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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

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    1. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      8. African Americans are exponentially more likely to be wrongly convicted (and executed) for crimes they never committed. SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/blacks-wrongful-convictions-study/index.html … SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html … SOURCE: https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/Race-and-Wrongful-Convictions.aspx … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    2. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      9. The disparity in mortality rates between black & white women giving birth are wider now than they were at the end of slavery. SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/magazine/black-mothers-babies-death-maternal-mortality.html … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    3. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      10. Home & Mortgage lenders have now paid hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to African Americans with the exact same credit scores & incomes that they gave higher interest rates to than whites. SOURCE: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-toyota-caught-racist-interest-rate-practices-article-1.2520118 … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    4. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      11. Black children 4x as likely to suspended from school than whites for the exact same mistakes & misbehaviors. SOURCE: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/06/07/black-students-nearly-4x-likely-suspended/85526458/ … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    5. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      12. Black girls 2x as likely to be suspended from school than whites for the exact same mistakes & misbehaviors… in every single state. SOURCE: https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2017-05-09/black-girls-are-twice-as-likely-to-be-suspended-in-every-state … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    6. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      13. Whites use drugs at the same rate as Blacks and actually sell drugs at a higher rate. African Americans are just exponentially more likely to be held criminally responsible for this. SOURCE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/30/white-people-are-more-likely-to-deal-drugs-but-black-people-are-more-likely-to-get-arrested-for-it/?utm_term=.d20b65827f3e … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    7. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      14. Police pull Black drivers over more. Search them more and STILL find less illegal contraband, including drugs and guns, than they do on white drivers. Black drivers still arrested more anyway. SOURCE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/27/police-are-searching-black-drivers-more-often-but-finding-more-illegal-stuff-with-white-drivers-2/ … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    8. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      15. African Americans WITH college degrees twice as likely to be unemployed as all other college graduates. SOURCE: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/african-americans-with-college-degrees-are-twice-as-likely-to-be-unemployed-as-other-graduates/430971/ … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    9. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      16. White high school drop outs get same rate of job offers as black college students. SOURCE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/06/27/white-high-school-drop-outs-are-as-likely-to-land-jobs-as-black-college-students/ … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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    10. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      17. Black Harvard grads get the same rate of job callbacks as white state college graduates. SOURCE: https://qz.com/357445/black-harvard-graduates-have-the-same-shot-at-a-job-call-back-as-white-state-college-grads/ … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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      Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 21 Apr 2018
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      18. Anti-Black hiring discrimination of equally qualified candidates is the same today as it was in 1989. It has not improved even 1% in 20 years. SOURCE: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/9/18/16307782/study-racism-jobs … #WhyWeSayBlackLivesMatter

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        2. #BEHINDENEMYLINES‏ @OnStolenSOIL 21 Apr 2018
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          This is why it’s a must that we do for self build our own nation within this white nationalist nation we live in

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        3. C. Smith‏ @DivaLoyal1 21 Apr 2018
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          I used to think that unifying with whites was a worthwhile goal. I no longer think that way. Separation seems to make more sense from a practical point of view. Seeing as how most of them possess a visceral hatred for us no matter what we do. This saddens me but it's our reality

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        4. #BEHINDENEMYLINES‏ @OnStolenSOIL 21 Apr 2018
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          Well said Queen, well said

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        2. Tumi Sole‏Verified account @tumisole 23 Apr 2018
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          This is one the most amazing threads in many you've done! Thank youpic.twitter.com/zeNAIQYtex

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        1. Erin‏ @BluenotesBb 22 Apr 2018
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          The saddest thing in all of this: neither will read ANY of it. These mental midgets are immune to facts.

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        1. Cheryl Carter-Ellis‏ @saponicheryl 22 Apr 2018
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          This thread is everything! You did that!

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        1.  🏳️‍🌈Buisson 🏳️‍🌈‏ @Buisson2020 19 Oct 2018
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          Add in ageism and sexism and you'll understand why middle aged women of color have not rebounded after the great recession -- including those with degrees. This group also makes up a disproportionate number of the newly homeless population. Bias ruins lives.

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        1. Hudspeth County News‏ @HudspethNeighbr 22 Apr 2018
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          All solutions to the issues discussed have been government based; which are destined to fail or worsen the problem despite some good intentions. There needs to be a market based solution to work. The government has defrauded minorities since the civil rights era. Good luck

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        1. Melissa Tamminga‏ @oneaprilday 23 Apr 2018
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          And yet more evidence of systemic discrimination. And the Trump administration is enabling it. https://www.propublica.org/article/shutdown-of-bryan-texas-schools-probe-shows-trump-administration-pullback-on-civil-rights …

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        1. MR. Wop Kon Jorge  🇭🇹‏ @Wopkonjorge 19 Oct 2018
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          Anyone observant of what goes on in this country will know these things. But to see it laid out like this is sobering.

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        2. Lasse Ellingsen‏ @norskbot 22 Apr 2018
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          There's even ethnic cleansing of black people going on.http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/25/local/la-me-0126-compton-20130126 …

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