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"The goal of Trump’s Equity Gag Order is the same as the goal of all the witch hunts that have come before it--to strike fear in the hearts of historians, activists, writers, and thinkers who are attempting to challenge the status quo." -@sandylocks on #UnderTheBlacklight

"What's really at stake is that [EO 13950] jeopardizes truth. It jeopardizes the very difficult and painstaking work that has been done by so many of us to get to a place where we can begin to confront the vast and deep harms of racism & sexism." -@JNelsonLDF #UnderTheBlacklight

"We can tell the evolution of policing from slave patrols to White Citizen Councils to the oppressive policing systems we see too. But we can only do that, as we seek to reimagine policing and public safety, by truth telling." -@JNelsonLDF on the impact of Executive Order 13950.

Lisa Rice, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance speaks about how EO 13950, the Equity Gag Order prevents the NFHA from carrying out its mission of eradicating all forms of housing discrimination. #UnderTheBlacklight

"I can say that residential segregation exists but I'm restricted from telling the truth about why we're segregated. If we can't tell the truth about why we're in the shape that we're in, we can't effectively advocate for the polices we need to eliminate housing discrimination."

Rachel Godsil explains what implicit bias is and brings up a study that found that white children in hospital emergency rooms were far more likely to get appropriate pain medication than Black children in hospital ERs. #UnderTheBlacklight

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"We were taught that to criticize our government, to criticize our laws and our constitution, is the quintessentially American thing to do. What is the First Amendment about?" -Laura Gómez on why dissent isn't un-American. #UnderTheBlacklight