If Germany can teach their students about the Holocaust, why can't Oklahoma teach about Jim Crow, Tulsa Race Massacre, the Allotment Act, Indian Boarding Schools and the Osage Reign of Terror. It's not just the history of our people who were the victims, it's your history too.

Today a student almost cancelled an important appointment with me, one she needs to have, in order to graduate. She almost cancelled because she couldn’t find childcare. I offered her zoom but she wanted to meet in person. So what did I do? Told her to bring the child with her.

A Black rancher who says he and his wife have endured months of racist property crimes and intimidation in their rural Colorado community was arrested Monday In an uncommon move, the court set his bond at $6,000, 3 times the amount requested by the people gazette.com/news/courts/bl…

Stopped dead reading Times story this am by repetition of claim that DeSantis, Noem & Youngkin want “family-friendly” states w/o acknowledgment of how they define “family-friendly:” anti-trans, forced pregnancy, book bans, curtailed education. Why regurgitate their false frame?

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary Actually, I didn't remember but Twitter did.

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In November, I visited the set of 'Barry' during the final week of production on the final season. My most glaring takeaway? Bill Hader was born to be a director. thewrap.com/bill-hader-bar…

So excited for the horrible parachute writing out of Idabel. “At a gas station in town, rough-looking locals order catfish alongside a curious dish known as ‘frybread,’ a type of crepe”

I had a #RepresentationMatters moment when the white director of a PBS doc I appear in said that when her Chinese American daughter saw me explain the Hollywood origins of “Me so horny, me love you long time,” she said “oh, I wondered why someone said that to me the other day.”

NEW: Tulsa Police is violating its own policy by hiding the results of an investigation into officers who heckled a grandmother suffering a bipolar episode and tackled her to the ground. The latest from WhitneyBryen & Jazz Wolfe oklahomawatch.org/2023/06/13/tul…

Am I wrong that this is a scandal that, if true, should be getting national attention? The fact that Walters and Stitt etc have so far been able to get away with the same flaccid "it's Class Wallet's fault" excuse that they used last year to 0 effect is crazy to me.

Apparently, Elon thinks Black Twitter is an affirmative action program

Be like Chuck

Debt collection lawsuits are the most common type of civil litigation in the state, according to a recent study. They are disproportionately filed against low-income Black, Latino, and Native American Oklahomans. ow.ly/oSRo50PRW02

Oklahoma is the State that has lost the largest percentage(.39%) of its population to COVID. More than any other State in the #USA. 1 out of every 256 Oklahomans have died from Covid.

Happening now:

Sen. Bernie Sanders deescalated a shouting match that threatened to turn physical between Sen. Markwayne Mullin and Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien.

Artists! Don’t miss your chance to add your work to the iconic gallery that is the Mayfest poster art. Application is open to visual artists from Tulsa and beyond — apply now at our link in bio. Applications are open until this Friday, December 8.