REST LOVER, SILENCE RESEARCHER (NOT SFORZANDO)

june 21st:

14-year-old Malk Al Zaeem, her parents, her three siblings, and her severely injured grandfather ($15,821 CAD/$50,000 CAD) - @malkzaeem, verified by @/nabulsi

Shahed Nahal and family ($5,450/$50,000) - @shahednhall, verified by @/nabulsi

Basel Ayyad and his family of eight, including his sick daughter (CHF283/CHF60,000) - @basel-1995, verified by @/sayruq

Two families with twelve members collectively, eight of them children (€2,756/€80,000) - @jrk85, verified by @/nabulsi

Hamza Al-Absi, his wife, and their two little children (the family lost their oldest child to cancer because of the blockade) (€1,006/€21,000) - @hamzaahmed21, verified by @/90-ghost

Ayman Ayyad and his family of eight, four of them children ($10,762/$35,000) - @aymanayyad81, verified by @/nabulsi

14-year-old Ahmad Waleed and his family ($2,815/$10,000) - @ahmadwaleeed, verified by @/palipunk

The Maliha family of eight (€34,238/€44,000) - @dinamaliha, verified by @/nabulsi

Basma Alghoul, her husband, and their three young children (kr5,683 SEK/kr400,000 SEK) - @basmaalghoul, verified by @/nabulsi

Amjad Almoghrabi, his wife Rasmia, and their little son Ahmed (€10,124/€25,000) - @amjad20011, verified by @/fallahifag

Reham, her husband, and their two young children, one of whom is injured and needs urgent treatment (€4,341/€20,600) - verified by @/90-ghost

Mahmoud Helles's wife (who needs urgent kidney treatment) and their four children (the family has been separated for 7 years)(€16,709/€20,000) - @hillesmahmoud, verified by @/nabulsi

not yet vetted:

Hazem Tannera and his family of ten, including three children (£5,067/£80,000) - @hazemtannera

Firas Muhaisen's family of six (including three children), plus he and his sister's medical education ($445/$82,000) - @firasmuhaisen, @nisreenameen

Amna Merwan, her husband, and their three young children (€2,236/€30,000)

Khaled Altaban's evacuation and education (£10/£10,000) - @free-palestine24

Anas Ershi's wife and children, as well as nine other family members ($2,346 AUD/$65,000 AUD) - @anas-aershi

My grandpa who grew up in the Great Depression talked like a Jersey City gangster. Because he was a Jersey City gangster. He also ran away from that life as a teenager in an attempt to better himself. He became a high ranking USAF officer and a highly respected flight instructor. Despite this, he was still stereotyped as unintelligent for his accent.

My mom’s entire side of the family is Appalachian. I’m talking “warsh,” and “taters,” and “britches” and any stereotype you want to make about “dumb hillbillies.” I retain some features of Appalachian English even after moving further east. I have the vocabulary. And yeah, I say “water” like “warder.” I’ve come to understand that my everyday speech is just dripping with Appalachian-isms. And I’ve been made fun of relentlessly by preppy rich Southerners for sounding like one of the “dumb” Southerners.

This isn’t even to touch on the subject of my friends who have been bullied out of speaking AAVE— been refused jobs, promotions, opportunities for higher education— because of their use of AAVE.

ik nobody's talking about these songs anymore but I've been thinkin about this ship ever since ERB came out so... I call this "Confessions of a Rotten Ego Renegade Boy" because it's dumb and it fits them