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405 - Jay🩷: "I think it's sick how black pe…" - disabled.social
I think it's sick how black people are treated in academia. I remember my middle school recommended that I go into high school courses that would get me to community college. However, I was getting 90s in middle school and could obviously handle courses that would get me into university.. Despite being streamlined into community college because of my skin color, I took it upon myself to upgrade. Some racist teacher wasn't going to stop me from achieving my dreams. However, not all black peop...
4338 - PersonalEscrito: "Acc. to a study by the #indige…" - disabled.social
Acc. to a study by the #indigenous network COICA, world's biggest banks are helping to destroy the Amazon: Citibank, JPMorgan, Itaú, Santander, Bank of America, HSBC concentrate half of the direct financing for #oil & #gas exploration operations in countries like Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. “Not a single drop of oil from the Amazon has been extracted with the consent of the indigenous peoples” More info in Portuguese: https://www.esquerda.net/artigo/os-maiores-bancos-do-mundo-estao-...
5668 - oz_f
The rate of fines issued in Dandenong was 4x higher than that in Stonnington (South Yarra, Prahran, Toorak etc). Yeah, I’m back on my fines bullshit because people haven’t wrapped their head around cops being a shit public health strategy yet. #SideBySide
5836 - JustReinvest
We have long championed community-led justice reinvestment as the key to addressing the over-incarceration of First Nations people. This was echoed in the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Pathways to Justice report https://t.co/5kdFASpoPz
6994 - Now that my Instructor contract is over, I wanted to share my experience this past term teaching undergraduate courses. For months, students posted a slew of hateful, misogynistic, and sexual and g...
8231 - Normally, we try to stay out of trending topics. But this needs attention, as #intersectionality is a key to health and social justice. This thread by @Olas_Truth, Black Disability lifestyle expert...
9093 - Ableism has been getting me down. And making me feel worthless and like my life doesn't matter. It's just that I've had to struggle my whole life. Never getting to truly rest. And I know my futu...
9437 - This is fantastic reporting and analysis from @theappeal , as usual. The instinct of local news to seek punishment, even of a 5-year-old child, reflects the profound success of the relentless co...
10995 - Black English players racially abused after Euro 2020 final penalty misses
These three gifted young Black men were among those who stepped up during a moment of huge pressure — England's first major final in 55 years — only to have their social media accounts flooded with racist abuse after the team's defeat to Italy at London's Wembley Stadium.
