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Academics: This is the automated refusal engine we've all dreamed of. https://t.co/mPWL5o3IYI pic.twitter.com/tJIkjaPJrW
— Melanie Mitchell (@MelMitchell1) February 9, 2024
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use ad blockers on journ*lists, use archive.org to evade journ*list paywalls, call in fake news to journ*lists, scream "frick her right in the kitty" to journ*lists, make X community notes on journ*lists, send journ*lists to report on Gaza battles, start g*mergate conspiracies about journ*lists, run for president and declare all journ*lists are liars, accuse journ*lists of being Jewish conspirators, harass advertisers to defund journ*lists, cancel print subscriptions to journ*lists, get your news from realrawnews over journ*lists, send journ*list political cartoons to Muslims
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Anita Ekberg was a Swedish actress who was also a trained archer and knew how to box. In 1960, she had a remarkable encounter with the paparazzi.
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) April 24, 2024
After warning them to leave her alone repeatedly, she beat one up. Undeterred, they continued to follow her. She retrieved a… pic.twitter.com/Hp1MaPaZCN
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Writer Tracie McMillan claims being white has benefited her by $371,934.30
She argues that her family was able to save money because of white privilege
Her claims are detailed in her new book
A Brooklyn-based journ*list calculated exactly how much racism and white privilege has financially benefited her down to the last cent - coming in at a whopping $371,000.
In her new book, 'The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism,' author Tracie McMillan claims that being white has created a benefit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
McMillan derived the number, in part, by tracing the amount of money she's received from her family over years, money she claims her family was able to save up over generations because of their whiteness.
Figuring largely into her final sum were educational loans that she received from her grandfather, totaling at $52,784.33.
McMillan, a graduate of NYU, where she studied political science, contends that her grandfather was able to give her this money because he had been able to accumulate wealth over years thanks to his whiteness.
She argues that her grandfather's wealth was rooted in benefits accrued from the GI Bill, a post-World War II piece of legislation that helped military veterans attend school and receive job training.
The Brooklyn-based writer argues that the GI Bill 'heavily favored whites,' and therefore benefited her grandfather at the expense of non-whites.
McMillan also received $40,384.72 as an inheritance from her grandfather, which, again, she contends was money that was owed to her grandfather's whiteness.
She also received $15,086.74 from her parents, which she referred to vaguely as a gift. McMillan, in a graphic posted on her website, fails to elaborate on why this 'gift from parents' was attributable to their whiteness.
The writer also cites 'avoiding foster care' as a consequence of her whiteness, which is an assertion that almost suggests that all non-whites are automatically in foster care.
She puts the value of avoiding foster care at $15,771.37.
But McMillan claims that the money she's received from her family is only one part of her 'white bonus.'
The NYU-graduate contends that her rent-stabilized apartment, has saved her $1,319.86 in costs due to discrimination that she never faced given the fact she is white.
Another white privilege was her 'job as a tutor with Maggie,' from which she claims she received $26,858.04 more than non-white tutors.
And McMillan also asserts that she's been spared $37,488.11 in credit discrimination when accessing credit.
Explaining her calculus to CNN, the Brooklyn Journ*list said: 'I calculate $146,000 from my family that probably they had because of racism.'
'I calculate $225,000 of money that I have had access to or equity I've gained probably because I was white. That's almost $400,000.'
Asked why she had written the book, McMillan said: 'I hope that readers who aren't White feel seen, too — that somebody out there who's White does see how this is happening.'
McMillan insists that her nearly $400,000 estimate only scratches the surface.
'All these are back of the envelope estimates. They are bare minimums.'
'The White Bonus,' McMillan's new book, focuses on how white privilege benefits the middle class because 'the middle class is really the fulcrum for White advantage in the US.'
In her book, McMillan lays out her argument that all white families in America have benefited because of their race,
'White people today do not understand — because this history has been hidden from them by previous generations — that somebody in their family got something because they were White.'
When McMillan announced her tour for her new book on X.com, formerly Twitter, some commenters criticized the book's premise.
One user wrote: 'Maybe we should re-label white privilege to “white, upper middle class” privilege. Since a lot of us that grew up poor didn't have the “bonuses” you enjoyed.'
Another commenter asked: 'Will you be donating all the profits from this book to black causes?'
And one critic observed: 'Money from inheritance, parents paying for college and loan from grandparents isn't a white bonus. It's a upper-class bonus.'
They continued: 'Go interview lower-class and middle-class white people and ask about their college, inheritance and loans from grandparents.'
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NEW: The man who lit himself on fire outside of Trump’s trial in NYC has been identified as Max Azzarello.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 19, 2024
“My name is Max Azzarello, and I am an investigative researcher who has set himself on fire outside of the Trump trial in Manhattan,” his manifesto read.
“This extreme act… pic.twitter.com/xDjTgNDS6r
“My name is Max Azzarello , and I am an investigative researcher who has set himself on fire outside of the Trump trial in Manhattan,” his manifesto read (Curious how the manifesto was released so quick )
“This extreme act of protest is to draw attention to an urgent and important discovery: We are victims of a totalitarian con , and our own government (along with many of their allies) is about to hit us with an apocalyptic fascist world coup.”
“These claims sound like fantastical conspiracy theory, but they are not. They are proof of conspiracy. If you investigate this mountain of research, you will prove them too. If you learn a great deal about Ponzi schemes, you will discover that our life is a lie.”
“If you follow this story and the links below, you will discover the rotten truth of ‘post-truth America'. You will learn the scariest and stupidest story in world history. And you will realize that we are all in a desperate state of emergency that requires your action.” (shitlib discovers the obvious, commits suicide )
“To my friends and family, witnesses and first responders, I deeply apologize for inflicting this pain upon you. But I assure you it is a drop in the bucket compared to what our government intends to inflict.”
“Because these words are true, this is an act of revolution.”
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"the theft tech wasn't there yet" (also notice how there's zero notice of actual big boys like blackrock )
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Should've chose a better career path dork. Don't let me catch you on the street, cute twink.
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For context the Stopantisemitism twitter account is the gigar-slur that malded at the Youtube CEO because they fell for this obviously fake video of Nikocado denying the Holocaust:
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https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1778496755597734048
He shot at them first
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Wild. Avenatti just called into MSNBC (from prison) and appears to be defending Trump.
— Trish Regan (@trish_regan) April 10, 2024
Anchor seems quite stunned. 😳 pic.twitter.com/3sniyNeTKD
Michael Avenatti was Stormy Daniels attention whoring lawyer; he is currently serving time in federal prison for trying to extort NIke and wire fraud
Some follow up afterwards:
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Also Glenn Verdevaldo (Greenwald) defends Rocket daddy proving his BDT (Bolsonaro Derangement Syndrome) is not as severe as that of Brazilian journos and leftoids who applaud STF justice Alexandre de Moraes (who's probably the most despicable and repulsive person in the judiciary right now).
To give Burgers some idea, imagine if Sonya Sotomayor was given powers to supervise the elections. Then Sotomayor would proceed to ban social media accounts because of le fake news, all by herself without needing to consult with fellow justices, plus ordering arrests under pretexts of attacking democratic institutions online.
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NEW: Mexican media outlet RCG Media plays video of a man’s testicles thinking they were showing the eclipse.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 9, 2024
Someone’s getting fired.
Shortly after the image displayed for all their viewers to see, the production team quickly removed it.
The hosts were clearly… pic.twitter.com/UlDnR0RI6t
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I have nothing to add other than I've never watched a full game of women's basketball in my life and neither have you
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When the D.C-based chef began organizing in support of a free Palestine, they unearthed another deeply buried truth about their trans identity.
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Frankly, good journalism is asking questions when you don't fully understand the ins and outs of a program. The dashboard costs around $5k. Total data collection request = $567,882. Neither anywhere close to $577 million. @FranklyFlorida pic.twitter.com/nhUqsWgHdc
— Alecia C. (@AleciaDCollins) April 3, 2024
how would that even be possible lol