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A quotation from Gloria Steinem

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up. Patriotism means obedience, age means wisdom, woman means submission, black means inferior: these are preconceptions embedded so deeply in our thinking that we honestly may not know that they are there.

Gloria Steinem (1934–2026) American feminist, journalist, activist
Essay (1971-08-21), “A New Egalitarian Life Style,” New York Times

More about this quote: wist.info/steinem-gloria/18472…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gloriasteinem #bias #custom #prejudice #receivedwisdom #sexism #stereotypes #subconscious #systemicracism #tradition #ageism #patriotism #culture

A quotation from Gloria Steinem

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up. Patriotism means obedience, age means wisdom, woman means submission, black means inferior: these are preconceptions embedded so deeply in our thinking that we honestly may not know that they are there.

Gloria Steinem (1934–2026) American feminist, journalist, activist
Essay (1971-08-21), “A New Egalitarian Life Style,” New York Times

More about this quote: wist.info/steinem-gloria/18472…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gloriasteinem #bias #custom #prejudice #receivedwisdom #sexism #stereotypes #subconscious #systemicracism #tradition #ageism #patriotism #culture

A quotation from Gloria Steinem

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up. Patriotism means obedience, age means wisdom, woman means submission, black means inferior: these are preconceptions embedded so deeply in our thinking that we honestly may not know that they are there.

Gloria Steinem (1934–2026) American feminist, journalist, activist
Essay (1971-08-21), “A New Egalitarian Life Style,” New York Times

More about this quote: wist.info/steinem-gloria/18472…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gloriasteinem #bias #custom #prejudice #receivedwisdom #sexism #stereotypes #subconscious #systemicracism #tradition #ageism #patriotism #culture

A quotation from Gloria Steinem

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up. Patriotism means obedience, age means wisdom, woman means submission, black means inferior: these are preconceptions embedded so deeply in our thinking that we honestly may not know that they are there.

Gloria Steinem (1934–2026) American feminist, journalist, activist
Essay (1971-08-21), “A New Egalitarian Life Style,” New York Times

More about this quote: wist.info/steinem-gloria/18472…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gloriasteinem #bias #custom #prejudice #receivedwisdom #sexism #stereotypes #subconscious #systemicracism #tradition #ageism #patriotism #culture

The #Trump admin released new rules that could revoke #TaxExempt status from any #school offering targeted support to #Black or other “minority” students, a sweeping change that opens another front in his campaign to reshape #US #education.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #CostOfLiving #affordability #Financial #Aid #HigherEducation

The #Trump admin released new rules that could revoke #TaxExempt status from any #school offering targeted support to #Black or other “minority” students, a sweeping change that opens another front in his campaign to reshape #US #education.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #CostOfLiving #affordability #Financial #Aid #HigherEducation

The #Trump admin released new rules that could revoke #TaxExempt status from any #school offering targeted support to #Black or other “minority” students, a sweeping change that opens another front in his campaign to reshape #US #education.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #CostOfLiving #affordability #Financial #Aid #HigherEducation

The #Trump admin released new rules that could revoke #TaxExempt status from any #school offering targeted support to #Black or other “minority” students, a sweeping change that opens another front in his campaign to reshape #US #education.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #CostOfLiving #affordability #Financial #Aid #HigherEducation

The #Trump admin released new rules that could revoke #TaxExempt status from any #school offering targeted support to #Black or other “minority” students, a sweeping change that opens another front in his campaign to reshape #US #education.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #CostOfLiving #affordability #Financial #Aid #HigherEducation

#Trump Moves to Strip #TaxExemption From #Schools That Offer #Financial #Aid to “Minority” Students

The #Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a tremendous threat to #HigherEducation & other private schools.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #education #CostOfLiving #affordability #college #university
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/trump-irs-college-nonprofits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.8dZO.ORk3zYFsiFfJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump Moves to Strip #TaxExemption From #Schools That Offer #Financial #Aid to “Minority” Students

The #Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a tremendous threat to #HigherEducation & other private schools.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #education #CostOfLiving #affordability #college #university
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/trump-irs-college-nonprofits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.8dZO.ORk3zYFsiFfJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump Moves to Strip #TaxExemption From #Schools That Offer #Financial #Aid to “Minority” Students

The #Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a tremendous threat to #HigherEducation & other private schools.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #education #CostOfLiving #affordability #college #university
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/trump-irs-college-nonprofits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.8dZO.ORk3zYFsiFfJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump Moves to Strip #TaxExemption From #Schools That Offer #Financial #Aid to “Minority” Students

The #Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a tremendous threat to #HigherEducation & other private schools.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #education #CostOfLiving #affordability #college #university
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/trump-irs-college-nonprofits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.8dZO.ORk3zYFsiFfJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump Moves to Strip #TaxExemption From #Schools That Offer #Financial #Aid to “Minority” Students

The #Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a tremendous threat to #HigherEducation & other private schools.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #BrainDrain #racism #SystemicRacism #education #CostOfLiving #affordability #college #university
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/trump-irs-college-nonprofits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.8dZO.ORk3zYFsiFfJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Through a political desire for unity, ‘we are documenting the transformation of the very meaning given to the principle of #laïcité, the interpretation of which has undergone a notorious shift: whereas yesterday it allowed the pluralist expression of beliefs, today it requires religious neutrality’.

Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez in "L'École et la République - La nouvelle laïcité scolaire" (2023)

#unitary #normalization #normation #normal #normativity #school #secularism #neutrality #education #HennetteVauchez #hijab #bioPolitics #bioPower #islamophobia #racism #raceMaking #systemicRacism #France

Here I spin a yarn about an efficient method of using orientalism to support israel. 🧶

#unitary #normalization #normation #normal #normativity #school #secularism #neutrality #education #hijab #bioPolitics #bioPower #islamophobia #racism #raceMaking #systemicRacism #France #Europe #extremeCentre #extremeCenter #proZionism #confusion #conflation #entanglement #EstelleSays

Systemic Racism, Individual Responsibility: Why Black Positivity Triggers White Rage 

Last week, I wrote an article about the Black family—specifically the enduring institution of the Black family reunion. It was a celebration of culture, resilience, tradition, and community. It was not an indictment of white people, nor did it mention systemic racism or historical atrocities. It was simply a quiet, intentional affirmation of Black life. 

Yet, a predictable pattern struck again. 

In the comment section of the facebook post used to promote the article, a few readers lashed out with visceral, unprovoked hostility. One reader insisted I needed to “teach the Black family some good parenting skills” and asserted that “the only people holding back Black people from success are Black people.” All mind you without reading the article. All this from the promotional post. When I pushed back by listing foundational Black inventions that shaped modern American life, another reader jumped in with outright rage, claiming that Black people are “a race without any meaningful accomplishments” and that “Black Wall Street is a made-up lie… it was a dirt road average Black town.” 

Notice what happened there: I never brought up Black Wall Street. 

He did. Out of nowhere. Unprompted. 

That unprompted reaction reveals something critical. He didn’t bring up Tulsa because he was ignorant of it; he brought it up because he knew about it and actively chose to degrade it. He knew the history, felt threatened by its implications, and felt compelled to diminish a thriving, self-sustaining Black community to a “dirt road” to keep his own worldview intact. 

When we talk about systemic racism, people often run to one of two extremes: either blaming every white person individually, or treating “the system” as some abstract, faceless ghost that nobody is personally responsible for. 

The truth is far more uncomfortable. 

Systemic racism is structural. It refers to the policies, institutional designs, and historical inertia that yield disparate outcomes across race, regardless of individual intent. It is how a Black police officer, operating within a system built on specific historical incentives, can participate in institutional brutality. The design of the machine transcends the color of the person operating it. 

However, recognizing the power of the system does not exonerate the white individual. 

The white individual sitting behind a keyboard may not single-handedly draft laws, set bank lending policies, or draw redlined district maps. They do not uphold the entire structural apparatus of systemic racism on their own. But it is their personal attitude—the cruelty, the willful denial, and the hostility that surfaces the moment Black excellence is mentioned—that fuels the engine. 

The system is what denies my rights, but it is the individual that denies my peace. 

Why does the simple assertion of Black joy or historical achievement provoke such irrational hostility? Because for those who have anchored their identity in a rigid racial hierarchy, Black progress is viewed through a zero-sum lens. If Black people built Greenwood—a 35-square-block district with its own luxury hotels, modern hospitals, banks, and legal practices where dollars circulated for nearly a year—then the myth of absolute white superiority collapses. 

Rather than adjust their worldview to accommodate the facts of Black achievement, it is psychologically easier for them to declare those facts “bullshit,” “exaggerations,” or “lies.” Aggression becomes a defensive armor to avoid the discomfort of unlearning. 

This is precisely why platforms like My Two Cents exist. 

The goal of documenting our history, celebrating our cultural traditions, and highlighting our achievements has never been about seeking permission, begging for validation, or picking a fight with strangers in a comment section. It is about grounding ourselves in truth. 

When people invade a space dedicated to Black positivity and lash out with unprovoked anger, they are demonstrating the exact individual cruelty that keeps racism alive on a human level. You do not get to claim innocence while actively fanning the flames of contempt. You do not get to pretend a thriving community was a “dirt road” just to preserve your own racial comfort. 

Ultimately, that rage is a confession. It reveals a deep-seated fear that if the myth of Black inferiority completely shatters, the foundation of unearned privilege crumbles with it. 

We cannot control every system designed to limit us, nor can we stop every hostile comment on the internet. But we have absolute control over our narrative. We will continue to gather at the family reunion. We will continue to honor the legacy of Greenwood and the countless inventors, thinkers, and builders who shaped this nation. We will continue to speak our history plainly—not to convince those determined to hate us, but to ensure our community and our children never forget who we are. 

The system can keep its barriers, and the trolls can keep their rage. Our peace, our history, and our joy belong strictly to us. 

What’s happening in Tennessee is the epitome of systemic racism and the fall of democracy in America.

“The map aims to give the GOP a clean sweep of the state’s nine congressional districts by fracturing Black-majority Memphis between three districts.”

https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/08/tennessee-redistricting-debate-marked-by-fiery-oratory-about-black-struggles-for-voting-rights/

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/tennessee-republicans-redistricting-voting-rights-act-midterms-00910430

#Tennessee #JustinPearson #VotingRights #VRA #SystemicRacism #Fascism

FYI @ [email protected] is a #RacistBigot #ReplyGuy who supports residential schools denialism. He is in #Ottawa. #RacistTrash

#Fediblock #Caucasity #SystemicRacism #IndigenousRights #CDNpoli #EveryChildMatters #ColonialBigots #Racist #Conservatives

Huge #OrangeShirt #memorial to honour all the native kids' lives lost in the cruel #ResidentialSchool system.
On the site of one of the worst in Canada - #Namgis territory, #AlertBay. It was called St. Michael's Indian Residential School. It was demolished in 2015. #Umista Cultural Center sits on the old site. #Indigenous peoples have reclaimed their land there & are trying to heal from colonial abuses.

We have racists in #Canada who are currently dishonouring the victims of residential schools by denying survivors' histories & saying mass graves are a lie. This is so wrong. We owe the ones who died & the living survivors support & reparations. Please don't let folks use denialism around you - confront them & stand up for the victims & survivors.

Relevant links:
https://collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/Detail/objects/518

https://orangeshirtday.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Indian_Residential_School_(Alert_Bay)

https://www.umista.ca/

https://www.7generations.org/what-is-every-child-matters/

#IndigenousChildren #ColonialCrimes #ColonialViolence #ChurchAbuses #RacialViolence #IndigenousGenocide #EveryChildMatters #BelieveVictims #SupportSurvivors #NativeChildren #IndigenousChildren #ChildAbuse #ColonialCoverUps #TruthBeforeReconcilliation #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #BritishColumbia #Canada #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CanadasGenocide #BChistory #CanadianHistory #StopRacism #SystemicRacism #SystematicAbuse

Because the rest of us can’t afford to gamble our futures on your “I don’t know.”

#Mediocre #MythOfWhiteMaleSupremacy #TaNehisiCoates #EzraKlein #WhiteMen #GoodWhiteFolx #Antiracism #Accountability #PowerAndPrivilege #SystemicRacism #CulturalCritique #DoTheWork #ProfitWithoutOppression #KimCrayton

And until “good white folx” are willing to break down those walls intentionally and consistently, you will continue to prove why you cannot be trusted by default.

#MediocreBook #IjeomaOluo #ProfitWithoutOppression #RacialJustice #GoodWhiteFolx #WhitenessByDesign #EquityAndJustice #SystemicRacism #DismantleTheMythOfWhiteSupremacy #LiberationWork #CommunityNotCompetition #TrustIsEarned #KimCrayton

And until “good white folx” are willing to break down those walls intentionally and consistently, you will continue to prove why you cannot be trusted by default.

#MediocreBook #IjeomaOluo #ProfitWithoutOppression #RacialJustice #GoodWhiteFolx #WhitenessByDesign #EquityAndJustice #SystemicRacism #DismantleTheMythOfWhiteSupremacy #LiberationWork #CommunityNotCompetition #TrustIsEarned #KimCrayton

And until “good white folx” are willing to break down those walls intentionally and consistently, you will continue to prove why you cannot be trusted by default.

#MediocreBook #IjeomaOluo #ProfitWithoutOppression #RacialJustice #GoodWhiteFolx #WhitenessByDesign #EquityAndJustice #SystemicRacism #DismantleTheMythOfWhiteSupremacy #LiberationWork #CommunityNotCompetition #TrustIsEarned #KimCrayton

And until “good white folx” are willing to break down those walls intentionally and consistently, you will continue to prove why you cannot be trusted by default.

#MediocreBook #IjeomaOluo #ProfitWithoutOppression #RacialJustice #GoodWhiteFolx #WhitenessByDesign #EquityAndJustice #SystemicRacism #DismantleTheMythOfWhiteSupremacy #LiberationWork #CommunityNotCompetition #TrustIsEarned #KimCrayton

And until “good white folx” are willing to break down those walls intentionally and consistently, you will continue to prove why you cannot be trusted by default.

#MediocreBook #IjeomaOluo #ProfitWithoutOppression #RacialJustice #GoodWhiteFolx #WhitenessByDesign #EquityAndJustice #SystemicRacism #DismantleTheMythOfWhiteSupremacy #LiberationWork #CommunityNotCompetition #TrustIsEarned #KimCrayton

Plantations industrialised with capitalism.
Let's spin a sugary yarn 🧶

@economics @histodons @geography

#EstelleSays #sugar #tobacco #accumulation #racism #extractivism #landGrab #raceMaking #lineofColor #racialization #rapeCulture #systemicRacism #capitalism #whiteSupremacy #whiteFragility #Discovery #Encounter #Columbus #plantations #America #history #slavery #England #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #Bristol #Liverpool #London #decolonial #antiRacism #sweet #sweets #Caribbean #marketing #commOdon

#RESIST! #NAACP Sues #DepartmentOfEducation Over #DEI Rollbacks: Here's What To Know

The nation's oldest #CivilRights group says the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity and inclusion programs is unconstitutional and disproportionately harms #BlackStudents.

April 19, 2025

"The NAACP is suing the U.S. Department of Education over recent efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools. In a federal complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the organization alleges that the Department of Education’s recent directives are unconstitutional and discriminatory—particularly for Black students.

"The complaint faults the administration for targeting programs that offer '#truthful, #inclusive curricula,' as well as policies that expand access to selective educational opportunities for #BlackAmericans and foster belonging while addressing #racism in schools.

"The NAACP argues that the Department’s recent actions 'advance a misinterpretation' of federal civil rights laws and Supreme Court precedent—actions that, according to the group, violate its members’ rights to equal protection and to be free from viewpoint discrimination under the #USConstitution.

"NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the move, stating that the administration is 'effectively sanctioning' the very discrimination that U.S. civil rights laws were designed to prevent

" 'The Department of Education, tasked with a responsibility to protect the civil rights of all children, has instead claimed #SystemicRacism doesn’t exist — effectively sanctioning the very discrimination that our civil rights laws were designed to prevent while children of color consistently attend #segregated, chronically underfunded schools where they receive less educational opportunities and more discipline,' said Johnson."

Read more:
https://www.essence.com/news/naacp-sues-department-of-education-over-dei/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#BlackLivesMatter #USPol #Resistance #TrumpIsARacist #CharacteristicsOfFascism

The exhibit is a collection of artwork created after Chicago artists watched the body camera footage of the wrongful police raid at Anjanette Young’s home.
via #thetribe on #bluesky

https://thetriibe.com/2025/03/anjanette-youngs-new-exhibit-at-the-dusable-museum-showcases-the-trauma-of-black-women-victimized-by-police/

#museum #exhibition #blackvoices #policeviolence #racism #blackwomen #poc #pocvoices #bipoc #bipocvoices #blackartists #violence #acab #blacktrauma #blackhistory #chicago #blackhistorymuseum #copviolence #institutionalracism #systemicracism #institutionalviolence #blm #blacklivesmatter

There is no judicial truth. Organisations cannot "do Justice". Let's discuss the biases of the judicial institutions.

! to be followed @sociology @ethics

#toBeFollowed #judicialBias #institutionsDeceive #ethics #choice #choosing #sentencing #judging #systemicRacism #racialisation #racialization #patriarchy #fragility #truth #reputation #domination #stateViolence #sociology #mentalHealth #unitary #corporatism #justice #law #publicLaw #bias #responsibility

Great article featuring Wesley Jackson Wade's experiences, and Paul Morgan's work on the disparity in ADHD diagnosis in Black children. This is a must-read folks.

https://www.oregonlive.com/reckon/2023/11/underdiagnosed-and-undertreated-young-black-males-with-adhd-get-left-behind.html

#HealthDisparities #ADHD #SystemicRacism #Neurodivergent

“Our investigation found that the systemic problems in MPD made what happened to George Floyd possible,” the #DOJ report stated.

The #Minneapolis #Police Dept engaged in the #systemic use of #ExcessiveForce & #discriminated against #racial minorities in the years leading up to the police killing of #GeorgeFloyd…, federal authorities said Fri.

#MinneapolisPoliceReport #MPD #CivilRights #bias #racism #SystemicRacism #MentalHealthStigma #Justice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/16/minneapolis-police-report-doj/