Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉)
PhD in Paleontology🦴Postdoc at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (soon also East China Normal, Shanghai)🦕 Dinosaur Doodler 🦖 Brexit-causing immigrant 💼 Slav in China🍲Queer🐦
- Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵) Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM. Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
- Today's 6th Brexit Anniversary for these observing. It's been pivotal to my life. I am the demographic Farage used to fearmonger, a poorly integrated East European immigrant on benefits. After the election, my family, and other migrants, faced increased xenophobia and uncertainty. But I prevailed. 🧵
- Brexit trampled career planning, security, and home for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of immigrants. Their personal tragedies fell on deaf ears. As reoccurring conversation in press and public focused on holiday queues and passport colours, rather than victimised and vilified diaspora groups.
- The lack of horror, panic, mass outrage or support from native Brits was felt across various minority groups. Shocking. The country couldn't be that comfortable with systemic racism and xenophobia, could it?
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View full threadI stole your jobs, and plan on stealing more. And I wish happy barely-integrating to all the UK-residing immigrants.
- My favourite element of Hong Kong, is that, within less than an hour, you can go from the most densely populated region on the planet, to uninhabited kilometres worth of dense subtropical jungle. 📍Plove Cove Country Park
