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  1. To her opponents, Harvard's #ClaudineGay’s crime was not knowing her place

    The first Black president in Harvard’s 387-year-old history was subjected to the latest, most prominent example of KnowYourPlace aggression.

    That may be true, but there’s another way that the attacks on #Gay prove to be bigger than her and Harvard. The first-generation American of Haitian parents who became the first Black president in #Harvard’s 387-year-old history was subjected to the latest, most prominent example of #KnowYourPlace aggression, a backlash of violence — both literal and symbolic, both physical
    #racism #billackman
    msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

  2. “‘I’ve often wondered what being poor was like.’
    ‘You’re going to get a huge opportunity to find out.’
    ‘Will I need training?’
    ‘It comes naturally,’ said Rincewind. ‘You pick it up as you go along.’”
    Terry Pratchett; Sourcery
    #DiscWorld #BankOfEngland #ChiefEconomist #HuwPill #KnowYourPlace #Serfs #ToryCostOfGreed #WealthTaxNow

  3. “‘I’ve often wondered what being poor was like.’
    ‘You’re going to get a huge opportunity to find out.’
    ‘Will I need training?’
    ‘It comes naturally,’ said Rincewind. ‘You pick it up as you go along.’”
    Terry Pratchett; Sourcery
    #DiscWorld #BankOfEngland #ChiefEconomist #HuwPill #KnowYourPlace #Serfs #ToryCostOfGreed #WealthTaxNow

  4. “‘I’ve often wondered what being poor was like.’
    ‘You’re going to get a huge opportunity to find out.’
    ‘Will I need training?’
    ‘It comes naturally,’ said Rincewind. ‘You pick it up as you go along.’”
    Terry Pratchett; Sourcery
    #DiscWorld #BankOfEngland #ChiefEconomist #HuwPill #KnowYourPlace #Serfs #ToryCostOfGreed #WealthTaxNow

  5. “‘I’ve often wondered what being poor was like.’
    ‘You’re going to get a huge opportunity to find out.’
    ‘Will I need training?’
    ‘It comes naturally,’ said Rincewind. ‘You pick it up as you go along.’”
    Terry Pratchett; Sourcery
    #DiscWorld #BankOfEngland #ChiefEconomist #HuwPill #KnowYourPlace #Serfs #ToryCostOfGreed #WealthTaxNow

  6. “‘I’ve often wondered what being poor was like.’
    ‘You’re going to get a huge opportunity to find out.’
    ‘Will I need training?’
    ‘It comes naturally,’ said Rincewind. ‘You pick it up as you go along.’”
    Terry Pratchett; Sourcery
    #DiscWorld #BankOfEngland #ChiefEconomist #HuwPill #KnowYourPlace #Serfs #ToryCostOfGreed #WealthTaxNow

  7. @threalist
    No. It's about money that flows from the rulers. That's all.
    They pick.
    You vote.

    That's what this is about.
    #knowyourplace