Monday, August 26, 2019

Some Tweets from Lucy Flores



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    “It has been hurtful [and] disappointing to see so many people who claim to uphold this higher standard, who claim to be feminists, who claim to be pro-woman and yet will turn a blind eye to inappropriate behavior if it’s done by someone they really like,”
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    Latino Representation Vastly Out of Step w/U.S. Population, Stereotypes abound & Hollywood Employs Few Latino Content Creators Behind the Camera among Findings in New Study by - Full report & Solutions For Change
     
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    For the millionth time: no political party is free of antisemitism—just as no party is free of homophobia—but only 1 political party is inciting white nationalists to kill Jews. Obscuring this fact makes it harder to protect Jews (& others!) from the mortal threat facing us all.
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    I’m calling the FBI
  • ***Heads over to IG stories immediately.
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    So now Trump is banning foreign journalists from coming to report on him using immigration laws to block their entry into the US. What a joke.
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    Guys, I’ve been refused entry into US. Sections 212 (a) (7) (A) (i) (I). Me going to DC is “entry into the labor” market and I’d be “imported labor”. I’ve never been pulled aside at a US border let alone refused entry.
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    Instead of investigating fraternities for sexual harassment towards women, they do this?
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    New episode of featuring Keta Meggett () dropping on at 7:30 PST! Don’t miss it, we’ll talk about the challenge of overcoming identity issues as a biracial woman, effects of bullying, and the importance of self defense.
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    Migrant children are transforming their trauma and perseverance into beautiful pieces of art that remind them of home while being caged in a country that treats them as criminals. When will the separation of families stop?
  • May he be memorialized accurately in history as one of the most evil men in modern times. “David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79”
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    David Koch was a villain. He and his brother worked consciously to further inequality and poverty with their greed and politicking. I won’t celebrate his death—but patronage of the arts, science, and medical research could never outweigh the damage he did.
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    A mural in downtown Las Vegas is drawing attention to the U.S’ founding by immigrants. Beautiful and thought provoking piece 👏🏽
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    So many of us POC have felt we had to conform - To white-led institutions, practices, ways of showing up. Continuing to do so w/o questioning, making it work for us w/o concern for others, damages our psyche but also perpetuates white supremacy
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    Better late than never
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    a reminder that the amazon forest has been on fire for 3 weeks now and because of the lack of media coverage people don’t know about it. this is one of most important ecosystems on earth
  • Sadly, this is true. 😢 Doesn’t even make any sense. Why vote no on such a crucial life or death topic for literally all human beings???
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    what if we used active tense here. Yes, employers still pay Black women less than their white peers
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    This was a fun and also very necessary convo with . We talked repro rights and justice, of course, but also ended up talking about white privilege and identity in the Latinx community.
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    What's happening in Brazil right now matters to all of us. The Amazon is vital to the health of the Earth and we must protect it.
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    How to help the Amazon rainforest: 9 things you can do during the fires and beyond