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    Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017

    Since it's in the news, a thread on Charlottesville history as a 9-year resident of the city:

    6:38 AM - 15 May 2017
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      2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Charlottesville is best known as the home of slaveowner Thomas Jefferson, and his residence, Monticello, is a major attraction there.

        1 reply 6 retweets 8 likes
      3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        It's also home of the University of Virginia, an ostensibly "public" university with a massive endowment.

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        During the Civil War, Charlottesville was a lot of nothing. It, and surrounding Albemarle County, saw little action.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        It was home to a Confederate War Hospital. The city surrendered to Custer to prevent its destruction in 1865.

        1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
      6. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Since then, it's major employer has been UVa, and UVa wealth is responsible for much of the city's growth and is the biggest employer.

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        In the 1950s, Charlottesville participated in Massive Resistance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_resistance …

        1 reply 3 retweets 4 likes
      8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        And in 1964, Vinegar Hill, a historically black neighborhood was razed. Part of it would become part of the Downtown Mall.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      9. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Charlottesville accepted the gift of several statues from Paul McIntire, a man whose name graces one of Cville's largest parks.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      10. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        These statues include a monument to Robert E. Lee, a monument to Stonewall Jackson, and a monument of Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      11. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        The Lewis and Clark statue features Sacagawea cowering behind the two men. https://www.theclio.com/web/entry?id=11787 …pic.twitter.com/bMtyJJND06

        2 replies 8 retweets 8 likes
      12. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        By the gift agreement, the city cannot remove these statues. But recently, the City Council voted 3-2 to move the Robert E. Lee monument.

        2 replies 4 retweets 12 likes
      13. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Hence, a white supremacist backlash. A gubernatorial candidate, Corey Stewart, is using this as a campaign point.http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/gop-s-corey-stewart-rallies-against-charlottesville-lee-statue-s/article_c3fb1640-8918-5489-8f03-9a23d9ef78d5.html …

        1 reply 5 retweets 7 likes
      14. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Jason Kessler, a right-wing blogger, recently dug up misogynistic and homophobic comments from Wes Bellamy, the city's only black counselor.

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      15. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        He used these to try to force Bellamy to resign. Strangely, he seems absent on women's and queer rights otherwise.

        2 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
      16. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Kessler was arrested last night at the "Take Back Lee Park" rally for allegedly assaulting a woman.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      17. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Charlottesville, being an independent city, is separate from the surrounding Albemarle County. Hence, many population analyses are low.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      18. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        The metro area, which includes the City and Albemarle, Nelson, Fluvanna, and Greene counties, is about 206,000. The city is about 49,000.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      19. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Of these municipal units, Charlottesville was strongly blue, Albemarle County mostly blue, and the remainder red in the 2016 election.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      20. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Charlottesville made national news several times in the past decade for violence against women, mainly white college students.

        1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
      21. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        Less publicized are the black trans women who have disappeared over the years. #SageSmith

        1 reply 3 retweets 14 likes
      22. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Charlottesville regularly gets voted as a "Top Place in America to Live" by lifestyle magazines. It's a beautiful town for sure.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      23. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        But it has a very problematic history with race. And we'd like to believe it's in the past but it really very much is not.

        1 reply 3 retweets 20 likes
      24. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        This includes police brutality:http://jezebel.com/reports-black-uva-student-beaten-by-police-for-having-1692199936 …

        2 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
      25. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        But the population prides itself on its respectability in the Southern Tradition, so even though our politics are northern liberal...

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      26. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        we are fast to disavow the presence of racism in our community even as it appears before our eyes. https://www.facebook.com/coybarefoot/posts/10209258170186666?match=Y295IHN0ZXZlbiBiYXJlZm9vdCxiYXJlZm9vdCxzdGV2ZW4sY295 …

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      27. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
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        We are a small town deeply rooted in both the best and worst of American history. What happened this weekend is a shock, and it's not.

        1 reply 3 retweets 17 likes
      28. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        It cannot be reduced to "white people with torches." But at the core we need to start with "white people with torches."

        1 reply 3 retweets 20 likes
      29. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Despite Thomas Jefferson's legacy, Charlottesville isn't well-positioned to be a center of activism. But we find ourselves here now.

        1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
      30. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        How the liberalist community in Cville responds will be a bellwether for how America responds to this growing issue.

        2 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      31. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 15 May 2017
        Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

        Anyhow, that's it. I just wanted to provide some deeper context from an actual resident. Sorry for crushing your TLs.

        2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
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