Finally getting around to reading Winners Take All. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37506348
Notes
@2co_p Right? He says those things and I thought how lucky he is! Living his privileged life, not knowing any hardship, and that’s why he can say those things. To the point where he’s slightly inconvenienced by white guilt and he is pissed off! “I don’t give a shit!” 🤦🏻♂️
What can I do? What should I do?! I’m getting more and more pissed.
@2co_p What she meant is all these people at #BlackLivesMatter protests are spreading COVID-19. What she forgot is actually her Karen friends who went out to protest about haircuts and manicures. 🤦🏻♂️
This is me right now. https://x.com/meetissai/status/1268456059640754176
Help! Is this kimchi still edible?
While we’re enraged by police brutality, what’s the right tweeting about? #BlackLivesMatter
@2co_p Right? At least in the US you know the people supporting the police are racists. When I saw the same shot in HK I was like WTF?! You are the same people!!
Saw this on the expat group and wondered what’s wrong with this guy? Turns out he doesn’t believe African Americans are being suppressed and he hates being told to shut up about it. 😂🤦🏻♂️
During the Reconstruction-era, election of black politicians led to increases in per capita tax revenue, which was put towards public education and land tenancy reforms. This led to a boost in black male literacy. However, white politicians eventually… https://reddit.com/r/science/comments/gvhui4/during_the_reconstructionera_the_election_of/
Good people are outraged and protesting injustice. What about #RightWingTwitter? 🤦🏻♂️
#BlackLivesMatter
- Undoing White Womanhood. https://one.npr.org/i/865986110:865986112
From Barbecue Becky, to Permit Patty, to Central Park Karen. https://one.npr.org/i/865986110:865986112
I’ve been following protests from around the world for a long time but THIS! https://x.com/fionerss/status/1266863891608489984
“What’s even crazier is the peaceful black people in the crowd yelling for more peaceful white people in the crowd to restrain the white agitator: they actively denied the headline of race violence. Such smart thinking from a great group of protesters.” https://reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/gubie9/this_is_how_you_stop_rioters_peaceful_protesters/
↩ In reply to @existentialcoms
@existentialcoms That’s you and most people, but there’re a few who join specifically for the reason to shoot and rape and kill. These “few” grow in numbers in authoritarian / corrupt regimes.
@indyfromspace All these white supremacists coming out in droves coz of some instructions 😂 Is it bcoz it’s one of the few symbols they have left? Let’s pull it down. 🪓⛓
This may be hard to copy in the US, but in HK, there aren’t a lot of big businesses as the market is too small. To fight back against the pro-CCP gov and businesses, people began to label pro-democracy places as “yellow biz” (while pro-CCP are “blue biz”). #blacklivesmatter https://x.com/aaronMCN/status/1266951994821849089
@HipCityReg @harper