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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 7h

In 1990, a group of Black women took on one of America's largest corporations in a battle for a historic Black school. 25 years later, the've reshaped how we fund, teach, and preserve Black history

The Auntie Fascists: How a Group of Black Women Defeated Walmart, Lost Cause and the Erasure of Black History

When a group of retirees hatched a plan to save their historic Black school, they had no idea that they were creating a blueprint for legislators, museums and historic sites across America.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of online propaganda…

Today, in less than 10 minutes the Wake-Up Call explains why we should ignore Van Jones’s genocide joke and, instead, interrogate the “critical race theory” part of this conversation

Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a Wake-Up Call in your inbox.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 3d

TikTokers and Instagrammers are condemning Publix for pulling an offer to sponsor a Black Book Bash. But when ContrabandCamp spoke to event organizers & Publix, we remembered...

Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true

Black Book Bash, Publix Dispute Sponsorship Deal After Social Media Firestorm

Organizers of the Florida book festival say the supermarket giant pulled sponsorship at the last minute. Publix says it was never a sponsor.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 4d

Pitchfork’s just released one of the worst lists in the history of lists.

A Pitchfork list was probably on the tablets Moses dropped. Pitchfork lists make the Black Codes seem reasonable. If the Confederate States of America read Pitchfork, the South might rise again

Pitchfork’s ‘100 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time’ Might Be the Worst Rap List in History

Whether intentional or not, “The most trusted voice in music” trolled every person who clicked on the list.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 4d

Instead of asking a man with 5 deferments or a “Sec. of War” who suffers from PTSD (Post Tequila Shot Syndrome), we asked active duty drill instructors & recruiters if DEI, wokeness & gays ruined the US military

Pete Hegseth Said Our Military Is 'Fat' and 'Woke.' Here's What Drill Instructors Say

We asked the experts who train our troops about Trump's and Hegseth’s plan.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 4d

In lieu of ContrabandCamp’s weekly Clapback Mailbag, a guest columnist volunteered to fill in by responding to Twitter shade from some guy named JD Vance.

Joy Reid: The Vice President Has Too Much Time On His Hands

In this guest column excerpt, journalist Joy Reid tells JD Vance to "Tweet less and govern more, James David; you are wasting our time and tax money."

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 5d

In lieu of ContrabandCamp’s weekly Clapback Mailbag, a guest columnist volunteered to fill in by responding to Twitter shade from some guy named JD Vance.

Joy Reid: The Vice President Has Too Much Time On His Hands

In this guest column excerpt, journalist Joy Reid tells JD Vance to "Tweet less and govern more, James David; you are wasting our time and tax money."

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 6d

Pitchfork’s just released one of the worst lists in the history of lists.

A Pitchfork list was probably on the tablets Moses dropped. Pitchfork lists make the Black Codes seem reasonable. If the Confederate States of America read Pitchfork, the South might rise again

Pitchfork’s ‘100 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time’ Might Be the Worst Rap List in History

Whether intentional or not, “The most trusted voice in music” trolled every person who clicked on the list.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 7d

TikTokers and Instagrammers are condemning Publix for pulling an offer to sponsor a Black Book Bash. But when ContrabandCamp spoke to event organizers & Publix, we remembered...

Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true

Black Book Bash, Publix Dispute Sponsorship Deal After Social Media Firestorm

Organizers of the Florida book festival say the supermarket giant pulled sponsorship at the last minute. Publix says it was never a sponsor.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 7d

Introducing The Wake-Up Call

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You don’t have to be “woke” to Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com

We’ll give a Wake-up Call

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 7d

Instead of a man with 5 deferments or a “Sec. of War” who was flagged for being too racist by his fellow WHITE SOLDIERS…

We asked drill instructors & recruiters if DEI & wokeness ruined our military

Pete Hegseth Said Our Military Is 'Fat' and 'Woke.' Here's What Drill Instructors Say

We asked the experts who train our troops about Trump's and Hegseth’s plan.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 8d

Ezra Klein is never ever ever going to say he’s wrong.

He knows he’s wrong, though.

He just thinks he’s smarter than y’all.

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 10d

Just finished watching “Made for this Moment: Power, Policy & Progress” hosted by @michaelharriot.bsky.social —just a phenomenal panel! Just extraordinary.

Professor @sifill.bsky.social was absolutely brilliant, in particular. I wrote down all kinds of notes about Reconstruction.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 13d

If caring about trans people or gay people or immigrants automatically makes someone a “leftist,” then…

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Iconyc @iconyc.bsky.social · 14d

Two great pieces today on the Kirk madness. The first by the always brilliant @michaelharriot.bsky.social

Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 14d

Instead of demonizing or whitewashing the legacy of a victim of senseless violence, we should honor Charlie Kirk by remembering how HE WANTED TO BE SEEN.

May he rest in white power.

An Obituary For a White Man

In death, Charlie Kirk has become a fictional character that Charlie Kirk would have hated.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 14d

Instead of demonizing or whitewashing the legacy of a victim of senseless violence, we should honor Charlie Kirk by remembering how HE WANTED TO BE SEEN.

May he rest in white power.

An Obituary For a White Man

In death, Charlie Kirk has become a fictional character that Charlie Kirk would have hated.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19d

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 19d

If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill

Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were

Black Women, White Apathy and Why a Leopard Ate Jimmy Kimmel's Face

Jimmy Kimmel is not a victim of "cancel culture." But he is the perfect example of what happens when white people are silent in the face of racism.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 20d

If you’ve ever wondered why crime is higher in majority-Black, Democrat-controlled cities, you can just look at the data.

Spoiler alert: it’s not.

Are Democrat-Controlled Black Cities More Violent? Here's What the Data Says

According to conventional (racist) wisdom, Democrat-controlled, majority Black cities are being destroyed by violent crime. But is it true?

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 21d

Remember when people were criticizing comedians for things they said actually said and even though nothing actually happened to them, Joe Rogan and Dave Chapelle and all the “edgy” comedians said the “cancel culture” was coming from the left?

Good times.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 22d

Charlie Kirk was a staunch proponent of open debate and free speech...

FOR HIM.

If Charlie Kirk Was an Advocate for Free Speech, Why Am I on His Watchlist?

Since his death, Kirk has been hailed as an exemplar of free speech. The watchlist his organization created was designed to intimidate professors into silence.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 25d

I was traveling, so sorry about the video quality, but someone had to say this:

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 25d

It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about violence, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities.

Maybe it’s their culture

Did I do it right?

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 26d

Are leftists responsible for the rise in hate and political violence, or is it the far right?

We looked at the data.

Are Leftists Coming For You? Here's What the Data Says About Political Violence

Who's responsible for the rise in hate, division and political violence? The data is clear.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 27d

In spite of how you feel about Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump or politics in general, what does the data say about the rise in hate crimes & political violence?

We checked.

Are Leftists Coming For You? Here's What the Data Says About Political Violence

Who's responsible for the rise in hate, division and political violence? The data is clear.

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