Years ago, I got into making some thematic jazz mixes on a site called 8tracks. It was a challenge, because you could only pick maximum 2 tracks by the same artist, and 1 per album. I’m quite proud of these.

Since this site has pretty much disappeared, I’ll maybe transfer them to Spotify. But here in this thread are links to the original mixes.
https://t.co/P7IgNuqQS9?
https://t.co/spU0Vf9YFV
https://t.co/EoAoJLpfZh
https://t.co/ssYTCZD2ET
https://t.co/JEP8rlMbzu
https://t.co/FKY0scl0Q0
https://t.co/0sZj21O98h
Tracks included.

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I woke up this morning to hundreds of notifications from this tweet, which is literally just a quote from a book I am giving away tonight.

The level of vitriol in the replies is a new experience for me on here. I love Twitter, but this is the dark side of it.

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First, this quote is from a book which examines castes and slavery throughout history. Obviously Wilkerson isn’t claiming slavery was invented by America.

She says, “Slavery IN THIS LAND...” wasn’t happenstance. American chattel slavery was purposefully crafted and carried out.

That’s not a “hot take” or a fringe opinion. It’s a fact with which any reputable historian or scholar agrees.

Second, this is a perfect example of how nefarious folks operate here on Twitter...

J*mes Linds*y, P*ter Bogh*ssian and others like them purposefully misrepresent something (or just outright ignore what it actually says as they do in this case) and then feed it to their large, angry following so they will attack.


The attacks are rarely about ideas or beliefs, because purposefully misrepresenting someone’s argument prevents that from happening. Instead, the attacks are directed at the person.

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