I thought readers might find a selection of important tweets about the murder of George Floyd useful.
You might also be interested in all my “Best’ lists related to racism, particularly:
New & Revised: A Collection Of Advice On Talking To Students About Race & Racism
Here are some tweets:
A Decade Of Watching Black People Die https://t.co/OBb5uEypq7
— Victoria M. Walker (@vikkie) May 31, 2020
A boy holds a sign during a protest Friday in downtown Los Angeles over the death of George Floyd.
📷 AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa pic.twitter.com/WIqJV1hAjY
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 30, 2020
This is why Colin Kaepernick took a knee https://t.co/Muntmzby98
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 30, 2020
It is impossible to think of police violence in the abstract – when you and your family are targets of potentially murderous, state-sanctioned injustice. Smart, empirically based analysis by @radleybalko https://t.co/L8Jf7bny7P
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) May 30, 2020
Watch the full video: https://t.co/bdwV0KGEv0
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 30, 2020
The racist violence that killed George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor is not new in America. And what's captured on video represents only a fraction of the violence that Black Americans experience, some of it while in police custody. pic.twitter.com/X2SkYamKIQ
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 30, 2020
I really, really don’t care what you think. I went to a PWI. I watched white students at the University of Maryland set fire and go on a rampage every time they beat Duke in BASKETBALL. No pain. No anger. And they were NEVER called thugs. EVER.
— Jason Reynolds (@JasonReynolds83) May 29, 2020
Viral photo shows line of white people between police, black protesters at Thursday rally https://t.co/oJTFrWWT4O via @courierjournal
— Maria Hinojosa (@Maria_Hinojosa) May 30, 2020
Black families deserve to raise their kids in a world that doesn't traffic in this gross inhumanity & that doesn't force them to bear the burden of confronting it. My statement with @LorrettaJohnson & @AFTEVPDeJesus on #GeorgeFloyd via @AFTunion: https://t.co/ZSPuJMMgIU pic.twitter.com/6XXNphh5Bb
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) May 28, 2020
“I'm tired of being scared for him. I'm tired of reading about Ahmaud, Travis, George and so many others. The list never stops. I need the white mamas to share this burden. I need my white friends to love me and mine enough to come running, too.” https://t.co/RbIcaN5Dpo
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 29, 2020
Why do police react with restraint in one situation and extreme force in another? https://t.co/f53ObOxcnZ via @slate
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 29, 2020
"I'm a young black man/Doing all that I can."
12-year-old gospel singer Keedron Bryant sings a stunning song about living life as a young black man in the U.S. https://t.co/QETbOm1jOE pic.twitter.com/7jMibFUBZf
— ABC News (@ABC) May 28, 2020
“Racism isn’t getting worse, it’s getting filmed” – Will Smith
— Femi Koleoso (@FemiOnDrums) May 27, 2020
Images of protesters in Minneapolis dousing themselves with milk after being tear gassed highlight the stark contrast with the lack of force that’s been used in anti-lockdown protests at state capitols, where many of the protesters were armed white men. https://t.co/oqa2T7xV1I
— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 30, 2020
My god, what a crushing image. https://t.co/683XGF8Nwv
— Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) May 31, 2020
Let me be the fiftieth person to recommend this to you. Watch it. https://t.co/u97TqbHqce
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 30, 2020
What a moment on CNN. pic.twitter.com/T9XMzXmlVb
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 31, 2020
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