
Alvin Starks
@alvinstarks
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racial justice builds inequality divides. toils in human rights philanthropy @opensociety. dreamer of new futures. baldwin is right and tweets are my own.
Brooklyn, New York
Joined March 2009
If Trump's Georgia plot had worked, it would've emboldened white supremacists https://t.co/02kywLRAXx via @MSNBC
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My grandfather carried an old poll-tax receipt in his wallet to remind him that the right to vote didn’t come easy, and it wasn’t guaranteed.
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After successfully limiting abortion rights, right-wing extremists will repeat their playbook to curb every civil right in the US, leveraging an anti-democratic Supreme Court to reshape the country. Ending affirmative action is wrong—and just the beginning
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Jonathan F. Mitchell, who helped draft Texas’ six-week abortion ban, has turned his attention to Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program.
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"The United States can neither know nor heal itself if its self-narrative is dictated by the white nationalist right, its political and deep-pocket enablers, and those who stand aside as the march toward racialized violence and authoritarianism passes by."
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AAPF sends our deepest condolences to the families of the ten Black Americans murdered in the racially motivated attack this past weekend.
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My home town high school fired its first Black principal amid the CRT panic last year. Tonight, two right wing board members are proposing a set of "Classical Social and Emotional Learning" policies. They have to do with how history is taught. I've pulled out a few examples. 1/
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No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not enough. This is why I raised $111M for @serenaventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, @nytimes.
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@monaeltahawy Thanks dear @monaeltahawy for the #NinaSaid thread - know that @patrickgaspard @alvinstarks @BulldogShadow will appreciate this - as will my sisters @alethiajonesphd @sunrara @vanessapdaniel @AkayaWindwood @CHayling @RJGrantmakers ✊🏾❤️
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The Trump administration is marking Martin Luther King Day by putting out a report that defends the Founding Fathers for owning slaves and attacks the Civil Rights Movement. This is an administration racist to the core.
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Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History - The New York Times
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Recent polls suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the U.S. have participated in recent protests.
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Art as an Act of Resistance: A Conversation Between Artists Shaun Leonardo, Dread Scott, and Clifford Owens [WATCH]
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“It is time to embark on a serious and sustained effort to center Blackness and the Black experience as a necessary strategy to ensure economic liberation for all Americans,” @AnnePriceICCED @jhumpa_b @dorianwarren:
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Intersectionality is not additive. It’s fundamentally reconstitutive. Pass it on.
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Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy - The New York Times
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We are coming together - from cities to suburbs to towns - in anger and anguish to #DefendBlackLives and to replace white supremacy with a democracy where each of our voices are heard and where every one of us can breathe. Take action → https://t.co/t50CLmkZMv
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https://t.co/xQGnmyNXUJ via @NYTimes Invaluable insight on the emergence of biometric data in civil society and the perpetuation of systemic inequality.
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Millions face hurdles in obtaining documents to get a biometric ID card that will be required to function in the country. Without one, “you are totally a living dead,” a human rights advocate said.
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We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power, this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation & militarism are tied together. MLK
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It’s the big, bold, feminist policy idea you’ve been waiting for — Universal Family Care. Read about it in my new piece for @nytopinion. https://t.co/9Ul0zhm19K
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How Universal Family Care could help people throughout their lives.
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Soros Equality Fellowship https://t.co/rtj7qjnVOn via @opensociety
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