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Clarence Okoh

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Civil rights attorney & writer focused on race, technology & the law. Co-founder of the @noticecoalition.bsky.social Alabama native fluent in country grammar & cuisine. www.clarenceokoh.com Posts are my own

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · Jan 24

Interested in learning how folks protect Black & Brown youth from Big Tech & AI-powered surveillance, discipline, censorship & criminalization? #School2PrisonPipeline2.0
Do you want to see how we can envision liberated futures with young people? Then follow @noticecoalition.bsky.social

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11h

Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:

People need reflection.

I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no
remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making
space during a time when no similar space really existed.

You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King.

A photo of Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo, wearing black

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 13h

"D’Angelo also chafed at the description of his music as simply neo-soul. “I never claimed I do neo-soul,” he said in a Red Bull Music Academy interview in 2014. “When I first came out, I used to always say: ‘I do Black music. I make Black music.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 3h

Later today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case to kill the voting rights act. The conservative justices will insist that racism doesn't exist in electoral politics & argue that the VRA is no longer needed to protect Black people from systemic racism in the US political system...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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People's Tech @peoplestechproject.bsky.social · 1d

📰 Catch us in the Inquirer, and at City Council's first ever AI hearing on Wednesday.

Read up: www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm... & RSVP: www.phillytechjustice.org/hearing

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Silvia Canelón @silviacanelon.com · 16h

Excellent op-ed in the @inquirer.com by Devren Washington @peoplestack.bsky.social and @clarenceokoh.bsky.social

For the #Philly folks, check the post for info on how to attend the hearing! 👇🏽

bsky.app/profile/peop...

People's Tech @peoplestechproject.bsky.social · 1d

📰 Catch us in the Inquirer, and at City Council's first ever AI hearing on Wednesday.

Read up: www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm... & RSVP: www.phillytechjustice.org/hearing

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 1d

This is a 21st century Plessy v. Ferguson that will likely end America's brief attempt at multiracial democracy. This is not an exaggeration. The Black South will lose its voice in Congress and the state legislatures for a generation. I wish we had a better messaging & mobilizing around this

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 2d

HIGH STAKES: The Supreme Court this week considers whether to cast another blow against the landmark Voting Rights Act in a case that could lead to fewer minorities in Congress & state legislatures.

Here's what it's all about:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Stakes are high for voting rights as Supreme Court again tackles Louisiana redistricting dispute

The conservative majority could use the case to further weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act, which was enacted to protect minority voters.

www.nbcnews.com

Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 1d

Tough on crime has always been a dog whistle for "target more state violence against the underclass." Crime has been at historic lows for over a decade but ppl still feel "unsafe" bc social media made the lives of disfavored groups (eg youth of color) more visible to "mainstream" audiences

mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 2d

nobody in America wants to understand how crime actually works, thats its largely a white supremacist construction that treats poverty and/or PoC existing the same as "crime", that "law & order" and aggressive violent responses provoke aggression & violence not order, or that its fully intentional

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 3d

I never have the expectation that all Black people will line up together. My view is built around meaningful political solidarity, not just identity-based solidarity.” -- Cathy J. Cohen

Building a Political Home | @bostonreview.bsky.social with Brandon Terry
www.bostonreview.net/articles/bui...

Building a Political Home - Boston Review

Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”

www.bostonreview.net

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

Everything that's happening is because a majority of white Americans would rather oversee a country on fire than be a smidgen less racist

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d

A new report reveals that an upcoming Supreme Court case could eliminate:

❌ 27 blue congressional districts
❌ 30% of Congressional Black Caucus seats
❌ 11% of Hispanic Caucus seats

And the effects could ripple for over a generation.

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 4d

It was a lot of fun writing this piece & reflecting on how the @noticecoalition.bsky.social builds grassroots infrastructure to fight against AI surveillance and algorithmic injustice impacting youth and young adults! More to come just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/no-...

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 4d

At this point I can't tell if the absurdity is part of the propaganda or if they genuinely believe this is merit. Or both?

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5d

Perfect example of what they mean by meritocracy.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 5d

🤣🤣🤣😢🤣 www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5d

Even though New York, Washington, Colorado, and Maryland can’t redistrict in time for 2026 — they need to be laying the groundwork to draw new maps for ‘28.

SCOTUS could give the GOP up to 19 new seats by striking down the VRA. We can’t be caught off guard. We need to be ready to cancel them out.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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TechTonic Justice @techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 6d

Our teammate @clarenceokoh.bsky.social co-authored this wonderful essay about a fellowship program that the @noticecoalition.bsky.social created to imagine and enact freedom from the violence that AI is wreaking on marginalized communities, particulary Black youth. Read + share!

“No Data about Us without Us”: An Afrofuturist Reflection on Digital Liberation

Here, Chelsea Barabas and Clarence Okoh (a 2022 Just Tech Fellow) reflect on the work of the No Data about Us without Us Fellowship (NDAUWU), a program of the NOTICE Coalition: No Tech Criminalization...

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 6d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 7d

This is a modern Fugitive Slave Act. Federal agents going into free states raiding buildings, busting down doors, and snatching up children. Rounding up every person of color without papers and sending them god knows where. If the government can do this, you are not a free person.

Poster from antebellum era cautioning colored people in Boston of kidnappers and slave catchers.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 8d

I'm beyond grateful for the millions more who are fighting back and working their asses off every day for all of us. But it's just sad af seeing how down bad so many people are rn

Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 8d

It's so wild that millions of people will accept an authoritarian takeover so long as they collect a paycheck every two weeks & have stable Internet connection. COVID & capitalism completely hollowed us out. The only freedom we value is consumption & convenience. A bunch of dollar tree zombies

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Shintaro Melodrama @roiskinda.cool · 10d

The thing I respect about Greta Thunberg is that she understands most people in the Western world don’t give a shit about atrocities until someone white is affected.

So she’s doing what needs to be done to keep up the pressure.

If more white folks followed that example, we’d all be fine.

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 10d

The fall of Chappelle is so tragic. I'm old enough to remember when he left the country to avoid money. Now he's out here tap dancing for dirty dollars. He's just a bitter & hateful old rich man doing dated stand-up. His art used to challenge power & privilege. Now he's become it.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11d

Stand up comedians go in the same vocational bucket to me as podcasters where the ones I enjoy are some of the most talented and wonderful people in the world but at a baseline I regard them as human scum

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Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · 10d

Ughh I hate autocorrect, it's "insidious" not "industrious" lol although the second kinda applies too bc these ideas are produced at an industrial scale