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Mastandi

SpitchNzawumbi

Patriarchy conditions black women to self neglect and offer service to others beyond themselves. It’s almost as if their womanhood is measured by their servanthood. Eventually they get used to

jenn m. jackson

JennMJacksonPhD

Okay, so people are struggling with this. Everyone is anti-Black. Everyone is prejudiced against Black people *including* most Black people. This is because we are all socialized under white supremacy.

Andre Dae Kim

Andre_kim7

Ok no flame to this person. But this misses the point. Actors of colour are already pigeon holed so much in the roles we are ALLOWED to audition for. There

Jobs to Move America

JobsMoveAmerica

THREAD: The #BlackLivesMatter movement is spurring us to reimagine a racially just society. Here's how #DefundThePolice could fund the public goods that build healthy communities -- and create thousands

Suriya Aisha (She/Her)

SuriyaAisha

THREAD I was asked to join the #weshallnotberemoved collective after it was created. I declined, because anything that is 'woops we realised we're really white can you come and add

kj

kjgbrks

this is a lesson that anyone doing movement space work needs to learn: people are not willing or able to learn ANYTHING if they feel unprotected and do not have

busani ngcaweni

busani_ngcaweni

There is a conversation we must have about the ethic of being black in this country. We have to understand deeply the social construction of blackness and concomitant annihilation. Of

uché blackstock, md

uche_blackstock

If the 5 closed historically Black medical schools had remained open, these schools might have collectively provided training to an additional 27, 773 graduates and 35, 315 graduates, respectively, between

Betsy Phillips

AuntB

Just your regular reminder that there were three Civil Rights era bombings in Nashville all linked to anti-black racism: Hattie Cotton School, the JCC, and Councilman Looby’s house. One of

Chardine Taylor Stone

ChardineTaylor

Now the pick a mix 'anti-racists' are gone can finally have a discussion about this. Most of the rhetoric that drives anti-semitism in parts of the Black community is misplaced

ᑳarçalεv

Barsalev

1] I had a Romanian employee who used the n-word. When I told her this was offensive and we (white people) do not fucking say that word even though some

Justina Ireland

justinaireland

Because I’m still angry about that stupid email that called me the wrong email, here’s a quick thread about what *not* to do when inviting Black authors to your event:

Christopher S Rose

khowaga

This week in class, we’re discussing the 1793 outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia. For the first time this semester, one of the affected communities (Black, in this case) we’re

ScoonTV

ScoonTv

What does it mean to be Black?In America and the diaspora, black is the designation given to the descendants of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Although, in the United States they're

Cori Bush

CoriBush

Mike Brown was murdered 2,278 days ago. We took to the streets for more than 400 days in protest. Today, we take this fight for Black Lives from the streets

𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝑰𝒏 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒆 🍹

ShadayaKnight

Are you familiar with the terms "strong white woman" or strong asian woman" or "strong arab woman"? Probably not. Yet everybody knows about the "strong black woman". Why is that?

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