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In a wave of executive orders, Trump warns of a “distorted narrative” on #race, opposing the “social construct” to supposed “biological reality.”
A historian explains how both ideas reveal that race is a human invention, not a product of nature: theconversation.com/race-isnt-… @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century
An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that’s exactly what modern science supports.The Conversation
Discrimination has made it harder for Black people in the Los Angeles area to buy and keep their homes.
It has also made them more vulnerable to wildfires, as seen when Altadena burned.
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How racism fueled the Eaton Fire’s destruction in Altadena − a scholar explains why discrimination can raise fire risk for Black Californians
Discrimination has made it harder for Black people in the Los Angeles area to buy and keep their homes. Did it also make them more fire-prone when Altadena burned?The Conversation
Because they're the wrong color.
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Rubio says U.S. is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, accusing the African nation’s government of "taking advantage of the United States."Los Angeles Times
The whaling industry was an unexpected player in the fight against #slavery.
How whale oil and spermaceti contributed to abolition:
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Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in the 1700s and 1800s.The Conversation
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LABR Presents Divine Ellison - The Greasy Spoon 156
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Mae Reeves used showstopping hats to fuel voter engagement and Black entrepreneurship
Mae Reeves was the creative and business force behind Mae’s Millinery, a pioneering boutique near the corner of 60th and Market streets in Philadelphia.The Conversation
How an unexpected observation, a 10th-century recipe and an explorer’s encounter with a cabbage thief upend what we know about collard greens’ journey to the American South
Collards may have arrived in southern Morocco via early Muslim traders, and Morocco may have been a stop in the journey the vegetables took to America.The Conversation
Five years ago today, police burst into Breonna Taylor's home and shot her dead. @19thnews spoke to her mother, Tamika Palmer, about her ongoing quest for truth and justice, and how she is spending today. “I just want to honor her myself,” Palmer said. “I don’t want to argue with the world, I don’t want to share her with the world, I don’t want to have to prove that she deserves justice.”
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Breonna Taylor’s mother remembers
Tamika Palmer talks about mourning her daughter, Breonna Taylor, five years after she was killed by police.Errin Haines (The 19th)
Rev. Jesse Jackson, hand in hand with fellow Black leaders, crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 9, marking 60 years since “Bloody Sunday.”
His has been a momentous journey through the history of Black Americans and their struggle for equality and inclusion theconversation.com/how-jesse-… #CivilRights
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How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson is an American political icon. But above all, he’s a Southerner.The Conversation
