rp @laylafsaad: White supremacy is based on the belief of white superiority: a belief that white people are superior to people of other races, and therefore deserve to dominate over them. But issa lie. A purposeful, intentional lie. A lie intended to keep black and brown people in a state of inferiority, subjugation, oppression, confusion, and powerlessness. People with white privilege: it’s time to wake up from the lie, and start telling the truth. You are not superior. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @teachfortheculture: As an educator, how are you using your voice and your platform to advocate for a more equitable and just school systems for our youth? .. How are you using your voice and your platform to advocate for the rights and needs of our black and brown students, who largely and continually experience marginalization in many of our school districts in the USA, and for whom the current educational system was NEVER designed to serve!!? -- ... I have found that in most spaces, one of the barriers to creating a more equitable system is the SILENCE of the people who are benefitting the most from our current system: namely, our non-poc colleagues and their families. .. I have also seen many instances where our poc colleagues have steered away from speaking up and advocating for justice, for (legit) reasons such as fear of repercussions and retribution, fear of not having job security, fear of being further isolated, or just straight up being tired of always having to be "the one" fighting .. we gotta let that ish go, y'all, and that means all of us ... It's the only way we are going to begin turning the corner if we want to see real change and the best outcomes for our youth! ... Our young people also need to see us using our voices, so that they may be empowered to do the same thing in schools and communities as well. Do you see it? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @antiracismdaily: Trump is racist, but so are other presidents throughout our history. And although some would argue that their actions “weren’t considered racist back then,” but racism, by definition, isn’t up for interpretation. Especially with the new addition that Merriam-Webster is planning on adding, thanks to the work of Kennedy Mitchum.

Let’s remember that racism is more than a political tactic. It’s a pervasive and devastating aspect of our society, created through generations of presidents and people practicing over time.

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rp @wherechangestarted: White supremacy may be systemic, but it is far from passive. It works hard to maintain the power dynamics that uphold it. We cannot be passive in our attempt to dismantle it. Ever.

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Antiracism requires you to be intentional. To be committed to moving through the process of becoming antiracist - generally, and specifically for any subject/topic you are having trouble with. To actively work at unpacking your racial triggers and replacing your racist tools of defense with tools of accountability. If you’re here, I’m guessing you get that.

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It is far too easy to rest on passive thoughts in agreement, likes on social media posts, and feelings of solidarity and support while sitting on the side lines in this work. But no one can do your work for you. Only you can.

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As we move further into 2020 and some of you find yourselves feeling less energetic about antiracism in comparison to how you started the year (all pumped up and ready to break some shit), I want you to take some time this weekend to think about how to set realistic and sustainable goals for yourself in this work. You need to get out ahead of prolonged burnout. I want you do be in this ACTIVELY for the long haul. I want you to maintain the drive and sense of urgency that you feel right now.

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Be intentional and do what you need to do to make sure that happens. Let’s be real about putting in this work to create the world we believe in. Do the work! #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @wellreadblackgirl: #JohnLewis called the work of advancing equality “the struggle of a lifetime.” As a young Freedom Rider and an elder statesman, it is one he waged with courage and grace. He believed our country could be better and called on all of us to prove him right. We must, can and will continue what he started until we are finished. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

RP @blackgirlthatreads Conversations in Black brings together some of the most prominent Black Americans to answer critical questions affecting our nation. Each chapter asks a few questions to which there are several responses to (think panel style but in book format). Comment with the name of the last book you read by a Black author. Comment "thanks for the resource" if this book interests you.

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rp @teachfortheculture: When the news coverage stops, when the protests simmer down, when the graphic images and the echos of “I can’t breathe” begin to fade from your most recent memories or are no longer active in your frontal cortex .... Keep that same energy.

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rp @blackhistoryforkids / @holisticallygrace: Fixed-Comfort, Growth-Courage. There are better ways to communicate and take action. There IS something you can do. Teach your young ones! The sooner the better.

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rp @educatorsforjustice: No doubt these people have the best intentions, however unfortunately the line between being an ally and a white saviour can be easily blurred. Thoughts? #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackstory1619: Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis were described as being “without peer in an industry not known for nurturing black people, older people or long marriages.” They were stalwarts of the civil rights movement who navigated the sometimes contentious lines dividing different parts of the broader black freedom struggle. The couple were M.C.'s at the 1963 March on Washington, and Davis delivered a searing eulogy at Malcolm X’s funeral two years later.

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rp @moemotivate: If fighting for Black liberation is divisive then I don’t want y’all unity.

What is unity to y’all...

Your unity is for Black folks to be murdered, oppressed & disenfranchised and for us to just quietly take the violence & suffer in silence bc you believe it’s our fault anyway.

Your unity is our silence bc our suffering is interrupting your day.

Y’all want to oppress & abuse us & you want for us to take it as though it’s punishment owed for being born Black into a society that hates our Blackness.

Your unity is us smiling while you abuse us.

Your unity is looking the other way while you exploit us.

Your unity is for us to comply with your dehumanizing treatment of us.

Your unity is to make Black folks suffer in silence & out of sight.

Y’all idea of unity is warped, abusive, and dehumanizing but somehow you get to lash out at us when we are speaking out against the pain that you’ll never feel, yet you seem to be an expert on how we’re supposed to deal with it.

“Be patient”, you say, “be peaceful”, “be loving”, “be graceful”, “be forgiving”, “be compassionate”—all things you never give to us. But we’re some how supposed to extend all these things to you, while “kindly” asking you to stop killing us.

You consistently & unrelentingly abuse us, & you won’t stop bc we didn’t say it nicely enough. Ridiculous.

White supremacy is divisive.

Racism is divisive.

Gender stereotypes & gender roles are divisive.

Misogynoir is divisive.

Homophobia is divisive.

Fat phobia is divisive.

Oppression is divisive.

The only people that lash out the most & the loudest when folks speak out against oppression are the ones that believe they have the most to lose if we put an end to the oppression.

Do better. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackhistory: ‪Black U.S. Marine artillerymen greet each other in passing with the clenched fist symbolizing black power at the large base at Con Thien, south of the DMZ, during the Vietnam War in December 1968.

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The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 dashed the hopes of black Americans for the commitment of white America to racial equality at home and abroad, as the number of black soldiers in Vietnam supporting the Black Power Movement increased dramatically. Pre-existing racial tension between black and white soldiers increased after King’s assassination, leading to a surge of inter-racial violence within U.S. forces in Vietnam and at home. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory⠀ ⠀

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture © Burk Uzzle - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackwomenradicals: Mae Mallory (June 9, 1927 – 2007) was an activist of the Civil Rights Movement & a Black Power movement leader active in the 1950s and 1960s. She is best known as an advocate of school desegregation & of Black armed self-defense.

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@Rachel_Cargle interview with @blackgirlinom. I think as a #blackwoman I have always been inclined to be very vocal about what existence looks and feels like at this intersection of #race and #womanhood. As someone who identifies as a #feminist, I began to really dig deep into the #movement to #educate myself so that I could show up fully. I realized quickly that #feminism had incredibly racist roots that had to be both acknowledged and uprooted before the movement could be truly effective.

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rp @blklivesmatter: You will always be remembered. For your love for us. Your commitment to us. Your flaws. Your humanity. Your trust. Your vision. Aug 15th, 1985-March 31st, 2019. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @loveoffering: muted. listening, and learning.

seemed to be the same chant those who have never faced racial trauma and oppression seemed to sing.

couple days later, the chants began to dim. the noise became louder. and while some returned to their everyday life, many were left in a deep state of grief.

after being overly stimulated, i questioned every intention and inquiry that came my way. was it a marketing tactic? did they care in the first place? why are they only praying, and not doing? do they recognize the wrongdoings?

listen y’all, specifically y’all that shared your black squares. things are not back to normal.

between the pandemic and blatant racism happening, things will never be “back to how it was”

don’t wait for a movement, to do the work.

if you are truly an ally, if you are looking to truly learn, if you want justice, show up.

speak up for justice. donate. make those phone calls. vote. speak to those who aren’t getting it. allow yourself to learn. don’t just say you support all black lives. don’t just pray. hold yourself accountable, and be the change.

you exhausted... so are we. keep going anyway. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @privtoprog: As early as 6 months, a baby's brain can notice race-based differences. By ages 2 to 4, children can internalize racial bias. By age 12, many children become set in their beliefs—giving parents only a decade to mold the learning process. This can and does also apply to non-white POC who experience racism. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

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rp @iamrachelricketts: Yes Trump is problematic AF. Yes he's has caused GRAVE harm. Yes you should do everything in your power to try to remove Trumplethinskin from office, but simply removing Trump will not eradicate white supremacy or help us bring about the change we critically need⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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The desire to remove Trump from office is NOT an excuse or justification for silencing people, following without question or critique or absolving people who've caused harm simply b/c that harm pales in comparison to a racist misogynist monster upholding the status quo. Trump is NOT a standard I am comparing ANYONE to⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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We need to envision a world BEYOND just getting Trump removed from office. We need to envision an entirely new way of being, relating, governing. But y'all ain't ready... are you? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

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rp @blackhistory: Namibian National Students Organisation members celebrate exiled SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma’s return from exile. His return was part of Namibia’s year-long return to independence. The liberation movement leader and politician would serve three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005.

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rp @rachel.cargle: The work doesn’t end when white people FEEL better about how they’ve shown up. The work continues until this country has made it abundantly clear through all systems and all spaces that black lives indeed matter and reparations have been made. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

If racism is a system… RP @EduardoBonilla-Silva

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rp @blackvoices: Note: having just 1 POC, one Black person isn't diversity. Knowing 1 Black person isn't diversity. Nor is 2 or 3. Rethink your groups, teams, colleagues, cast! - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackhistoryforwhitepeople: Greenwood (Tulsa Race Massacre) rebuilt, and then in the 1970s the government condemned and acquired 1/3 of the Greenwood neighborhood to build the University of Tulsa. And then they (the government) divided the neighborhood in two with a highway.

#BHforWP

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rp @blackstory1619: Tent City, also called Freedom Village, was an encampment outside of Memphis in Fayette County, Tennessee for African Americans who were evicted from their homes and blacklisted from buying amenities as retaliation for registering to vote during the Civil Rights Movement. It began in 1960 and lasted about two years.

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rp @teachfortheculture: Listen to Black people 👏INNA 👏 REAL 👏 LIFE!!!!!

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rp @blackstory1619: Designed by Richard Morris Hunt, Academic Hall rose from the banks of the Hampton River in 1869 as the first major building constructed by Hampton Institute, now Hampton University.

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rp @austinchanning: A mantra. A daily mantra. A conscientious mantra. An anti-racism journey reminder. #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @antiracismdaily: Don’t let the name fool you. Racial microaggressions are nothing but small. They create unsafe spaces in offices and other social settings, contribute to the stress and anxiety non-white people experience on a daily basis, and reinforce harmful stereotypes. Don't let it continue because people will think it's okay and appropriate. It can possibly get worse from there. Speak up and don't be afraid to educate them. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @moemotivate: We have to talk about the hard & uncomfortable truths & it won’t be easy!

It won’t feel good and it won’t be fun.

It can bring about healing, change & progress.

But it won’t happen if we won’t have the hard conversations. Let each other know it ain't easy, but sometimes the hardest things have the most reward. You relate? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackhistory: May 18, 1912 Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist, was born in Engcobo, South Africa.

‪Sisulu moved to Johannesburg in 1928 to work at a number of manual jobs, and in 1940 joined the African National Congress (ANC).‬ Between 1953 and 1963 Sisulu was jailed seven times and in 1964 was sentenced to life imprisonment and along with Nelson Mandela spent the majority of his sentence at Robben Island.

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rp @theconsciouskids: White people can experience prejudice, but not racism.

“Racial prejudice refers to a set of discriminatory or derogatory attitudes based on assumptions deriving from perceptions about race and/or skin color. Thus, racial prejudice can indeed be directed at white people but is not considered racism because of the systemic relationship of power.

Ricky Sherover-Marcuse asserts that "we should not confuse the occasional mistreatment experienced by whites at the hands of people of color with the systematic and institutionalized mistreatment experienced by people of color at the hands of whites”.

While expressions of racial prejudice directed at white people may hurt the white person/people individually or personally, and are never to be condoned, they do not have the power or authority to affect the white person's social/economic/political location and privileges.

Reverse racism is a myth because it tries to ignore the fundamental question of who holds more power/privilege between the individuals/groups involved; the myth of reverse racism assumes that racism occurs on a so-called level playing field.“ (Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre) - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

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rp @laylafsaad: The work begins and ends within one’s own self. #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

#AntiracismTrainingDrills 20 years from now a young person is going to ask you about the protests in Minneapolis. Comment below how you will describe this moment in history without whitewashing it. Don’t Wimp Out! #ChangingTheNarrative #BlackHistory #speakup #dontwimpout

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rp @uncolonial_history: Throughout history, American racists have ironically tried to use the idea of “freedom” as an excuse to oppress. Slave owners said “big government should not interfere in our right to own slaves. This is our God-given liberty.” Segregationists argued “we have the right to separate races. Stay out of our way of life.”

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rp @rachel.cargle: So when you hear someone say:

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“Why can’t we all just get along”

“Stop making it about race, were all the human race”

“It’s rude to protest because all lives matter!”

“When you bring these things up you’re just making a greater divide”

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Believe me they are NOT calling for a greater world or for true justice in humanity. They want silence of the oppressed, they want comfortability for themselves. They want to keep their boat of white privilege undocked so they don’t lose the benefits they reap in a society like ours. Remind them that peace requires justice and you won’t let things go until things are changed. #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @christenacleveland: Indeed, conversations about racial inequality are often engineered to avoid making white people feel guilty.

Inequality exists because guilty people have produced societal systems that accommodate some people and alienate others. And inequality exists because guilty people continue to benefit from these unjust societal systems. All privileged people participate in our unequal societal structure – some perpetuate it knowingly, some perpetuate it unknowingly, and others resist it as revolutionaries. All who have ever perpetuated it knowingly or unknowingly are guilty. For them, experiencing guilt is a crucial part of the justice journey. The trick is to *use guilt* rather than be *used by shame.* This is difficult because we often confuse guilt and shame. Both are moral emotions that involve feeling bad. But guilt is constructive; it focuses on an act or action that is wrong. Guilt says, "I did something wrong." On the contrary, shame is destructive; rather than focusing on an isolated act, it spreads to the whole person. "Shame says, "I am wrong." Shame makes us want to walk away from our truest selves, the divine and community. Shame makes us want to avoid the truth. Guilt is underrated. Engaging it, meditating on it, confessing it, and repenting of it can be immensely helpful in conversations about inequality and reconciliation work. Guilt should be a centerpiece of the conversation, rather than something to be avoided. How do you use guilt in your practice of justice? Do you try not to use it?

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rp @britthawthorne: This educator has a strong tendency to seek communities that are not theirs, believing their efforts of hard work will lead their learners out of poverty and into the middle class or this educator believes the learner’s community is so deficient that the learner needs to leave their community in order to be educated (scholarship).

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rp @novareidofficial:

There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to be understood & not being heard. This is a constant problem between black & white folk on matters of race. Constant.

I shared a post about intent over impact & it wound some of you up. Me calling out racism, even the unintentional, (which if you follow this work, will know this is THE most insidious kind that causes more harm that overt acts of intentional hate), & I got accused of being abusive to innocent well intended people.

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rp @woketeachersL KINDNESS doesn't cut it!! Some of the cruelest things I've heard were said with a SMILE. We need to go beyond being kind, we must be ANTI-RACIST. Simple concept, now put it into play! - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @eliana.chinea: There’s nothing more annoying than reading on a website, or going to a diversity and inclusion event or panel, and hearing someone talk about D&I as merely a strategy that will make a company more money. Although yes, that is a side effect of being an ethical company, people of color are not tools or pawns for a bottom line. That is the very mindset we are trying to shift, and need to shift immediately. I realize this is not a popular opinion within the corporate world, but I’m less interested in what’s popular with a company than I am with dismantling these capitalist and dehumanizing systems of thought for the sake of the people of color working within them. Studies show the workplace is still highly segregated by race and class, with brown and black people working lower level positions and whites working upper management. Strategy alone will not solve this issue, we need to evolve the way people think about POC and breakdown race and bias to its roots. It’s time we all stop trying to make people comfortable or convince them of our humanity and start speaking the truth... NOW! #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @laylafsaad: Anti-racism is not a destination, an identity, a label, or a certification. It is a practice. And like every powerful practice that is intended to create irreversible change, it is life-long. #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackhistory: six-month-old future First Lady, Claudia Alta ‘Lady Bird’ Taylor with her nursemaid, Alice Tittle in Karnack, Texas, 1913.

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As baby Claudia grew, Alice proclaimed the two-year-old “purty as a lady bird.” The nickname, which she at first despised, stuck with her ever since.

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Photo repost @r29unbothered. How to stop asking your #blackfriends dumb sh** and do the work yourself. #Invest in your learning. Stop asking us to work for you for free. Our #ancestors already built this country for free. "Comment below" ways that you are tangibly adding value to the #blackwomen who you are learning from. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @nowhitesaviors: Our struggles are particular, but we are not alone. We are not perfect, but we are stronger and wiser than the sum of our errors. Black people have been here before us and survived. We can read their lives like signposts on the road and find, as Bernice Reagon says so poignantly, that "each one of us is here because somebody before us did something to make it possible. To learn from their mistakes is not to lessen our debt to them, nor to the hard work of becoming ourselves, and effective”.

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rp @eliana.chinea: You cannot do this work passively, or from a few posts or videos. You need to be doing this work with those of us who actually know how to unpack your racism, bias, and oppressive thinking. That means actually taking a training, and no not a two hour one that barely touches the surface. You need a full comprehensive training and you need to do them twice a year at a minimum. And no, a Diversity and Inclusion training is not the same as anti-racism.

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Remember, stop hiring white folks to teach you anti racism, that’s perpetuating white supremacy. Hire BIPOC who actually do this work, not your nearest brown or black friend! Tag a brown or black friend who can help, tag your white friend who can use it! - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @theconsciouskid: tweet by Sirry Alang that reads: “A reminder that you can be very nice to Black people and still be racist. And sometimes, your niceness is driven by racist ideas. Nice ≠ antiracist, kind ≠ antiracist. Diversity ≠ Antiracism.” - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @uncolonia_history: Emancipation and self-emancipation came at different times in different places (especially considering it could either be imposed by the state/federal government OR forced by the enslaved themselves). However, once “freedom” was finally achieved, it was entirely unclear what that might mean after centuries of brutal oppression.

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