Official Protest Thread...
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I don't know what to say.
Cause at the same time tiktok screwed over black content creators.
And the real Chinese version is so much more positive and educational for children
Like anything there is always some positive
I don't use it at all so I don't know ifvthe good outweighs the bad.
What do YOU think?
Insane.
As much as they hate us you would think just as a manipulative attempt to increase black enlisting they would tell this man story.
I didn't post it for her commentary, just for the video. I was too lazy to find the original and also wanted to include the tweet about the song. I meant to put a disclaimer. Sorry.
What happens when a big chunk of your police force quits? Would you believe crime drops?
Radley Balko has an interesting Opinion piece in The NY Times today. (Full article via the link):
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Just In: Netflix has cancelled the project for “Anti-Racist Baby” after witnessing what happened to Anheuser Busch and Target. Conservatives are winning the fight to keep children out of politics. After the George Floyd protest Netflix began working on a series of anti-racist programming including series for kids. After witnessing what has happened to other companies after conservative backlash the company has decided to scrap all of the projects. Another project that was canned was explained videos that played alongside movies and shows that had racist or stereotypical depictions of minorities. This project would’ve also been displayed for kids.
There is no institution large enough to properly chronicle all of the atrocities inflicted on our people.
While we find so many insignificant reasons to divide ourselves within our OWN community
We letting all this history just disappear as white folk not only erase our past but set up to destroy our future.
Sugar Land podcast, Episode 1: Who’s buried here?
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Inside Barbados' Historic Push for Slavery Reparations
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‘I would do it again’: Richmond man arrested in connection to woman’s death
RICHMOND, Ind. — More details have come to light in connection to the death of a woman in Richmond this week. Tommy Wayne Earl, 67, is currently being held in the Wayne County Jail where he h…
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Two Cisgender People Were Killed in Separate Attacks Motivated by Transphobia
The incidents are a reminder that transphobia doesn't just affect trans people.
She came with facts! Anyway I don't get the separate but equal narrative because we don't have the numbers. According to census data, we're a distant third. The only way that philosophy might work is if we had full control of smaller states. However, we'll political power when it comes to receiving Federal dollars.
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority opens FMO Credit Union, first of its kind in American history
The "For Members Only," or FMO, credit union is the first Black-owned, women-led, sorority-based digital banking financial institution in the history of the United States.
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority launches members-only credit union
Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), the United States’ oldest Black sorority, is launching a groundbreaking new credit union for members.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - FMO Federal Credit Union
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Service to All Mankind Since 1908
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Thread by @AfricanArchives on Thread Reader App
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Florida Board fails hilariously at proving "Slavery taught skills"
So, in their attempt to defend Florida from the vicious attacks by Vice President Harris, Ron Desantis proclaimed that being an enslaved person “taught skills” which could be used later in life. (Presumably as a free person). Alex Wagner and Jelani...
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Catherine Burks-Brooks, Birmingham Freedom Rider, dies at 83
By Roy S. Johnson | rjohnson@al.com
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And What About Emmett Till's Killers? Turns Out The Local Black Community Took Its Revenge.
You have heard the story about Carolyn Bryant claiming that Emmett Till “wolf whistled at her” and supposedly grabbed her arm. This incident supposedly happened that Bryant’s grocery store. Then, Roy Bryant and his half brother J. W. Milam decided to...
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Florida wants to blame the Black Americans targeted by racist massacres. I won't abide
We’ve all heard that a white supremacist trope—that slavery had personal benefits for Black Americans—is now being taught to Florida’s schoolchildren. It stems from the lie from the Southern politicians and preachers of the antebellum era, who declared...
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