rp @teachfortheculture: Quick fixes and patches are not it. - Just picture the visual of someone using a straw to blow bubbles into a well and then saying that well is now a jacuzzi. —- It is similar to a teacher adding a new book to their classroom library, or a new lesson to the curriculum and saying the classroom is now “anti-racist”. 👀 - Is that well now a jacuzzi because you blew some bubbles into it? naw. - Is your classroom now “anti-racist” because you added a new lesson? naw. —- Lets keep building. - Ya can’t just blow bubbles in the old and then call it a different thing .. It’s STILL a well!!

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rp @wherechangestarted: Antiracism work is self work, y’all. Period. No matter how diverse your surroundings are. Internal YOU practicing antiracism is what makes you antiracist, my friend. Nothing more. And you know internal you better than anyone. Stop kidding yourself and let that person know that it’s time to stretch and grow.

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Stay honest. Get uncomfortable. Do the work. Be antiracist everyday! Comment if you feel this, learning this, know this. #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @nmaahc: in 1921, Constance Baker Motley who would grow up to be an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and future State Senator was born in New Haven, Connecticut.

Motley attended Fisk University and transferred to New York University where she earned a degree in economics. From there, Motley became the first African American woman to be accepted into Columbia Law School in 1944. In 1946, she started working for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund where she argued cases concerning school desegregation and civil rights protests. Between 1961 and 1963, Motley won nine out of ten cases and during this time she was the first African American woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Motley to the U.S. District Court becoming the first black woman to hold a federal judgeship. Her legacy contributed to monumental changes and impact of the Civil Rights Movement.

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RP @colorofchange. #TamirRice's life was cut short by police who refused to see him as the child he was. The lack of justice that followed has not been forgotten. As we honor and remember his life, we'll continue to fight for #WinningJustice to hold police accountable. #UntilJusticeIsReal #changingthenarrative #inclusion #love - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @rachel.cargle: As with many times over American history Black women are grappling with the pain & vulnerability of our existence while remaining the bedrock for homes, families, churches, neighborhoods, workplaces, and more.

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@theconsciouskid @dereckapurnell Black parents have to have “the talk” and prepare our kids from birth. White and non-Black parents: what steps are you taking to counter anti-Blackness in yourself and your kids?

We want to hear what you’re doing. If you’re having conversations, are you taking any actions? What areas we can provide content in to support this.

Tweet: @dereckapurnell [image: tweet by @dereckapurnell that reads: “its just... I am so sick and tired of the sensational question to Black parents: "What will you tell your black son to protect them from dying?" when nobody asks white parents: "What do you tell your white children to stop them from killing?"] #BlackLivesMatter #Parenting #GeorgeFloyd #AmyCooper #Antiracist - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Perfectionism is a blessing and curse.

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rp @moemotivate: White supremacy limits your growth & disconnects u from ur humanity & that of others.

This is why I say all the time that white supremacy harms white folks too, y’all just reap too many “benefits” from it to want to do anything about it.

But this pursuit of perfectionism doesn’t just harm the person internalizing it. Your internalized perfectionism is perpetuated on us.

Perfectionism is the oppressive pressure & dehumanizing expectations placed on Black folks, especially Black women to police & control Blackness to assimilate & measure up to Eurocentric standards.

We’re expected to be experts at the beginning & never is there any room or grace for us to learn & grow in our humanness.

Not everything is a mistake, sometimes it’s just our humanness being lived out in a world that dehumanizes us & expects perfection from us.

Black humanness comes w/death sentences.

While white folks have the benefit of the doubt bc of white supremacy we have no such thing.

In fact the opposite is true of us.

We are expected to do everything without fail & when we don’t, our humanness is used as further justification for the oppression & abuse we experience.

Perfectionism strips us of our humanity & bc you’ve internalized perfectionism too, it feels normal & socially acceptable to demand it from us.

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Photo cred @lbooknerd. If we can open up a little bit more to each other, and share our stories, our real stories, that’s what breaks down barriers.

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But in order to do that you have to believe that your story has value. Be vulnerable, dare to be vulnerable. We’re at a crossroads where we have to think about who we are as a nation? I remain hopeful that people want better. If not for themselves but for the next generation and that is my basic joy. - Michelle Obama

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Comment “Yes, I’m ready to listen” if you are open to hear the stories of POC.

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rp @djalibc: Black people, Brown people, Latinx people, Indigenous people, Immigrant communities: whether or not we have the tools to articulate it, we thoroughly understand and have been intimately acquainted with racism and the toxic -isms that still plague nations established on the bases of colonialism, enslavement, and exploitation. For generations, we’ve invested into our self preservation; our histories are ones of determination, resiliency, and strength.

In a word, we been doing the work. Everything that is happening today wouldn’t have been possible without the foundation laid down by our foremothers and forefathers: from the ancestors (un)known to the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, American Indian Movement (AIM), the Young Lords, Brown Berets, and the hundreds of thousands of grassroots movements we’ll never know the names of or faces behind.

Ergo, it is truly up to our white counterparts to continue doing the work. Continue engaging in anti-racist initiatives. Continue calling out your family members and friends. Continue sitting in discomfort. Continue un- & re-learning. Continue listening. Continue reading. Continue taking accountability. Continue asking questions without fear. Continue checking in on your BIPOC friends. Continue taking the step in the right direction.

Sustain your participation in the movement and don’t fall back into the comforts of complacency. Always remember: the most difficult conversations are the most important ones to have.

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rp @sincerily.lettie: ...They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” -Audre Lorde, 1984

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Timely words—from a fierce Black woman—to remind you of the depth of racial and social justice. The first time I came across #AudreLorde was in undergrad. Her words blew me away and started opening my eyes to what Black feminism and Black feminine identity really were. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

RP @blackculturenews_. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his daughter. If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. -Muhammad Ali #feminism #antiracisteveryday #nashvillehistory - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackhistory: Thousands of Klansmen gather in 1921 for an initiation ceremony on a farm near Lake Zurich owned by Charles Weeghman, who had owned the Chicago Cubs.

The procession there began in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood.

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On December 24, 1865, a group of former Confederate soldiers established what would become the first chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, in Pulaski, Tennessee.

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rp @soyouwanttotalkabout: Right now, as we face nationwide civil unrest in response to never-ending police brutality against the black community, it is important to familiarize yourself with what it is to be antiracist. It's never too late to start, but sooner the better.

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rp @blacktory1619: Black exchange students from Lincoln University, Missouri at a Black Panther solidarity rally in the University of Frankfurt, Germany 1971.

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rp @rachel.cargle: In true allyship and activism there is no room to be intellectually lazy or shallow in your care about issues. You must be willing to hold yourself accountable for doing the work to undercover what you don’t see, understand what you don’t know, and take action when and how it is needed.

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Social media is a sensational place. Often the only things people are willing to care about at any moment about is whatever social justice hashtag is trending as opposed to the people and circumstances behind the trend.

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Lives cannot be summed up in memes or twitter threads and I want to see your action WAY more than your repost.

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I hope in the case of immigration, school tragedies, police brutality, terrorist attacks and all other instances that have now been known to come with a wave of hashtags and sound bites of outrage you truly take the time to read, learn, talk about, take action on the things that move you.

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Doing the work is reading, doing the work is researching, doing the work is voting, doing the work is opening conversations, doing the work is holding each other accountable.

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rp @blairimani: Marginalized people — LGBTQIA+ people, religious minorities, disabled people, Black people, Indigenous people, People of color, refugees, those living at the intersections of these identities — do not have the luxury of “losing interest” in liberation.

We don’t have the luxury of moving throughout life without being constantly reminded of our people’s present and historical oppression.

We don’t have the luxury of going “back to normal” because “normal” was a time when the most privileged people could continue carrying on as if they didn’t care. And hell—maybe they still don’t?

At least it looks bad if they don’t do the bare minimum of speaking up. At least we are having a conversation about police abolition and police defunding. At least there’s financial support coming in for important initiatives. At least we have more people that give a damn.

We will continue fighting regardless. #blm #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

I’ve worked with companies big and small to implement antiracism practices but these are the types of emails that give me hope for a better future.

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Don’t wait until racial trauma or a race-related crisis happens before you bring in an antiracist educator to help you. Make antiracism a priority from the very beginning. The pandemic won’t last forever, reach out to Black women in the antiracism space to start the conversations now. As many greats have said, if you are not antiracist, you are racist.

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As @moemotivate has shared, the goal is not to be an “ally.” In fact, stop asking me how you can help and how you can be a better ally. Stop! Here are some questions (with some sub questions) to reflect on now.

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In what ways are you going beyond what is easy, comfortable and free to engage in anti-racism? This work is deeply rooted in the economical repair and growth in the Black community. You can’t believe that only freely consuming content on IG (and Facebook) is doing your part to redistribute and invest money and resources into the Black community. Free ain’t enough!

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And examine why it bothers you that we refuse to work for free. Why do you want us to engage in forced, exploited and free labor just as our enslaved ancestors were forced to do? Why does it anger you that you can not have free, total and unlimited access to our time, energy, work and labor? Why does it bother you that we charge for our services and our work? Why do you expect this to be free? (Why are antiracist educators rates to share our stories, experiences, trainings, and action steps to make your company better not in the budget?) Or are you hoping that simply resharing a post will do it? Hint...it won’t.

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How are you actively searching for ways to invest in the work of Black women? What you can share in the comments is how are you investing in my work and the work of other Black women? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Rp @equalitylabs This is a time where we are calling in South Asians to reassess how they have not done the work around prison or police abolition, caste abolition, gender and religion based oppression, and now shout #DefundThePolice. Yes, we must divest from the police and invest in Black communities —- but Savarna organizations and people can’t erase their history of complicity in anti-Blackness, their history of pushing for more brown police rather than against police, or for normalizing Hindu fascism. Now is the time to reflect. See you in our conversation next week. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

The True teachers are Those Who Help Us Think For Ourselves -Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

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rp @teachfortheculture: Don't allow racism to spread, and engulf the space where some kids love to be. Don't let racism take it away, class unenjoyable, friends impossible to find. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @wherechangestarted: antiracism work is interdisciplinary. Always has been. Always will be.

For the last few weeks, I have come under fire for speaking about *human behaviors* in my work as they relate to antiracism. It has been said that, without a background in psychology, there is no way my work could be my own and therefore, must be misappropriated knowledge from someone else. This is categorically untrue.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a theologian. W.E.B Du Bois was a historian and sociologist. James Baldwin was a novelist. Audre Lorde was a librarian. None of them were psychologist. Yet all of their words have informed the foundation of so many of our own today in one way or another.

Political scientists have been discussing political behaviors since it became a field of study. It is quite literally the job of campaign strategists and legislative analysts to know and understand how and why certain constituents (humans, btw) will respond to policy initiatives the way they do. That includes understanding and predicting their responses to racialized stimuli.

Things like “racial triggers” have been written about in law review articles regarding their impact on legal processes like voir dire, more commonly known as jury selection, since the 1980s. A jury is a flipping group of your peers (humans, btw). Meaning, lawyers and legal scholars have been talking about racial triggers as they relate human behavior since the 1980s.

Anyone with a background in those areas who understands that race is a political construct and that racism is systemic problem in need of a systemic fix, would be able to discuss antiracism from those perspectives of human behavior with ease. Because antiracism work is interdisciplinary and no one field of study has the monopoly over it and no one person can lay claim to concepts that have been developing long before any individual living today entered into this work. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

RP @austinchanning The photos of officers kneeling and marching and hugging are nice. The video of officers giving good speeches and becoming emotional are moving. BUT. Friends, we are not going to hug our way to justice. This fight is not about police being nicer. This fight is about systemic racism, injustice, accountability. The cute pictures won’t do. *Policy change. *Defunding. *Abolition *Prosecution These are examples of the deep changes that are being called for right now. This is what it looks like to fight for Black lives in this moment. If you don’t want this to happen again, we are going to need more than hugs. *PS: when you do see the “nice” officers; don’t ask for hugs, ask for courage. Courage to change a system that hurts Black people. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @rachel.cargle: there must be grappling with the way you are both woman AND white. There is a part of your existence that has been defined around the oppression of others. The construct of whiteness is simply a power structure of anti-blackness and your womanhood doesn’t rid you of that.

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With that being said, the systems of racism that are still very real and very active in our world are of benefit to white women while black women exist under both patriarchy and white supremacy. #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @workingclasshistory: 24 September 1968, 14 men (including five priests and a minister) raided a federal office in downtown Milwaukee, took 10,000 draft cards, and set them on fire with homemade napalm in protest against the Vietnam War.

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Repost @absorbedinpages. One of the things I loved STOP TELLING #WOMEN TO #SMILE (@sealpress) is how #inclusive it was.

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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh uses her #streetart portraits to explore how women, and non-binary persons experience street harassment in their #communities. Tatyana is so talented truly.

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Seeing her illustrations in the book really brought her mission for STWTS to #life. I really appreciate this debut so much, and I would highly recommend if you are interested in #socialjustice issues. Comment "thanks for the resource" if this book interests you. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

RP @ theconsciouskid Racism is not limited to the individual choices of "bad people". It is structural and embedded into all aspects of society—this includes laws, dominant cultural norms, and our very own consciousness.

The actions of Amy Cooper and the police officers in Minneapolis occur within contexts and histories of power and privilege. While social and professional consequences for their individual behaviors are absolutely essential, we also need to understand how individual acts of racism are a reflection of systemic (structural) racism.

We hope this breakdown of individual vs. structural racism is useful.

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My Anti-Racism ❌Journey Towards Reparations

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Earlier this year, I quietly launched ✈️an invite only, Anti-Racism ❌learning community for a group of people who benefit from white privilege💅. The community goal is to go beyond becoming educated and actually do the work‍♂️.

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The beauty of the program is that it is a raw, tell-it-like-it-is approach ‍♀️to ❌anti-racism. Why is it raw? Because I don’t have the energy to code-switch ‍♀️or to uphold white fragility anymore. Reclaiming my time!

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Black people have a unique superhero ability to code switch‍♂️, meaning change the way we talk 👄and present 💃ourselves to become more acceptable✅ and accessible 🚪in a white world. But shape-shifting is exhausting and it hinders real connections.

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So my clients “get the real.” I’m proud to lead such an incredible group who have made a huge impact in the community by giving their time⏰, energy🔥, insights👀, and monetary contributions💸.

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The interesting thing is that social distancing has allowed me to increase ☄️my leadership capacity📈. This week, we start accepting new people into the program. I’m excited to help more people incorporate a Karen-Proof Way of Living for the next chapter in life.

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If you know someone who is interested, feel free to click the link in bio that says STEP 1 and join us. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

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Rp @wearepushblack. Abducted as toddlers, brothers George and Willie Muse needed a miracle. Forced into a powerful and extremely racist circus, their family crafted a plan to save them from the barbaric practice of turning Black children into “freak” show attractions. #changingthenarrative #inclusion #love - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

#DateNight During the first year of our relationship, we went on a date every week.

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I remember the stressors of being an educator hitting me like a brick every Wednesday before I met him and we started going on date nights . Laser tag, golf, art crawls, go-kart racing , staycations, and checking out the newest black-owned businesses in Nashville. We did it all!

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Then my entrepreneur journey started. I became a workaholic and date night faded out of the picture. I became so focused on building the life that we envisioned that I forgot about enjoying the here and now .

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Welp, I’m happy to say that date nights are back! Each and every, Friday I get to fall in love over and over again. Tag a Nashville-based companies we should visit (post quarantine).

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Photo cred @lbooknerd. “I believe my purpose is to bring joy to people, to make them laugh, and to share my story to help them.

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To show people that no matter what, they matter, and they can succeed. No matter how bad things go, no matter how dark your life is, there is a reason for it. You can find beauty in it, and you can get better. I know, because I’ve done it. That’s why my comedy so often comes from my pain. In my life, and I hope in yours, I want us to grow roses out of the poop.” ― Tiffany Haddish, The Last Black Unicorn #feminism #antiracisteveryday #nashvillehistory #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackwomenradicals: We honor the work of Mozambican women’s freedom fighters and revolutionaries such as Josina Machel and Marina Machinuapa who were on the frontlines of the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Mozambique Liberation Front) (FRELIMO), which formed in the country in the 1960s. The FRELIMO ousted and defeated Portuguese colonial forces on June 25, 1975.

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rp @sincerely.lettie: There's no justification in Black lives being taken. There's no justification for Daniel Prude having a mental episode and being murdered by police in another one of their gruesome ways. Those who seek justification in these killings are the ones reading the newspapers, created by Trump, created by white supremacists—to learn to hate, who fail to see.

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rp @magthehistorian: Desmond Tutu: a South African Anglican cleric who in 1984 received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa... spoke the #truth of then and the #truth of now, Where do you stand? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @ibramxk: To be Black in racist America is to be armed and dangerous even when we are unarmed and walking away. This is the insanity of racist ideas. This is the cruelty of racist power and policies that protect police violence and not Black lives. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @moemotivate: We go far beyond surface level and expose the hard and necessary truths in an effort to identify and eliminate racism.

And there’s no way to do that without actively participating in the process.

The only way is truth and unfortunately for many of you and for all most of your lives you’ve believed half-truths , racist beliefs and biased opinions that have kept you silent and inactive for so long—but it doesn’t have to be that way.

But the only way to change the world around us is to change ourselves.

You don’t get to a completely new and liberated society for all by doing the same things you’ve been doing!

Change must come and you must actively participate in the change or get out of the way.

Whose gonna grab this last seat in a program that will transform you—if you allow it. #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @brenebrown: From the dehumanizing language and policy of this administration, to the history of white women using the performative “quiver of fear” when calling the police to report innocent black men, to police brutality, the system is working exactly how it was designed.

The system is not broken. This is the expansive and intricate system of dehumanization that was constructed to support white supremacy and slavery.

The system is more complex now, but one thing remains at the center: We, the white folks, are the conduit for the system. It was built to serve us. When we do nothing it surges through us. To end racism, we have to break the system. We have to see it and fight against it - we have to be anti-racist.

There are many ways to break and rebuild. But here’s what I know for sure:

The most important anti-racism work I’ve done over the past 20 years and that I’m still doing is taught and led by people with the lived experience of racial oppression - NOT white people. This includes my professors, writers, activists, bosses, and mentors. For me, it’s also about seeing, sharing, and honoring the lived experiences of my friends whose realities are/were clearly different than mine.

Our job is to seek out the teaching, value it, submit to the pain of learning without asking our teachers to absolve us or add our emotions to their load, and know that being held accountable is hard and painful. And part of learning is acting and doing. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackvoices: In it, the legendary civil rights leader implored younger generations to continue his work fighting for racial equity and justice. Lewis wrote that this summer’s nationwide anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests “filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story.” - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @decolonizemyself: We can't make our siblings and kids live in a world like this, a country like this. Our lifetimes' and journeys' of antiracism work is more than for us and our generation. More for our past generation(s). For the future once and for all. #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @ckyourprivilege:

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rp @ibramxk: Myths are constraining too many parents from talking to their children about racism, and from actively raising their kids to be antiracist. #antiracism #antiracisteveryday - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackhistoryforwhitepeople: The majority of police officers are great and heroic, but if you have systems that protect the bad apples then it pulls the whole system down. Therefore, it's not loving to support those systems.

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rp @blackhistory: On January 3, 1966—Robert C. Henry became the first African-American mayor of any major U.S. city when he was appointed mayor of Springfield, Ohio. Henry’s achievement is often overlooked because fellow Ohioan, Mayor Carl B. Stokes of Cleveland, was the first elected black mayor of a major U.S. city. He was appointed to a fact-finding commission on Vietnam by Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon in 1970. In 1972, Henry ran for a congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as the Republican Party nominee but did not get elected.

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