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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 9h

They say they hate “woke,” but they really hate Black people, and any meaningful lingo we produce to critique and challenge white supremacy

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Fresh words ✨ allyfromnola.medium.com/white-colleg...

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” — Colin Kaepernick

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

“If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power.” — Kwame Ture

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Racism is why you read Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, but not Harriet Jacobs ' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

“If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves... We should, therefore, protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander.” — Mary McLeod Bethune

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“What we are dealing with really is that for Black people in this country there is no legal code at all. We’re still governed, if that is the word I want, by the slave code.” — James Baldwin

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Black unity is key. When we support one another, the impossible becomes possible

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"I learned very early in life that our race problem is not really of black against white, and white against black. It's a problem of people who are not very knowledgeable, or who have small minds, or small spirits." — Langston Hughes

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.” —Langston Hughes

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.” —Langston Hughes

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.” —Malcolm X

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them". — Fredrick Douglass

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

During the Hamburg Massacre on July 8, 1876, a mob of at least 100 White men in South Carolina carried out a violent attack on Black residents. They killed seven men, including the town’s marshal. Their killing spree continued until the U.S. Army stepped in.

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Ten years ago, a police officer shot and killed Philando Castile, a 37-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop, as he reached for his license and registration 💔

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

On July 4, 1799 New York passed a Gradual Abolition Act On July 4, 1804 New Jersey passed a Gradual Abolition Act The liberation of enslaved people is the only thing worth celebrating today

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Pink Bonnet Deezy #WAWG @thatwriterdeezy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Like 400+ years worth of back pay

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

More Black people fought on the British side during the American Revolution because Dunmore’s Proclamation offered freedom to those willing to fight. America’s victory meant chattel slavery would persist from 1776 to 1865, 89 more years.

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

“It’s a painful symbol. It’s a reminder of what we could be and how it’s failed to live up to that for Black people, for Indigenous people and people of color.” — apnews.com/article/poll...

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts." — Bobby Seale

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become a part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed. This means that we are going to have to learn to think in radical terms.” —Ella Baker

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wanting tax dollars to be spent on feeding and housing the poor rather than dropping bombs shouldn't be seen as radical

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The truth matters. Black history should be included no matter how it makes some white people feel. Reality doesn’t bend to their preference and neither should we

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Black people were sold as property for hundreds of years. Even in the modern era, property is valued above and beyond human rights in this country

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

No state authorizes the death penalty for theft. Yet, police routinely kill Black people they suspect of stealing something. No trial. No jury. No due process. Just state sanctioned violence

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Quick Survey for Black Americans. Will you be celebrating Juneteenth and/or America's 250th Anniversary? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔗

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Austin Metcalf’s dad called Karmelo Anthony “watermelon felon.” Your reminder that racists raise racists.

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Support Black Businesses, but don't let that be the end of your commitment to the black community. Let's advocate for a clean environment, fair treatment in the criminal justice system, equally funded schools, and access to resources for those suffering in poverty.

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

An all white jury convicted Karmelo Anthony. Those racists believe Black people have no right to defend themselves.

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