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🛸 Why the UFO?
Let's start at the beginning. I'm a child of immigrants. Though I was born here, I didn't speak English until I started Kindergarten. And once I did, I definitely didn't sound like the other kids. I got treated like I was an alien. And that's what they called us.
Y'all. Jubilee is Chinese, born to Chinese immigrants. Let's fancasts appropriately 🙏🏾
@J0hnADouglas "Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German, English and French ancestry, while her paternal grandparents, who were born in California, were both the children of Mexican immigrants."
Dennis Day (21 May 1916 Bronx, NYC-22 June 1988 LA). Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty! Singer, radio, TV & film personality & comedian. Parents Irish immigrants. Mother née Grady.👨🎓@ManhattanEdu; sung in Glee club https://t.co/gFtyE5RZ1u https://t.co/eMkuBjpIVl https://t.co/VT95XRtLKn
@artofjayjay MC double feature time!
Lucille (OM) is part Taino, with her mother being the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants. She’s rather Americanized, but still makes an effort to be familiar with the food and culture.
Yusuf (TWST) is Pakistani. He’s named after his grandfather.
(Reading age: 5-7 years)
First-and-second generation immigrations of color created, wrote, & illustrated this book from @AlinaChauArt, @aida_writes & a variety of illustrators to highlight these 13 stories.
“We are a nation of the robbed, of the enslaved, and of immigrants.”
@Nickvonwilhelm How many Mayo people does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Trick question: Nothing gets changed and they waste time blaming the bulb going out on immigrants. 🤷🏻
@HurdMaizee *About all lives.
The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
@Heritage_Action Irrelevant. The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
@C3Newsman This must end. The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
@experimentural Exactly. The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
@MatzPolitix We have to fight. The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
@JennyPowell859 This must stop. The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
@whoknow39305508 Exactly. The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
@kahndooiet Irrelevant. The way Texas is banning abortions is dangerous, if we allow this type of law then any state can ban anything. California can ban all guns. Mississippi can ban blacks from voting. Arizona can ban ERs from helping illegal immigrants.
This is wrong. Full stop.
I also use art as a tool exploring themes of social and political justice through the lens of a Black non-binary identifying child of immigrants. my goal here aims to stir dialogue, spread awareness, and to challenge the norms.
@NRO @philipaklein Superman, famously apolitical hero, created by Jewish working class children of immigrants.