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p.s. and this gal is a

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:14:20 +0000

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p.s. and this gal is a perfect example of one who doesn't get it, she could just as well be agreeing with George Wallace in 1963 saying segregation now segregation tomorrow segregation forever:

My dad forbid us to date outside our race. He literally said he will disown us. I have seen people get disowned for dating outside their race. Not gone lie I will not allow my kids to do that. #NewBlacks
— Queen (@_alilfaith) April 20, 2022

ah, a finding of a similar

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:03:52 +0000

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ah, a finding of a similar thing here, what a surprise NOT -

Tulane study concludes that girls raised by at least one Jewish parent tend to have advantages when it comes to college achievement.https://t.co/veNK7jhdv3
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 21, 2022

edit to add, I spent some time looking on comments on the new hashtag on "Black Twitter" influenced by a big Twitter Live discussion and it became very clear to me that something similar was going on there too in that holding onto certain aspects of Afro-American culture was what was holding some people back on the achievement scale.He gets it:

This must be one of those #newblacks people be talking about https://t.co/5V0o7fxGzm
— Hashtag That Guy (@itsthekolbster) April 20, 2022

in the UK

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 03:31:19 +0000

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in the UK

Culture beats race and even class when it comes to pupil performance, writes @rakibehsan https://t.co/nnjUYY7vho pic.twitter.com/eE9uayJIF5
— The Critic (@TheCriticMag) April 18, 2022

doh do you think I don't know

artappraiser — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:46:39 +0000

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doh do you think I don't know about that history? I'm an art historian, I know who went to Paris and stayed and who didn't. But guess what (no surprise to me since it's like your favorite thing) you're reading simplistic narratives about it that have been revised, try to keep up -

Don’t let the inspiring story of Josephine Baker erase France’s pervasive racism

Not only that, it's still going on. The French are notoriously xenophobic, you assimilate or else, they do not want other cultures changing theirs. The American black artists and writers who went there in the early 20th century were tokenized. The U.S. is very open to sub-cultures and tolerance of "the other", it's in our founding. They are the opposite, officially it's assimilate or else. Just yesterday I was reading about migrants setting up tents in Calais while they try to get into the UK. The reporter asked a bunch of them why they don't apply to France for asylum instead of trying to get to the UK. One of the main reasons they gave is that France is very prejudiced. If you are Muslim, fuggeaboutit. The French police have been clearing their tents and belongings every 48 hrs. and throw them away

The United States gets judged

rmrd0000 — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:42:56 +0000

In reply to Have seen this one work quite

The United States gets judged by the degree of racism felt to exist within its borders.

There is no international competition

BTW, many did take refuge in France

https://www.npr.org/2013/09/02/218074523/paris-has-been-a-haven-for-african-americans-escaping-racism

As an interracial couple,

artappraiser — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:29:12 +0000

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As an interracial couple, their only request was that the child they would end up adopting be a mix of something. When they were "presented with the whitest baby on the face of the earth," Brown was confused. "Those were usually the ones reserved for white heterosexual couples." pic.twitter.com/h05uGQa0Os
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) November 24, 2021

Brown says he had been preparing all his life to raise the most self-assured, entitled, Black (or some other non-white) child that he could. "Looking at this blond-haired, blue-eyed baby," he recalls, "apparently I should have been doing a different kind of training." pic.twitter.com/uMzB50zfC4
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) November 24, 2021

Have seen this one work quite

artappraiser — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 01:31:53 +0000

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Have seen this one work quite a few times before, this is THE GREAT QUESTION/CHALLENGE, the one that often causes many Americans to quit their racial identity whining and change the topic:

Name a country less racist than America with the same multicultural distribution. I'll wait.
— Aesthetic Bear (@dissentdissent) November 8, 2021

p.s. am reminded of Wokeness

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:43:58 +0000

In reply to The 2020 electorate was less

p.s. am reminded of Wokeness is a problem and we all know it

The 2020 electorate was less

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:37:41 +0000

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The 2020 electorate was less polarized *by race* than the 2012 electorate.

But it was more polarized by *ideas about race* https://t.co/mRhX6pafZA pic.twitter.com/rWnN8C23iS
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 21, 2021

'Rebecca Hall’s new film

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:55:38 +0000

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'Rebecca Hall’s new film adaptation of the 1929 novel “Passing” has cracked open [for Whites] a public conversation about colorism and privilege.'https://t.co/h33ZSolj6y
— Reclaiming M.A.N.'s Time (@NewBlackMan) October 20, 2021

back in July, a crazy artist I follow on topic:

Seconded: Colorism and passing privilege are real forces that have shaped my life and career as well as feelings of not being Black enough and encounters with people who deny my heritage. https://t.co/NfIaWQ0OEE
— Nayland Blake (@naylandblake) July 24, 2021