school tomorrow. This is an abject failure. If the city wanted testing, they should 1.1×017k1.5k76
95Jun 30, '21View post on X1.0×017k71634
97Dec 1, '21I’m thinking leg two of the #1619Project needs to be the “banned book” tour, where I go to all the states that have banned the teaching of this work! What do y’all think?1.0×017k79738
98Aug 24, '22I am HERE for this.1.0×016k1.1k151
99Jun 24, '21My hair color really makes some of you so mad because it grates against your classist, misogynoir notions of what a successful Black woman should look like. I refuse to wear the un1.0×016k86075
100Jul 7, '21Through the years people would ask me why I didn’t teach at an HBCU and I’d say because no HBCU ever asked me. Thank you @HUPrez17 for asking. So happy to be part of The Mecca.1.0×017k1k38
101Dec 29, '21They called Ida B. Wells a “slanderous and nasty-minded mulattress.” None of this is new. And I told y’all: I am built for this.1.0×016k88884

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