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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 3h3 hours ago
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    The sugar that saturates the American diet has a barbaric history as the “white gold” that fueled slavery. “It was the introduction of sugar slavery in the New World that changed everything,” writes Khalil Gibran Muhammad for the #1619Projecthttps://nyti.ms/2ze3Mhf 

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      2. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 3h3 hours ago
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        In 1795, Étienne de Boré, a New Orleans sugar planter, granulated the first sugar crystals in the Louisiana Territory. Within 5 decades, Louisiana planters, using the labor of enslaved people, were producing a quarter of the world’s cane-sugar supply. http://nyti.ms/2ze3Mhf pic.twitter.com/6GcmqiHJ3t

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      3. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 3h3 hours ago
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        Louisiana led the U.S. in destroying the lives of black people in the name of economic efficiency. Life expectancy on its sugar plantations was similar to that of a Jamaican cane field, where the most overworked and abused could drop dead after 7 years. http://nyti.ms/2ze3Mhf pic.twitter.com/fx9TjAJ4Uv

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      4. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 3h3 hours ago
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        As recently as the 1940s, the United States Sugar Corporation was investigated and indicted for “carrying out a conspiracy to commit slavery,” wrote Alec Wilkinson in his 1989 book, "Big Sugar." The indictment was eventually quashed on procedural grounds.http://nyti.ms/2ze3Mhf 

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      2. Jessica Fletcher‏Verified account @heckyessica 2h2 hours ago
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        Is brown sugar also racism or just white

        16 replies 29 retweets 350 likes
      3. Women United Front‏ @WomenUnitedFro2 2h2 hours ago
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        Racism is in every shade of sugar not only that between also brown to brown sugar .there is only one solution ,

        2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Jessica Fletcher‏Verified account @heckyessica 2h2 hours ago
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        Isn’t sugar a solution?

        2 replies 0 retweets 126 likes
      5. Cameron Kasky‏Verified account @cameron_kasky 2h2 hours ago
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        I bet you’re so proud of this

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      6. Jessica Fletcher‏Verified account @heckyessica 2h2 hours ago
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        Replying to @cameron_kasky @WomenUnitedFro2 @nytimes

        Honestly... a little bit yeah

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      2. Mark Dice‏Verified account @MarkDice 3h3 hours ago
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        Sugar is racist now too? 🤦‍♂️ #IgiveUp

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      3. Jonnyappleseed‏ @jonnyAppls33d 2h2 hours ago
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        It's white, ain't it?

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      2. Boomieleaks‏ @notwokieleaks 3h3 hours ago
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        Nana’s cookies are racist.

        5 replies 6 retweets 147 likes
      3. Bridget Phetasy‏Verified account @BridgetPhetasy 2h2 hours ago
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        All Nanas are racist.

        3 replies 1 retweet 67 likes
      4. Boomieleaks‏ @notwokieleaks 3m3 minutes ago
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        Nanazi

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      1. Josh Davies‏ @daviesinator 2h2 hours ago
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        This is 2019's response to everything:pic.twitter.com/RYy4tDsNi7

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      2. Saltwater Tiffy‏ @imtherealtiffy 3h3 hours ago
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        By this logic, every food product in the world has a barbaric history.

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      3. AngryIndependent‏ @AngryInde 3h3 hours ago
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        Not in the context of the work. They are focusing on the primary raw materials that fueled Mercantilism and, in turn, European colonization efforts. Dismissing it doesn’t make it untrue.

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      4. I'm Quite Drunk #VSOP‏ @Tullibardine 3h3 hours ago
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        They like dismissing muslim slavery that was far worse, and ongoing.

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