@michaelharriot
Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
Another member of the chat, William Bejerano — who tried to start a pro-life group at Miami Dade College — was the primary user of the n-word in the group. At one point, he posted a block of text calling for dozens of acts of extreme violence against Black people, who he referred to using the n-word, including crucifying, beheading and dissecting people. Bejerano hung up the phone when reached by the Herald.
In WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald, participants used variations of the n-word more than 400 times, regularly described women as "whores," used slurs to talk about Jewish and gay people and mused about Hitler's politics.
Byron Donald: “The conservative movement has always been steeped in respect for other people, respect for religious liberty, respect for economic liberty.”
The conservative movement:
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
12 yrs ago today, a friend & I went to a sports journalist’s lecture. The crowd was mostly white, he wasn’t super famous, so I thought I could get him to do this thing called a “podcast”
Afterward, my friend said:
“Nah Mike. This ninja might be a Republican opp!”
Ok, maybe he didn’t say “ninja”
In an overlooked decision this week, the Supreme Court ruled that the post office can refuse to deliver your mail, which is KIND OF SIGNIFICANT if you choose to mail your ballot.
To do this work, the anti-democracy wing turned to their favorite “black friend,” Clarence Thomas.
Today’s Black History Fact
What does the SCOTUS tariff decision mean for you?
Black AF History book cover by Michael Harriot
There are many important books to read on Black history, but if you can only commit to one choose this. You will unlearn lies we've been taught + learn the truth. It will empower + enlighten you. Michael writes w humor + brings receipts for every historical fact. #BHM = Black History Matters✊🏽
Educate him
Ice Out fundraiser nail polish (Minnesota brand) and books Black AF History by Michael Harriot and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Fantastic mail day 😍 ( I read Black AF History last year from Libby after a friend recommended it and decided I need my own copy)
Before conservatives appropriated "wokeness" as a political pejorative for things that give white people the heebie jeebies, Black people used the term to describe a state of social consciousness necessary to resist white supremacy.
Either way, it also describes Jesse Jackson.
Before conservatives appropriated "wokeness" as a political pejorative for things that give white people the heebie jeebies, Black people used the term to describe a state of social consciousness necessary to resist white supremacy.
Either way, it also describes Jesse Jackson.
Very excited to buy this book once I get out of country ass Colorado and back to the Bay (CA).
@michaelharriot.bsky.social does an amazing job with this one and I can't recommend it more. Must read (or listen)
Can’t wait til Stephen A Smith calls her “Ghetto”
