Check out:
Part One: Important Tweets About The Murder Of George Floyd
Part Two: Important Tweets About The Murder of George Floyd
Part Three – Important Tweets About The Murder Of George Floyd
Part Four – Important Tweets About The Murder Of George Floyd
Part Five: Important Tweets About The Murder of George Floyd
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:
Obama’s message to young people of color: “I want you to know that you matter” https://t.co/AyEp9RdjAs
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 4, 2020
A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Explains Why This Time Is Different https://t.co/jCeYMuORnS via @NewYorker
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 3, 2020
Putting the #GeorgeFloyd protests into a larger context, with help from the NYT and many other news and educational orgs. https://t.co/ZUtUnZdZC3
— NYT Learning Network (@NYTimesLearning) June 3, 2020
15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest https://t.co/sdXw4unglo via @educationweek by @s_e_schwartz
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 3, 2020
This is excellent work. Portraits of ordinary protesters & their voices. So important, & so rare in the last couple of weeks. Presentation is great, too. Read it, view it on the largest screen you have. https://t.co/TVLzEfjJ8U
— John Edwin Mason (@johnedwinmason) June 3, 2020
"We must create a more egalitarian society out of the ashes by transforming policing. The blueprint was laid out in the 1960s — empowering low-income citizens to change their communities in their own vision…"
Read history prof @elizabhinton: https://t.co/3YUDhM7UCY
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) June 3, 2020
Thanks @educationweek for giving me and @DrShaunHarper space to share some guidance for leaders writing statements on police shootings of unarmed Black people. https://t.co/QKqu3QCzZ3 @MSUCollegeofEd
— DorindaCarterAndrews (@DrDorindaCA) June 3, 2020
"We can either be killed by Covid-19 just as easily as we can be killed by a cop.”
Minneapolis activist @votegriffin and other black protesters are risking their lives to fight injustice even as the coronavirus hits black Americans the hardest pic.twitter.com/o6dxXgQxX2
— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) June 3, 2020
Hmong family whose son was shot by white officer speaking out in solidarity https://t.co/aQlboJsEx3
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 3, 2020
We partnered with Sacramento community members on a call out for first person perspectives from the demonstrations. Here's what they've shared so far.https://t.co/8zKFaaqFbU
— Ryan Lillis (@Ryan_Lillis) June 3, 2020
Language matters.
"Language is the first act… the tool by which power is initially distributed and redistributed." – @deray
All those Ts who pride themselves on teaching grammar, I hope this is part of your lesson. https://t.co/kxNmXaKWG5
— Tricia Ebarvia (@triciaebarvia) June 3, 2020
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