Ida Bae Wells

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

RT @ProfJanelleWong: Conservative group and some Chinese American suing Harvard for racial discrimination in a case that could end affirmat… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChesterLemon1 You have to the whole purpose of the tweet: Descendants of American slavery, to make that argument. Either way: I'm not interested. — PolitiTweet.org

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@myth_power @katemasur Read the law, fool. — PolitiTweet.org

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"When British capitalism found the West Indian monopoly [on sugar] a nuisance, they destroyed West Indian slavery as the first step in the destruction of West Indian monopoly."The largest slaving empire in the world didn't just suddenly gain a sense of altruism, but self interest — PolitiTweet.org

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“The capitalists had first encouraged West Indian slavery and then helped to destroy it...When British capitalism depended on [sugar and cotton plantations in] the West Indies, they ignored slavery or defended it..." — PolitiTweet.org

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In Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams wrote: "The British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it.’" Y'all really need to stop. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PhilipWegmann: News: Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules in favor of RNC and orders county board of electors to refrain from counting mail… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @katemasur: Hi. The Civil Rights Act (1866) is not "colorblind"! It explicitly recognizes that whites have particularly rights and says… — PolitiTweet.org

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@2muchee @toren713 Because our children should have the same options as any other American child. — PolitiTweet.org

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If legacy admits are deemed Constitutional at universities, then admits based on being a descendant of slavery should be as well. Especially at universities such as UNC and Harvard that were financed by slave money and that prohibited descendants from enrolling. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ornwen @dbshawn I've argued for lineage-based affirmative action that is the same as a legacy admit but for descendants of American slavery. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OneWorldLit: ICYMI: Last week, @nhannahjones appeared on the @colbertlateshow to explain what THE 1619 PROJECT is all about and give he… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mypurposefulLT @AstorAaron Most Asian Americans support affirmative action. The plaintiffs do not reflect the larger population. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AstorAaron: Reminder that 43 percent of white Harvard freshmen in 2019 were athletes, legacies, families of donors or of staff (ALDS).… — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradEatsCandy I'm also completely unclear how you determining international students to be non-white. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradEatsCandy Thank you for proving my point. — PolitiTweet.org

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Again, affirmative action was established not as a general cure for disadvantage and certainly not for diversity, but to eliminate, as the 13th Amendment requires, the "badges and incidents of slavery." — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradEatsCandy What percent are Black? Affirmative action came about to rid the nation of the incidents and badges of slavery. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Constitution was implemented that same year -- in 1789. And the Court's originalists will argue that the intent of the founders is absolute and relevant all of these 233 years later, but the fact that one fifth of the population was enslaved and barred from UNC is not. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Constitution was implemented that same year -- in 1789. And the Court's originalists will argue that the intent of the founders is absolute and relevant all of these 233 years later, but the fact that one fifth of the population was enslaved and barred from UNC does not. — PolitiTweet.org

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

UNC is the oldest public university in the US.Established in 1789, built largely by the enslaved,they & their descendants would be prohibited from attending UNCs for its first 171 years. Today, the flagship is < 8% Black in a state that's 21%. SCOTUS will say that doesn't matter. — PolitiTweet.org

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

UNC is the oldest public university in the US. Established in 1789,built in largely by the enslaved, they & their descendants would be prohibited from attending for UNCs first 171 years. Today, the flagship is < 8% Black in a state that's 21%. SCOTUS will say that doesn't matter. — PolitiTweet.org

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

RT @LilianaSegura: There is no easy way to share this news. Claude Garrett died yesterday, less than 6 months after he was exonerated and r… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KateSullivanDC: Kari Lake just now: “Nancy Pelosi, well, she’s got protection when she’s in DC -- apparently her house doesn’t have a l… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrentNYT: I got grief for writing these @nytopinion words on the eve of the 2016 election - but here we are. https://t.co/xpXxgWejIN h… — PolitiTweet.org

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@BlanksSlate @ijbailey Exactly. The SCOTUS removed every substantial argument for affirmative action and now can argue that the only constitutional justification is left -- diversity -- is silly. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Mustard35389585 Did you bother to read this or nah. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Mustard35389585 @scotharkins @ReneeRevelation Reparations won't end housing and school segregation. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Mustard35389585 @MattMurabro Because they actually are. But more than that, they live in more deeply poor neighborhoods and attend more deeply poor schools. It's not splitting hairs. It's reality. Poverty is racialized, too. — PolitiTweet.org

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Love is catching a 6 am flight to DC to teach your class and then flying back at 5 pm because your little girl loves few things more than Halloween and every year you throw a Halloween stoop party and cannot disappoint her.Exhausted but working moms have to do what we have to do. — PolitiTweet.org