Lockdown Update Day 128

Rather delightfully, #BorisFarewellTour is trending on Twitter... >:)

Also trending is #IStandWithJeremyCorbyn

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AOC knocking it out of the ballpark:

hhttps://twitter.com/cspan/status/1286315637275598849

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This whole thread is incredible:

Let me show you why this white-centric hyperbolic fear is mired in white supremacy.

First of all, the notion that being more inclusive renders black people as “other” fails to recognize that academic institutions teach whiteness as the default (and therefore, “correct”) culture. https://t.co/xGgzj3U7K0

— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) July 23, 2020

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And from the Guardian:

There's a hidden epidemic of racism in UK schools – but it's finally coming to light
A grieving teenager is exposing the grinding reality of everyday discrimination, and the results could be transformative

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Finally today's art. Japanese artist Kumi Yamashita winds a single black thread around a grid of nails on a wooden board to create intricate portraits (x):