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MimZWay

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11 months

Part of my stand-up routine from Rochester’s Fringe Fest! Hope you guys can come next year! #Roc #Comedy

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This is a thread about how institutional racism works. In the 1950’s SUNY schools & community colleges offered FREE tuition to local students. My mother-in-law, who is white, took advantage of this program and received her degree from SUNY Buffalo in Speech Therapy.

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Why are there so many instances where people behave badly on airplanes? Part of the answer is in the poor design of airports. Why behavioral psychologists should be a part of any large building design. A thread.

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I hope this was educational. I have found a lot of people don’t realize VA loans were really only available to white men. When we understand what happened, and what continues to happen - we are better able to prevent this from happening to our brothers and sisters. Thanks

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@cpoliticditto Not having to do math in your head as you grocery shopped to make sure you didn’t go over $30. Braces for your teeth. Cable TV Being able to fill up your gas tank.

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When my dad came out of the space, there was no doubt who had fixed the radar. The head of the Electrical Engineering program asked my dad how come he wasn’t in the program. “I was told Negros weren’t allowed in the program sir.” That unofficial policy changed right then.

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This is just one example of how institutional racism has worked to keep black families from having the same educational and financial opportunities white families took for granted.

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6 years

My dad came out of the Navy an electrical engineer - but institutional racism wasn’t finished with him.

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@RahChaChow It does end happily (so far) - my Mom and Dad are alive and well in Penfield, NY - but there is a lot more to tell. It’s the story of perseverance, discrimination, heartache, dignity and joy. But my Mom and Dad are doing very well.

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Most people will rise to your lowest expectation of them. When travelers enter an airport - typically they are in a heightened state. Worried they will miss their flight. Worried they forgot to pack something. Parking garages, tunnels & the unfamiliar environment make this worse.

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When my father graduated from high school, he was not told of the opportunity for free tuition because black students were routinely not informed of the opportunity for a free college education.

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My next thread will cover how it was difficult to get a job using his engineering skills. How when my dad finally did get that job, the police would try to stop him each morning on his way to work to make him late, as well as other daily injustices to overcome.

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10 months

No add treating people as if they are entering a prison system. Shuffle them along a line with barricades. Uniformed officers yelling instructions. Scanning identification. Being looked at with suspicion. Being forced to remove shoes, coats, belts. Having your belongings rifled.

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After my mom and dad got married, they had me, and then tried to buy a house. Even though my dad was a veteran, he was told by bank after bank he couldn’t use the VA loan program, since most deeds specified negros couldn’t own property. He needed 100% cash to buy a home.

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If you treat people like criminals, they will act like criminals. It doesn’t have to be this way. TSA should be dressed comfortably - more like hosts. Scanning could be done while walking through a tunnel, rather than standing with your “hands up, where I can see ‘em.”

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My dad figured a fuse must have blown. The area where the fuses were located was a tiny space. Only one man could fit into it. My dad said God guided his hand. He found the fuse that was blown and replaced it. The radar was back on.

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Then one day the radar to the ship went down. It was down for three days. No one could figure out what was wrong with it. Finally someone said, “There’s a negro on board who can fix anything. Maybe we should call him.” Someone went to get my dad.

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When he got on board the ship, he was given three job options: cook, janitor or barnacle scraper. Imagine his disappointment when learned he wouldn’t be allowed into the Electrical Engineering program.

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10 months

TSA agents should work with a behavioral psychologist to be coached on how to engage people to work together toward safety. Engage with people in a friendly manner - like we’re all in this together.

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@RandyResist In my neighborhood there was a squirrel who had a twisted spine. It could only climb up the tree with difficulty. It would climb down in the morning & sit under a bush. The other squirrels would bring it nuts. It would climb back up at night. Squirrels are kinder than some people

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At the recruitment center, he was told the Navy had an Electrical Engineering program and he would be recommended for it! Since he couldn’t afford college, he thought this was the answer to his prayers. Little did he know that negros were not allowed in the program. He signed up

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My father always had a talent for repairing electrical appliances. Radios, televisions, refrigerators - anything that was powered by electricity, he could fix it. He also had a head for math . He heard the military might be a good place to earn a degree and gain job experience.

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Although he was a skilled electrical engineer, the only job he could find at the time was as a custodian. How could he ever come up with enough cash to purchase a home on a janitor’s salary?

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On board the ship, my father earned a reputation for being able to fix anything. Whenever a radio was broken, they brought it to my dad to repair it.

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After a year, my dad returned with the cash. He found a builder in Liverpool, New York who was building a new development, Oot Meadows. The builder agreed to build my mom and dad a home for the cash.

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Assuming a spread-eagled position so you can be scanned. Being patted down. All the while people in uniforms that look like police talk sternly at you. Sometimes there are real police with dogs and rifles.

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It was the Cold War at this time, and there were opportunities for naval officers to work in Alaska monitoring Russian communications. It was lonely work. The government paid a premium for men to sign up - and room and board was covered. My dad left my mom & I and went to Alaska.

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6 years

My mom and I moved in with my grandmother - so all the money my dad earned could be saved for the house. My mom and I shared a room there.

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10 months

We need to make changes as to how we treat people and the environment we subject people to - if we expect people to treat each other kindly, well and with mutual respect.

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3 years

WOW. I am humbled and amazed by the loving response I have received regarding the Huffington Post essay they published. I feel it is important that each one of us tells our own story. If we don’t - someone else will try to tell it for us.

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10 months

Going through LaGuardia - they have this beautiful area of natural light - but when you look out the window - you see barbed wire. Once again - you are reminded of a prison system. The view onto the barbed wire could have been muted with colored glass.

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Having living plants. Interior flower beds. Softer paint colors like muted greens - rather than reflective, sterile white. Murals, art, local photography. Quieter surfaces to reduce sounds and allow announcements to be heard more easily.

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There were no plants. Very little artwork. Harsh lighting. No soft music. Just a gulag march from security to the gate. Waiting for my flight alarms and flashing lights went off on a regular basis - adding to unrest as passengers looked around wondering what was going on.

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Many improvements can be made to building design with very little cost if architects worked with behavioral psychologists. Adding soothing scents. Piping in music, or even subliminal messaging - such as “You are calm. You are patient. You are kind.” Having softer lighting.

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2 years

@ask_aubry Anna didn’t ruin her relationship with her fiancé - he did - when he pocketed the card and then lied about it. Anna is just being Anna - and the fiancé just showed he cannot be trusted. OP needs to explain to her mother about Only Fans - today.

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I would like to say I am overwhelmed and humbled by the response I had to my post about institutional racism. I will get my dad's service photo from my sister and will post. Particularly now, I am so appreciative of so many kind words. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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@CanoviOelofse @RahChaChow Thank you for reading and sharing. I appreciate your kind words. I definitely should. I’m lucky my dad’s still around for me to talk to about his story.

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3 years

@DrJasonJohnson @Fedup_Mom Black people know I’m black. Black people know that black comes in a variety of colors. White people either don’t know this, recognize this - or deny this. Black folks recognize other black folks. :)

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5 years

This is a picture of the home my Mom & Dad bought in 1967 with money my dad earned working in Alaska. Banks wouldn’t lend my parents money because they were black. They couldn’t buy an existing house because of deed restrictions. So they had this home built in Liverpool, NY.

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8 years

Revelations states The Apocalypse is signaled by trumpets. I think they meant "Trump/Pence." Easy mistake.

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4 years

When people say “Slavery was hundreds of years ago. Why are we still talking about it?” They are technically correct. But I am 56 years old, and my Great-Grandmother was born a slave. Let me tell you about Lucinda Christmas Fitts Lynch - and how slavery DID NOT end in 1863.

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@asmith83 OMG - Judy Garland was so beautiful! My mom’s uncle was the doorman in her building. She was extremely generous! Giving him a fur coat for his wife and a silver & onyx bracelet from Israel which he gave to my Mom - which I now have. Rest in Power Judy Garland.

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@robinsall @samanthabhassan I think it’s time you delete this Tweet and talk with your son about not being judgment about people who don’t hike. This from a hiker who hates sports - but has eaten fast food in her car - loves books - is high maintenance - and judgy.

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@fklein907 Toddlers are the bravest people on the planet. When I see a toddler insist on walking in a space crowded with adults - who are literally giants all around them - I realize that I too must screw my courage to the sticking place.

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@MarcusCVance Me - My name is Miriam. Person - That sounds like an old lady’s name. Me - I’m growing into it.

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@nkrumcakes Absolutely. I’m going to be traveling over the holidays with my elderly parents. My father has dementia. My mother has mobility issues. It’s going to be a nightmare.

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Here’s that photo of my dad (with his bad self). My sister is looking for his official service photo (she just moved - so it’s in a box somewhere) - we will post after we find it. Thank you for your kind words.

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@RomancingNope The guy who was pissed at his wife because they had a one year old, she’d returned to work & had written a novel on her lunch breaks - which was purchased by a publisher & she put the money in a college fund account for their child. He felt she was taking time away from him!

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10 months

@Socialtrainers You get escorted out of the Sistine Chapel for talking. Don’t ask me how I know.

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@tcberman I love beautiful obituaries like this. They make me feel a little sad I wasn’t lucky enough to know this person.

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@iammashj This is a master class in how justify disordered eating habits. Intermittent fasting, “spiking” sugar, having ever changing food allergies, only eating certain foods at certain day times, cleansing, “de-toxing,” claiming you vomit if your food schedule isn’t right.

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@fodderyfodder You should post the footage. If he’s stealing from you- he’s stealing from others and Lord knows what else he’s doing criminally. Name, shame, prosecute and fire.

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@PrettiestFrog Newsflash - she’s still in trouble. He’s not. Management now has it in the back of their heads that she’s a troublemaker - and mark my words - will find a way to hold her accountable for “embarrassing” them. Happens all of the time.

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Tomorrow My plan is to interview my parents about everything that happened when they finally bought their first home, my dad’s job and interactions with the local police force in 1967. A new thread will follow in the evening. Thank you for your encouragement.

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@JesseRodriguez @gcraig1 I knew he’d never make it to trial. That man knew too much about too many powerful men.

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@MarianaDGiacomo @CanoviOelofse @RahChaChow I LOVE NPR Story Corps and thought about doing this with my dad. His memory isn’t as sharp as it once was - but he still has lots of amazing stories.

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@trannyanarchist @IAMTHESHEED A few houses down there was a squirrel who had a twisted spine. He couldn’t run up and down the tree as fast as the other squirrels & he couldn’t run for cover if hawks circled. The other squirrels brought him nuts & cared for him. Squirrels are kinder than some humans.

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@Nyanako_VT I was thinking more like ionized oxygen - like the scent the air has after a thunderstorm…

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@MarianaDGiacomo @CanoviOelofse @RahChaChow Thank you! I didn’t know about this! I’ll talk to my dad about doing this!

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@ahylton26 He wanted to see the movie - but didn’t want to see it alone? The love story in the movie raised his expectations of romance so high - he had to end a real relationship? All I can say is “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” - Maya Angelou.

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6 years

@sclancy79 @NFL @Nike Did you just set your lawn on fire, by setting shoes on fire that you already own?

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4 years

@ConanOBrien @lajfun I really want the “Come with me if you want to live,” version of the Harriet Tubman bill. Make this happen!

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8 years

@Middaughsome @ddale8 Which is why it was such a terrific idea for us to wear our pink hats. Those pics cannot be bogarted.

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5 years

@WVGovernor @realDonaldTrump #44 in education behind the other 50 states. That puts you in the bottom 12%. Which is failing. Your schools are failing. Do the math. Oh - maybe you can’t.

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4 years

@threatresearch @bigbadchang My neighbor Mina. She and her husband were musicians. They had a beautiful grand piano in their home. Wonderful hosts! Had my family over for dinner. She too had such a picture. Only 2 had survived in a photo of about 50. Her family had emigrated right before. They lost everyone.

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How much money is racism costing your company? I was talking with a girlfriend yesterday. She just completely remodeled her kitchen & was telling me about her experience at a granite/stone showroom when she was pricing solid surface materials for countertops.

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Tomorrow is my parent’s 60th wedding anniversary! Who says black love doesn’t endure? 🖤

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@sapphixy Husband’s cousin lived w/her roommate for 30 yrs Cousin never revealed she & roommate were a couple. Husband & I let them know we were happy for their love They never got married She died of a brain tumor I am sad their love was never acknowledged. 🥺😥

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I must say - that even though I spoke my truth - I am a bit worried about the trolls. I’m glad that I have you all here to support me if things get nasty.

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@real_lord_miles I’ve been everywhere within this map on multiple occasions - as a woman, walking by myself, at night and felt perfectly safe. Not sure where you were.

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@gcraig1 @JesseRodriguez Money. We all know that man didn’t kill himself. Someone hung him and next year that person will put in a new pool at their house and take their family on a cruise.

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@MarkRuffalo @60Minutes Even if you’re rich - you might die plan. But while you’re dying - please pay for medications that I own stock in.

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@rich_redding I think it helps when people share concrete examples of what happened and what continues to happen each day. When one of us is held back - we all lose. When each of us is allowed to achieve - we all benefit.

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@Avi_Bueno @WubsNet I think we need to put “billionaire” in quotes. Because after pissing $44B away - and damaging his reputation beyond repair with this fiasco - he’s going to have a hard time financing anything.

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@peterframpton @GWHomeTeam I couldn’t believe it when I saw this. So I Googled news stories about it and only found one! This should be the top story.

Iran protesters defy regime to mark "Bloody Friday"

Demonstrators in Zahedan reportedly took to the streets as anger against the ruling regime in the Islamic republic continues.

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The thing I remember most - is that after Donald divorced her - he asked her to decorate the Plaza Hotel ballroom as a favor to him. She put her heart & soul into it. He then booked it’s first event. The reception of his wedding to Marla Maples. The woman left Ivana for.

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Ivana Trump, former US President Donald Trump's first wife, dies at age 73

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Today I had a productive “uncomfortable conversation.” A neighbor whom I have known for 30 years - asked me why I had a “Black Lives Matter” sign in my yard, when black people continue to “murder each other every day in the city, and clearly black lives don’t matter to ‘them.’”

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@justgrateful @BlueCatInTheSky @TheGoodGodAbove @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump @Putus Everyone saw it. No one told him.

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@AITA_reddit My family made “ugly sweaters” with my girlfriend’s face on them and wore them when she came over & when she got upset and left - I told her she ruined Christmas. You don’t deserve a GF and your family sucks. YTA (Big-time)

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Do you own a business? How much money is having a racist employee costing you? Chances are - you will never know.

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Twitter family - some of you may recall a few months ago when I wrote about an uncomfortable conversation I had with a neighbor who commented negatively about my Black Lives Matter sign. That encounter bothered me so much - not only did I Tweet about it, I wrote an essay.

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If you’re fighting for Confederate statues & Antebellum (which LITERALLY means Before the Civil War) History & “All” Lives - but you don’t care about kids in cages or the elderly who could die from Covid because you couldn’t be bothered to wear a simple mask. You’re the problem.

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@azalben In 2019 I am going to see the dentist. 2019 is not going to be a lot of fun I guess.

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@HalpernAlex @mharvey816 Even Lex Luther sold Lexcorp when he became President, and he was a comic book villain!

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@doctormromeo @lellingw I am amazed that it takes less than one generation for people to forget the nightmare of small pox, polio and measles. My mom lost her hearing to the measles - and yet I have folks argue with me that the measles is “no big deal.” Are our memories this limited?

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@mbmcmanamon I’m 59. There haven’t been decades & decades. Bad behavior was isolated incidents. This changed after September 11th with increased security - and went completely bonkers with the shoe bomber. I’m not saying it’s ONLY airport design - I’m saying it is a contributing factor.

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@jsullivannyc @ShimminyKricket The woman in the ad doesn’t really seem to be enjoying his “massage.” She seems almost annoyed with her pursed lips.

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I want my Harriet Tubman twenty.

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@clhubes Pro-tip to all who celebrate- do not attempt to take a bath after 30 weeks of pregnancy. You may have to call paramedics to break-in and lift you out of the tub.

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That is how close slavery is. And it continued - in redlining, Jim Crow Laws and the School to Prison Pipeline. It continues to this day in Police Brutality and Pay Inequity. So if you want to understand - why BLACK LIVES MATTER! This is why.

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There's just so much to unwrap here: The nastiness. The ignorance. The incompetence. The complete disregard for 3000 American citizens dead in Puerto Rico. It's sickening.

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We got A Pluses for our recent hurricane work in Texas and Florida (and did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico, even though an inaccessible island with very poor electricity and a totally incompetent Mayor of San Juan). We are ready for the big one that is coming!

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@efreitabeth WOW! 😍

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@AmericasComic “Get Christie Love” - 1960’s fashions, a black female detective who was smart and sexy as hell. She used her platform shoes to knock the bad guys out! I think it lasted one season.

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@davidgura I wore my @patagonia jacket to the Women’s march to protest the election of DT. Kept me warm. Still keeps me warm after all of these years - quality jacket.

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We are humans. We live on the same planet. We all want the same thing. We want our children to have a better life. To be happy. To laugh and smile. Children should not live in fear. Children should not be in cages. This shouldn’t even be a debate.

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I would love to personally respond to each and everyone of you - but it’s overwhelming. If I don’t respond - it’s not because I don’t love you - I simply am overwhelmed. Please donate to The House of Mercy if you care to Or to the NAACP or Urban League

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I’m at the age where I need closed captions on every movie/show I stream - or I miss about 25% of the dialogue! Went to an audiologist - and they said my hearing is fine. But I feel like my hearing is severely muffled! Anyone else?

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This shouldn’t even be a debate.

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My neighbor was stunned after our morning conversation. I asked him to research “black erasure” & “black town massacres.” I’m looking forward to our next discussion. I think I opened his mind to new possibilities. I am glad we had the “uncomfortable conversation.”

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