mckra1g, to LGBTQ
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“It’s easy to fictionalize an issue when you're not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it.” — Kate Bornstein

persagen, to Cosmology
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Francystrans, to KindActions Spanish

Hello good morning family 🏳️‍⚧️💞

my funds have run out again and I have had to go back to the streets, this difficult situation is not getting better I just hope you can help me I will try to stay safe I just hope I don't meet the people who beat me in the past, if you can help me get a home I'm sure I would appreciate it very much soon since my life is in danger out here, I hope all the trans food can help me, I'm alone💔
@mutualaid

https://www.paypal.me/FrancysMatheus

https://gogetfunding.com/urgent-trans-help-to-get-a-safe-home-medication-and-food

Francystrans,

@mutualaid I pray that someone with a good heart can help me, I am in the dark, I need to come out into the light of life as soon as possible, please, I beg for help, friends, anything you can do for me, I will be very grateful, I just want to be safe and not come back. to be mistreated by those horrible people 😭🙏🏽

https://cash.app/$BlackTransss

https://gofund.me/687c707d

persagen, to random
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300 Black Lives Matter Protesters in Denver Awarded $4.7 Million Settlement
“I’m proud of our community for mobilizing and keeping this struggle alive,” a Denver activist said
https://truthout.org/articles/300-black-lives-matter-protesters-in-denver-awarded-4-7-million-settlement

  • city council of Denver, Colorado unanimously approved $4.72 million settlement
  • covers 300 BLM protesters arrested by Denver police in summer 2020

Image: SWAT team uses pepper spray on protesters at Civic Center Park 2020-07-19, in Denver, CO

ayilathebailey, to LGBTQ
persagen, to Florida
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Florida Will Allow Far Right PragerU Materials in Public Schools
https://truthout.org/articles/florida-will-allow-far-right-prageru-materials-in-public-schools-company-says/

  • founded 2009 by right-wing radio host Dennis Prager
  • pushes anti-immigrant theories
  • downplays role of racism in U.S. history/modern society
  • embraces Christian nationalism
  • disputes climate change
  • denies inequalities based on gender, race, sexuality
  • promotes capitalist/imperialist ideology

https://persagen.com >> PragerU

#Florida #PragerU #disinformation #ChristianRight #ConspiracyTheories

persagen,
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persagen, to random
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Libertarian Party Thinks It’s OK to Tweet at Black People About Picking Crops
Compared slavery to affordable health care in attack on former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner
https://newrepublic.com/post/174485/libertarian-party-suggests-former-black-lawmaker-pick-crops-free

Nina Turner tweeted "Insulin should be free. Medicine should be free.”

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire tweeted in response “Nina Turner picking crops should be free”

Nina Turner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Turner
Libertarian Party of NH: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_New_Hampshire

persagen,
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

... Addendae

racism & politics

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110748371088797756
Florida Board of Education’s Guidelines Imply Slavery Benefitted Black People
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/florida-board-of-educations-new-guidelines-imply-slavery-benefitted-black-people

Florida dictates how Black history is taught in public schools; implies that enslaved African-Americans learned skills for “their own personal benefit”

Civil rights advocates: “sanitized & dishonest telling of the history of slavery in America”

persagen,
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

... cont'd

“Even worse, it plants the sinister thought that enslavement and continued harm toward Black people today is also acceptable and beneficial.”

persagen,
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

Addendum 7
racism, politics | DeSantis / censorship

In DeSantis’ Florida, Whose Voices Are Silenced?
https://msmagazine.com/2023/08/14/desantis-florida-black-women-feminist-gender

  • Ron DeSantis (R-FL) continues to make headlines for his repeated, deliberate efforts to limit access to information.

fractured_void, to transgender
persagen, to random
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Antisemite Nick Fuentes Headlining National College Republican Convention
The convention is hosting far-right speakers
https://newrepublic.com/post/174204/college-republicans-united-convention-antisemite-nick-fuentes

"Republicans United’s sole focus is to support America First Policies and Christian Nationalism across the country," an organization flier reads.

College Republicans United: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Republicans

https://persagen.com >> search: "Nick Fuentes"
...

#NickFuentes #CultureWars #RepublicanParty #FarRight #ChristianRight #DominionTheology #antiSemitism

persagen,
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

Addendae

Extremism of Right-Wing Youth: Nick Fuentes Feeds Viewers Violent Racism & Antisemitism
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/one-reason-for-extremism-of-right-wing-youth-nick-fuentes-feeds-viewers-violent-racism-and-antisemitism

https://persagen.com >> search: "Nick Fuentes"
"nick fuentes" AND ("kanye west" OR "desantis")
"nick fuentes" AND "desantis"
"turning point usa" OR tpusa

persagen, to random
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Racial Bias Trends in the Text of US Legal Opinions
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01693

  • These results motivate further research into institutionalized racial bias.
  • Our results suggest that aspects of the US judicial system may be unfair to Black individuals, warranting further investigation.
  • Overall, rigorous analyses of racial bias are key first steps toward achieving racial equality.
    ...

ayilathebailey, to Nekomimi
persagen, to LGBT
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[thread] DeSantis campaign

DeSantis Bragged About Open Bigotry; GOP Follows
Appalling anti-LGBTQ ad set a new standard: celebration of open ostracism & bigotry

  • will become new GOP position
  • what’s the process whereby political party becomes extremist & unhinged?
  • happens bit by bit, day by day, week by gruesome week
  • an undifferentiated series of events, most of them not individually defining; add up over time

persagen,
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

Addendum 1

Ron Desantis Just Posted One of the Weirdest & Most Vile Ads in Political History
Struggling in the polls, the Florida governor / GOP presidential candidate is leaning into homophobia
https://newrepublic.com/post/174074/ron-desantis-just-posted-one-weirdest-vile-ads-political-history

DeSantis Slams Trump For Not Being Anti-LGBTQ+ Enough In A Bizarre Video Montage
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/desantis-slams-trump-for-not-being-anti-lgbtq-enough-in-a-bizarre-video-montage-of-himself-alongside-shirtless-men

persagen,
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

Addendum 3

Critics slam DeSantis campaign for sharing anti-Trump ad targeting LGBTQ rights
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/03/1185781096/desantis-trump-lgbtq-video

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis facing criticism f. within & beyond his party after presidential campaign shared a video touting his record of opposing LGBTQ rights & attacking Trump for his past support

The video was made by Twitter account Proud Elephant & shared by the DeSantis War Room 2023-06-30

fractured_void, to queer

Stonewall wasn't about marriage equality, it was about police violence.

ayilathebailey, to Nekomimi
popcornreel, to fediverse
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NBC Bay Area News tonight reports on California Attorney General Rob Bonta agreeing to review the case of the shooting death of Banko Brown. Here are the first few seconds of the report—which I cut short before they aired portions of the video.

video/mp4

funcrunch, to random
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"[Banko] Brown’s death is a gross illustration of the cruelty permeating San Francisco, a supposedly inclusive beacon."

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13928870/banko-browns-black-trans-life-mattered

funcrunch, to random
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Last week here in #SanFrancisco, an armed #Walgreens security guard shot a #Black #trans man dead for shoplifting.

The guard claimed "self defense". Our cop-friendly DA bought it. No charges filed.

When will #BlackTransLivesMatter?

https://sfist.com/2023/05/02/no-charges-being-filed-in-sf-walgreens-shooting-guard-claiming-self-defense/

#BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon

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