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“The schools we go to are reflections of the society that created them. ... Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” ― Assata Shakur, “Assata: An Autobiography”
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We are all Shelly Ward. Wondering where Nancy Pelosi is trying to go with this answer.
Because it’s surely not a response to whether you support Black Lives Matter. 

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Pelosi’s response is just an unappetizing word salad.

Yes, we need to make sure communities of immigrants, women, et al. are not discriminated against. But question specifically asked about Black people!! Why does a question re Black ppl require a “We are the world” reply?!Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
A Black student asks Speaker Nancy Pelosi if she supports the Black Lives Matter movement. Her response includes “all lives matter.” *Politely requests that Democrats study how Beto responsed to question on NFL protests* This question really shouldn’t still trip y’all up.

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Portland students walk out to protest police officers on campus https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/portland-students-walk-protest-police-officers-campus-144200820.html …
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First woman, first African-American and first LGBTQ person to be named co-dean of Rutgers Law School: https://diverseeducation.com/article/135285/#.XC-DsRhnS-0.twitter …
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Hard agree. I taught 19th c. USH to grades 7-8 using primary sources from places around us--they understood all the power dynamics at play! The academy stays forgetting about folks in K-12, without remembering that their future undergrads don't just materialize from thin air.
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After teaching about the history of Native Americans (using artifacts found at sites in Maryland) to second graders, I realized the work we do in higher ed needs to be done in K thru 8 ... they get inequality and injustice! they would be way more prepared for college ...
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Four things we can all do to support Black girls.

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Nah. Just like you tell students taking the SAT, you need to show your scratch work. What is the evidence? You need to state clearly what evidence was found. This looks really suspect. Show your work.https://twitter.com/collegeboard/status/1081342477267886091 …
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When you’re a Black child, apparently there’s such a thing as too much improvement. I’d just like full disclosure from
@CollegeBoard — which pushes teens to retake their SAT exam to raise scores! So do tell: What is the total increase in score permitted for a child with melanin?https://twitter.com/mdawriter/status/1081344757476085760 …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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Kamilah Campbell knew she had to improve her SAT score to get into
@floridastate. She learned key strategies in The Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT book. Her hard work paid off—she upped her score by 330 points. Now ETS has invalidated it, pending review. We want to know why.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Dear
@CollegeBoard — with all due respect, what is this racist f**kery? https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/423825-college-board-invalidates-students-sat-after-she-retakes-test …#KamilahCampbell got a tutor, took online classes, and followed *your* rulebook for boosting SAT score. So. How many white students have been invalidated under this specious rule?
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studying only works for rich white girls.pic.twitter.com/RWH3GTvQOs
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"Seven months later, in October, the high school senior from Miami Gardens, Florida, took the test again." SEVEN MONTHS LATER, y'all. What did
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"I did not cheat. I studied." Kamilah Campbell, a Black high school senior in Florida, says her SAT score was invalidated for improving too much. She went from a 900 to 1230 after working to bring up her score. Now, she can't apply to her top college choice.
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Reading news clips, see
@dreamwdeadline featured, and

Turning Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” Into A Class Curriculum For Black Girlshttps://www.blackenterprise.com/michelle-obama-becoming-curriculum-black-girls/ …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
“Those Africans launched a rebellion in November of that year and effectively destroyed the Spanish settlers’ ability to sustain the settlement, which they abandoned a year later.“ How many resistance stories will we hear in the coming year re 400th anniversary?
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I RT’d a thread a few days ago that highlighted how even the 1619 date is mistaught. Why I added a phrase re transatlantic slave trade because the context here is fascinating. Via Smithsonian Magazine: 100 years before Jamestown enslaved Africans were brought to South Carolina!
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Likewise! I’d like to be proven wrong. But considering what we’ve been taught re slavery and what’s commonly known/believed about slavery makes me doubt that 400th anniversary will be treated in a historically responsible manner. Including context for 1619 as historical marker!https://twitter.com/drlagarrettking/status/1081204833472913411 …
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Our show this week is about libraries, "one of the last places you can go that you don't have to buy or believe in anything to come in."http://bit.ly/2TbVwq1
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