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@Lga1iz3Me1anin2

This is why we need to #ProtectBlackWomen on top of normalizing being #NeurodivergentWhileBlack. I feel like this is a prime example of #ApartmentBuildingAaron weaponizing the police as a threat. We all know #ACAB 💁🏾‍♀️

“The issue is even more intense for Black women, who struggle against stereotypes and are seen as angry or threatening when we try to stand up for ourselves and our sisters. There’s not much room for passionate advocacy if you are a Black woman.”- Megan There Stallion 🙌🏾✊🏾

Bruh, #ApartmentAaron threatened to call the cops on you for “trespassing,” got corrected by his boss, and still didn't apologize!? Told you to “stop crying” and be a “big girl”? Wtf? & how does one outgrow racism? 💁🏾‍♀️ #BlackWomensTearsMatter #IATPOS

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#JusticeForNosicelo

@macboneless

My neighbor killed his girlfriend and chopped her body parts and placed them in two suitcases and went to dump them at the entrance of a nearby flat...

For cheating 💔

#WomensMonth2021 #ProtectBlackWomen

I know the gent always seemed like a very stand up guy and I'm not certain as yet if it's the girlfriend that I always see him with because the chopped up body was missing a head and I think the police found it in his apartment

It looked just like a person was kneeling from a distance but that was her body, just dumped there like that 💔

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Fivexmore_

@fivexmore

From 2015-2017, Black women were 5x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.

Tomorrow Parliament will debate the petition we started to try and change this - signed by 187,519 people.

What do we want from MPs? THREAD #BlackMaternalHealthDebate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/3010…

According to the latest MMBRACE #MaternalHealth figures:

Black women are 4x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.

Mixed heritage women are 3x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.

Asian women are 2x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.

UK maternity care is rife with unequal health outcomes.

We want decision makers to acknowledge the disparities between Black women and their white counterparts in their experiences of pregnancy and childbirth within the NHS and commit to closing these gaps #protectblackwomen

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Fivexmore_

@fivexmore

We wanted to round off the #fivexmoreaw20 awareness week with a series of asks and a list of what we want to see change. These statistics have been rising for decades and it’s completely unacceptable (THREAD)

What do we want: Close the gap. We want the NHS to commit to a target of bringing the numbers down with a CLEAR PLAN OF ACTION SPECIFIC FOR BLACK WOMEN

What do we want: For more health professionals to be aware of these statistics, disparities and injustices so they can give targeted care for Black women

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RAICES

@RAICESTEXAS

There's a lot of talk around the forced hysterectomies at Irwin County ICE Detention Center.

This is what we know:
➡️ There are 13 confirmed cases (# may grow)
➡️ We need to #ShutDownIrwin AND #EndDetention
➡️ To get to the root of the problem = #AbolishICE

But there's more 👇🏾

This isn't a one-time thing. The conditions for something like this to occur have been brewing in ICE detention centers for years.

Black immigrant women have been protesting this all along.
itsgoingdown.org/asylum-seekers…

The whistleblower? Also a Black woman.

Dawn Wooten was a nurse at the facility in Ocilla, Georgia where the hysterectomies took place.

Her bravery to speak up should be uplifted & now that her name is public, she should be protected. #ProtectBlackWomen

https://twitter.com/ProjectSouth/status/1305905495425851394?s=20

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BAJI

@BAJItweet

A thread: mass hysterectomies at ICE Detention Centers #AbolishICE

Whistleblower, Dawn Wooten, a Black nurse who worked at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia describes cruel medical practices that include mass hysterectomies on women in detention. Details here r29.co/2RvVfPO #AbolishICE

Dawn Wooten, thank you for your courage in speaking up. Now that your name is public, you must be protected. #ProtectBlackWomen

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Reagan Gomez

@ReaganGomez

So my sweet spot as a writer is ‘coming of age stories’ with young girls. Surviving was about a teen Black girl having to survive the Z Pac, with her estranged older sister as they search for their missing father. I have another horror anthology centering a Black girl &...

...and a super hero story centering Black/Brown middle school girls. Middle school ‘coming of age stories’ r so overlooked ESPC centering girls. Centering Black girls. I been talking about how Netflix screwed the release of this film up so bad bcuz...when do we get these stories?

I’m horrified for the filmmaker. Don’t know her, but here’s another BW who made a film about young girls. And look at this roll out. So the next time another Black woman has a story centering young Black girls, you think this roll out is making it easier, or harder?

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Geezee

@elle_geezee

#JusticeForToyin I am so hurt to hear about Ouwatoyin Salau young activist being assaulted and killed protesting and standing up for justice. Who will protect our black mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters, friends? Not just now, but for eternity? #SayHerName #ProtectBlackWomen

"The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman. The most neglected woman in America is the Black Woman" #MalcolmX

We are the mothers of all civilization and yet we still suffer horrible atrocities at the hands of all. Where are our protectors? Who will stand up for Us? When will it end? #ProtectBlackWomen

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