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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 21
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      Michael Tracey Retweeted Lando Callipygian.

      Thank you for noting this.https://twitter.com/GeeDee215/status/1087409686666571780 …

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      Lando Callipygian.Verified account @GeeDee215
      Replying to @studentactivism @mtracey
      Well... Black is diasporic designation, Af-Am more specifically refers to people who trace their ancestry in the US thru slavery or contemporaneous to it. It’s why Michelle was so important to Obama’s biography; she transferred proximity to a historic Af-Am community onto him.
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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 21
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      With that, I understand that this is a question better explored by people who have a direct stake in it. So I'm going to refrain from discussing it further on Twitter. Thanks all for weighing in.

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 21
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      I've also taken the rare step of deleting the offending tweets because the ensuing conversation is just not anything remotely approaching constructive.

      10:37 AM - 21 Jan 2019
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      • DGo Jacque Kareko Pluto & Very well Ann Dowd #60PercentoftheTimeItsWorksEveryTime MARCELO ARIAS SOUTO Xwing@Aliciousness Love&Happiness #FreeAssange ⏳ BobbyJonesGospelHour
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        2. Varnell Trill - did ya miss me?‏ @Teknontheou Jan 21
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          If it's any consolation, there have been a bunch of African Americans who have been asking and mulling over this question for the last 5 - 19 years, since Obama and the rise of identity politics. Its largely been an in-house conversation, so far.

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 21
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          Replying to @Teknontheou

          Thank you. Reading those debates informed my asking of the question. But I accept that Twitter is just not going to be the place for it, especially for me.

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        2.  🎃 Suburban Grouse  👻‏ @suburbangrouse Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey

          A twofer: The 'it's not me, it's you' & 'you brought this on yourself, baby' defenses. #gaslighting

          1 reply 2 retweets 35 likes
        3. 𝐉𝐀𝐊𝐄  ❄  🇺🇸  🇵🇱‏ @jake_snowflake Jan 21
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          Replying to @suburbangrouse @mtracey

          Definitely. Excellent point. He put those remarks in the shredder GOP style! I'm going to add the classic Bernie lightup, 'I'm hiding behind a hipster beard and glasses so I'm intelligent and beyond reproach'. #gaslighting

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        1. Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey‏ @JeffNotJeffrey Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey

          Wow you haven't been victimized this badly since...

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        2. Gareth Patterson‏ @GarethPineCone Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey

          I think it was a valid point to raise. I think a lot of the dissent and vitriol aimed at you is because those people actually have similar concerns but don’t want it to be brought up.

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        3. TinyEls‏ @TinyEls Jan 21
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          Replying to @GarethPineCone @mtracey

          Valid because you want clarity on percentages? Might as well pull out your mulatto, quadroon, octaroon measuring stick and go to town... that should be fun to watch.

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        1. EmmaSofia‏ @emmasofia3 Jan 21
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          I get the impression that "not anything remotely approaching constructive" is actually very descriptive of your work.

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 21
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          Replying to @Mister_NoName1

          Thank you. Twitter, evidently, is just a very poor forum for discussing that.

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        1. Warren Terra‏ @warren__terra Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey @joshtpm

          What a way to say "I was getting ratio'd to heck and dunked on by the whole of Twitter".

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        1. bs dtectr‏ @bsdtectr Jan 21
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          bs dtectr Retweeted CBS News

          https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1087418989565890563?s=21 …

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          .@KamalaHarris: How do I describe myself? I describe myself as a proud American. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-2020-california-senator-announces-presidential-candidacy-today-2019-01-21/ … pic.twitter.com/lfWdD64ZhJ
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        1. African_woman‏ @JariMahawa Jan 21
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          pic.twitter.com/VoLin1e7fb

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        2. Damian Wilson‏ @DamianWilson87 Jan 21
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          Damian Wilson Retweeted wint

          https://twitter.com/dril/status/134787490526658561?lang=en …

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          wint @dril
          "im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
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        1. kaponofor3‏ @kaponofor3 Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey

          Deleting not because you were wrong in some fashion after giving legit contemplation, but because you’re getting roasted. Got it

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        1. Lane Meyer‏ @tunaslurpee Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey

          Shorter @MTracey: I'm hiding the evidence so I don't get dunked on eternally.

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        1. Speaking Truth to Power‏ @pietro_basso Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey

          It’s not constructive because your question was so bizarrely unnecessary and irrelevant to any conversation about anyone that it just felt like a trap to start a very hateful war of words. You came across as a troll.

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        1. punkdavid AF‏ @punkdavid40 Jan 21
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          A construction is as faulty as the foundation you laid.

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        2. Tony Aaron II  💙 🌊‏ @TonyAaronII Jan 21
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          Replying to @mtracey

          "They're not being 'constructive'." I was going to let any ignorant, racist undertones from your test that chastised this pass as a mistake since I don't think black people should be called African American without whites being called European Americans. But THIS tweet is worse!pic.twitter.com/zC78GwBl2u

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