#Blàck

OK

ok_beloved

You weren't radicalized by one experience. Our politics are an amalgamation of a lifetime of political existence. My father's murder radicalized me. 18 years of war propagated on Islamaphobic and

Beautyon

Beautyon_

It took around a century beffore the theoretically predicted “Black Hole” was observed directly. Now with Bitcoin, the same thing is happening before your eyes. The theorized total absorption of

Thicky Watters.

GeeDee215

The “it was a different time” argument ignores all the people who pushed back against Joe Clark’s tactics and said they weren’t working *at the time.*https://twitter.com/romeo_5143/status/1344893141338435585 He couldn’t even

Dr. Mansa Keita

rasmansa

We need to call a moratorium on performative anti-racism... forever.https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1356469362882990080 Seriously though, the argument doesn't even make sense. The NAACP, UNIA, NOI, SNCC, SCLC, etc are all acronyms fro

Ray Gooden

Raygooden_niu

I’ll be honest... I never realized what an impact it was seeing people that look like you doing positive things. I never thought I should be allowed to lead until

sai

Saisailu97

Anti-blackness in the South Asian community isn't a secret, and it's time we check ourselves and do better. I asked SA followers on Instagram about how we can do this,

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

the reason we don't have adequate stimulus aid and spending is white people.lots of people don't really want to hear that, but it's the truth. Republicans are a white identity

Lala 🍒

lolagazellle

Why dark-skinned black girls like me aren't getting married | Life and style | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/08/dark-skinned-black-girls-dont-get-married People love to argue with stats but essentially if

Charles Blake

charlesjblake

Just read a column in @ArkansasOnline about the United Confederate Veterans Reunion here in LR in May 1911. It must have been the most terrifying and frightening days for black

Dissident Peasant

JeffHisDudeness

As both a @SamSeder guy and A History Guy I'd like to reiterate something he mentioned: monuments are ultimately unreliable representations of what they depict, but they nearly always reveal

Blink 15-20

KaytriaL

i did not realize how many people do not know who Claudette Colvin is. here’s your black history fact of the day. Claudette Colvin was the ACTUAL first black woman

Marlon A. Walker

marlonawalker

I take my responsibility as a Black journalist seriously. There’s something we all gain seeing Black people — POC in general — normalized in the press. I do it deliberately.

Erica Buddington ✨

ericabuddington

On this day, in Black history, James Varick--the 1st bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was born. I have this saying, “If you want to find out a

Esau McCaulley Ph.D

esaumccaulley

Why was the all persuasive influence of their definition of CRT, substantiated via anecdote, believed without a quantitative study of its influence on churches? Was why our testimony about systemic

Puff the Magic Hater

MsKellyMHayes

Many of you who don't even live here applauded the election of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot very loudly bc she was a gay Black woman and that was presumed to

Melissa Lewis

iff_or

In case they're a useful reminder, here are some WaPo charts of contemporaneous polls on civil rights protests. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/19/black-lives-matters-and-americas-long-history-of-resisting-civil-r

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.