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Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/@RadInstitute Fellow 2023-24/Working on a biography of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/ https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
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Day #22 of BHM: Jaqueline Margaret Kay (Jackie Kay, 1961) is an Afro-Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist. She was born in Edinburgh to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. A white Scottish couple adopted her and she grew up in a suburb of Glasgow. 1/

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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

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Day #21 of BHM Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881) was a Black woman of Scottish, British, and Jamaican heritage who was a nurse and businesswoman. Seacole was born to a community of free Black people in Jamaica. 1/

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Day #20 of BHM: Pearl Prescod (1920 –1966) was a Tobagonian actress and singer who moved to London in the 1950s after receiving a music scholarship to Guildhall School of Music. She trained as a classical singer. She lived in Notting Hill. 1/

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Happy Birthday Claudia Jones and Nina Simone!!!

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Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters

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Die Hanauer Kommunalpolitiker, die in einem inakzeptablen Statement Respekt von einer Hinterbliebenen eines Terroropfers einfordern, schreiben tatsächlich: „Warum sie bei einer derartigen Gefühlslage die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft beantrage, bleibt wohl ihr Geheimnis." taz.de/Hanau-Gedenk...

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Not the usual gentle reminder: Queer liberation is impossible without trans emancipation, without an end to all colonial occupations, without the most expansive mobilisation contra all forms of oppression; anti-racism, anti-ableism, anti-capitalism, anti-casteism, anti-patriarchy all integral to it.

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Hässlich und lächerlich, was die Koalition der „Mitte“ da sagt und tut. — Zugleich finde ich es auf eine Weise ehrlich, dass dieses Gedenken kein Gedenken in einer Harmoniesoße wurde, die es nicht gibt; dass eher unterschiedliche Politiken nach dem Terror vom Februar 2020 sichtbar werden

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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

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Die Mutter eines Opfers von Hanau kritisiert die Stadt — und weil eine Koalition der Kleingeistigkeit aus SPD, CDU und FDP nicht damit umgehen kann, streicht sie einfach alle künftigen Gedenkveranstaltungen. Und äußert sich auch noch abfällig über die trauernde Mutter. Das tut richtig weh.

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so @chatterton.bsky.social’s position is basically that i am a cult leader and that all of you are mindless hordes who have no actual thoughts and do not engage with substance

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Please consider signing with regards to National Stonewall Monument: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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