#BLACK

Heather Thompson Day

HeatherTDay

A woman at my PhD defense said “So are you saying racism is STILL so bad it impacts learning environments?” I said: Well, I, a black student, straightened my hair

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

Let me say this again, both sides of the re-opening debate are using Black kids as justification when in truth, many of these same entities on BOTH sides were not

The Goddess of Light

GoddessCru

Last month when I was on a call with an older Black woman who was justifying why armed police needed to be in schools with our kids, because the teachers

Keebelle Craziness

Ann16Karlee

A Thread of how of how fandom view black female characters They’re always annoying, even they do nothing but stand in a room They’re always the worst written character always

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

Yes I saw the "Don't ruin the future of a white girl who knew saying racial slurs was wrong but did it anyway" discourse. As always people are perfectly content

Robert L. Reece, PhD

PhuzzieSlippers

We talked about colorism in my class this week.Inevitably, they asked me how do I think we can fix it.I definitely do not have a complete answer to that question,

Paul Wall’s Still Tippin Verse

PushaStee

This whole “meg got shot bc Tory found out she’s trans” element that the deplorable part of black social media have concocted in the past several days illustrates many issues

African American Research

AfAmResearch

Short thread (1/4): There's a strong effort to dispel the reality that Black voters saved our democracy & Harris helped secure Black votes. It deserves constant pushback.Black voters for Biden-PA:

Mekka *My Mask Protects You* Okereke

mekkaokereke

The USA is "So polarized" because some people went full racist, and other people are Black, or like Black folk. Instead of addressing the racism, we ask Black folk to

Joshua Dairen Miller

joshuadairen

Saw an article that said Black people aren’t really volunteering for the COVID vaccine trials. WELL, this country has awful history with Black experimentation. From Black women slaves being tortured

Holly Scott-Gardner

CatchTheseWords

Blind people need to stop taking over the BLM hashtag and turning it into blind lives matter. Yes, we experience discrimination. But we are not at risk of experiencing police

Martellus Bennett

MartysaurusRex

I feel like most of the family entertainment being put out for black families is more focused on pleasing and entertaining the black adult than black children. There's an crisis

Kymberlyn Reed, Faerie Gothmother of Metal😷☃️🎄

FountainPenDiva

I'm near shaking with rage here.It's not enough that Black people have had to prove our humanity and our right to exist since we arrived on these shores. It's not

K J Gillenwater

kjgillenwater

Reminded of time, long ago, when I was hired to help a software company write instructions for its latest software package. Was crafted mainly for oil industry. The CEO sent

Abigail Buitumelo

virovirina

I'm not an academic, I might be one day but for now my activism will be based on how I feel about my own personal experiences and the experiences of

Penny Rabiger FCCT

Penny_Ten

A word about language. Using the term "Black Caribbean pupils" when you mean Black British pupils of Caribbean heritage is misleading and damaging. It speaks volumes about how pupils are

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