Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #GeorgeFloydMemorial

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1/In sanctuary for #GeorgeFloyd #Houston funeral due to start in about an hour. Family and friends are wearing black and white, filing past the open, gold-plated casket. Everyone wearing masks. @AP and @HoustonChron posting photo.
2/Family and guests taking seats #GeorgeFloyd #Houston funeral. @JJWatt and @channingtatum spotted. @tylerperry Jamie Fox and @FloydMayweather expected.
3/ The latest from #GeorgeFloyd family and funeral in #Houston latimes.com/world-nation/s…
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The latest: #GeorgeFloyd #Houston memorial reminds friends what they survived
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2/ Friends talked about #GeorgeFloyd and his time at Yates High Image
3/ #GeorgeFloyd was a football (tight end) and basketball player (forward) Image
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Two groups of people at union park peqcefully protesting this group on the East part of the park has some distance from one another. #Chicago #GeorgeFloydMemorial Image
There's a lot of Jewish activists here and some people are out for #BreonnaTaylor. #Chicago ImageImage
Group of people of the Islamic faith are praying together between the two groups of protesters ar Union Park. #Chicago #GeorgeFloyd Image
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THREAD: The Disgusting Culture of Self-Racism in our Own Homes.

“Don’t drink tea - you’ll turn black.”

“Don’t go in the sun. You’ll darken and no one will marry you.”

“Wash your face with milk to become whiter.”

A True Story.

Pic Credit: Adam Jones.

#GeorgeFloydMemorial
An acquaintance once told me a story:

She says, “I once walked in on a friend crying in the bathroom. She had cream all over her face, hands and neck. Different products. She was about 10 years old. She was trying to wash the color of her skin away.”

Pic: Pixabay
At ten years old, this girl felt so ugly because of her skin color that she felt the need to apply creams.

And who convinced her of this? Not a police officer or any troll hiding behind a screen on the internet.

No. It was her own family. Her own relatives. Her own blood.
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I spot MLK III, Amy Klobuchar, MN Governor, Ludacris (“Luda!”) at #GeorgeFloydMemorial .
Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, there.
Kevin Hart, T.I., Jesse Jackson...
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I’m inside of #GeorgeFloyd’s memorial service for the @AP. Floyd’s golden casket flanked by flowers and a self portrait. The now-iconic mural painted at the site of his arrest is projected above the stage. I’ll be tweeting throughout the service. apnews.com/18c41cd260efee… ImageImageImage
Based on reserved seat in the auditorium, several dignitaries and celebrities expected to attend the #GeorgeFloydMemorial. They include actors and comedians Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Regina Hall; actor and producer Tyler Perry.
I’ve spotted the civil rights leaders Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is also here, talking to Jackson now. #GeorgeFloydMemorial Image
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