“Home is not something I should have to earn.
It occurred to me that I’d been in an intimate, long-term relationship all along.
I was in a toxic, abusive, codependent relationship with America."
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Creatively Borderless. Founder of . I tell stories. Author of DEAR AMERICA & working on WHITE IS NOT A COUNTRY. A Trustee.
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No Beyoncé
No Aretha
No Tina
No Dionne
No Gladys
No Chaka
No Anita
No Mariah
No Janet
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The year is 2023, and Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, and Lauryn Hill remain to be the ONLY Black woman in HISTORY to win Album of the Year at the #GRAMMYs !
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Thank you, , for reminding everyone that queer is mainstream, that we invent out of survival.
Long live The Queen 👇🏽
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Beyoncé gives acceptance speech at the #Grammys for Renaissance: "I'd like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing the genre."
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The Grammys clown Beyonce so much that I’m not even focused in the awards themselves. When she didn’t win Best Album for Lemonade, I checked out. twitter.com/joseiswriting/…
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Critical race theory is facing the full force of American history.
Refusing to deny that very fact is un-American.👇🏾
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Republicans hate Critical Race Theory, but do they know what it is?
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To my fellow journalists:
When it comes to foreign policy, you cannot report "news" without context. We need more historical context, and we must confront the racial, economic geopolitical issues at play. Failure in doing so is journalistically irresponsible. 👇🏾
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From @Dimmerwahr's essential book, "How to Hide an Empire" pic.twitter.com/pvg8ryEkTj twitter.com/joseiswriting/…
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You cannot tell the modern history of the United States without the Philippines.
The Philippines was America's first exercise in imperialism in 1902.
And here we are, in 2023, on the front page of today's @nytimes. pic.twitter.com/cKEdyYqZmk
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You cannot tell the modern history of the United States without the Philippines.
The Philippines was America's first exercise in imperialism in 1902.
And here we are, in 2023, on the front page of today's .
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That time in Birmingham, Alabama, where I made the mistake of referring to the USA as “a nation of immigrants.”
We are not.
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#ADOS
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The epigraph of the book I'm currently writing and reporting is from James Baldwin:
"I'm only Black if you think you're White."
#BlackHistoryMonth 👇🏾
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Happy Black History Month.
Which should be known as:
Every-day-is-Black-History-Month-because-Black-History-is-American-History.
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Wow, 20 years ago (!!!) I landed a summer internship at . It changed my life.
Congratulations to the 2023 summer intern class! 👇🏾
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I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining @washingtonpost as a climate and environment reporting intern this summer! Accepting any and all coffee recs in D.C. 
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With one of my idols, James Baldwin, whose work changed my life.
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
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An example of the power of popular culture, especially for immigrants trying to understand America.
Decades ago, a White classmate said to me: “Black people don’t swim.” To which I replied: “That’s not true—don’t stereotype.” And proceeded to tell her about this Janet video 👇🏽
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Breaking news: @JanetJackson’s official YouTube channel just posted a high-def version of one of her very best ballads: “Every Time.”
Enjoy: youtu.be/2G-bJwiXwJg
You’re welcome.
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Breaking news: ’s official YouTube channel just posted a high-def version of one of her very best ballads: “Every Time.”
Enjoy: youtu.be/2G-bJwiXwJg
You’re welcome.
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Thinking of my best friend Jake Brewer today. And all days.
He would have been 42 years young.
Rest in Power, Jake.
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If you don't know about segregation in California, go learn about it. Make sure you learn about why haoles chose violence against Filipinos and why the Page Act set Filipinos and other Asian men up to be victims of angry, entitled haole men.
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The history of how anti-Filipino California was underscores how historic @RobBonta’s role is as the first Filipino American elected to statewide office: instagram.com/p/CnncqEivEJ9/ pic.twitter.com/fTCYlWPJRypic.twitter.com/fTCYlWPJRy
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The history of how anti-Filipino California was underscores how historic ’s role is as the first Filipino American elected to statewide office: instagram.com/p/CnncqEivEJ9/
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African American History is American history.
In fact, American history is incoherent and incomplete without the specific history of Black Americans in it.
It’s been a long time coming that African American History should be taught to ALL students. It oughta be a requirement.
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I taught African-American History for three years in FL to mostly white students. No theory, no CRT, just simple historical facts. Got the same reaction from every class - ‘Wow, we didn’t learn any of that stuff in US History!’thedailybeast.com/desantis-block
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Here’s some information and context about Here Lies Love!
More in this 🧵👇🏽
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What do you call immigrants who are anti-immigrants?
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I don't speak Spanish. (I wish I did, though. Working on it.)
People cannot be illegal, and I am no alien. twitter.com/lndian_Bronson
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The Welcome Corps is launched! America’s domestic Peace Corps:
“A new policy allowing the participation of private citizens in resettling vulnerable families…marks the most significant reorientation of the U.S. refugee program since its inception.”
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I sing Bye Bye Bye all the time. NSYNC, baby.
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Replying to @ChuckCallesto
start saying bye bye @joseiswriting
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To Filipino Americans of a certain generation, who grew up with R&B as the defining musical genre, Aaliyah is Queen.
Rest in Power, baby girl.
Mahal ka namin. 👇🏾
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As we celebrate MLK holiday, what is the state of the necessary racial reckoning sparked by #BlackLivesMatter?
An incisive piece by :
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In honor of Asian Americans Ronald Takaki (historian) and Henry Fuhrmann (journalist), do not use hyphens when referring R'Bonney Gabriel, the new Miss Universe.
She is Filipina American, not Filipina-American.
Filipina is an adjective to the noun.
#EPluribusUnum
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9 text messages from my relatives within 30 seconds.
To Filipinos around the world, Miss Universe is the Superbowl.
#MissPhilippines
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My producing partner, my Kuya .
When it was announced that HERE LIES LOVE () was opening this summer at the Broadway Theatre, Clint and I released the following statements about our involvement. 🇵🇭🇺🇸🎭
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As HERE LIES LOVE comes to Broadway, I am honored and thrilled to make history with my Kuya 👇🏽
#HereLiesLoveBway
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Here Lies Love. Broadway Summer 2023. Sign up for early access to get tickets and immerse yourself in the story. 
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Our founder is one of the lead producers of “Here Lies Love,” a celebrated “disco pop” stage musical with a score by and that dramatizes Imelda Marcos’ rise to prominence and downfall in the Philippines.
More here:
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Oh captain, my captain: Dolly De Leon gives one of the most heart-wrenching performances of the year in TRIANGLE OF SADNESS.
Wishing Dolly wins tonight, on her way to an Oscar nomination––which would be a first for an actor of Filipino descent. 👇🏾
#GoldenGlobes2023 twitter.com/YongChavezLA/s
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