#Blackness

Helen Knott

helen_knott

1/ My son is “white passing”. Today in class they had someone talk about anti-indigenous and anti-blackness in class. The guy asked if anyone was native, my son did not

goldbrush

goldbrushmusic

Huge emphasis on focusing on being an ally. I see too many asians calling others asians out for not speaking up. Put that energy into being the best ally you

Ambereen Dadabhoy

DrDadabhoy

Prof. Ian Smith delivering the Shakespeare Birthday Lecture @FolgerLibrary "Whiteness: A Primer for Understanding Shakespeare." Kathleen Lynch detailing the history of the birthday lecture and the history of this lecture

#nastywoman ❄️

jewishfemmenist

I interacted with some black people today who said that black people who spend time around white people grow up to be problematic & are not to be trusted. I

Lisa Clavering

LisaClavering

I'm so grateful to everyone sharing their coming out stories - the good, the bad, the ugly. I am trying hard to use these kinds of moments of honesty and

sacred thembo

creatorsfavorit

i wanted to wait a few days before saying anything else bc i wanted Black Indigenous/ Caribbean voices to hold their much deserved space. i think its normal to be

machine gun Kele

kelechnekoff

It’s the MAGA hat in the background that won’t fit over his wayward coonfro for me.https://twitter.com/gmb/status/1305769169565220872 You won’t catch me praising *that* host either. He is very disingenuous. Falling over

A Black Woman 🇿🇦 🇿🇦

SneKhumaloSA

One of our people's worst faults is how open and welcoming we are to other races even when they lock us out of their own spaces.Gatekeeping Blackness is important.We need

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CampbellX

What we can ALL do to support Black people now and always. Because anti-blackness is global. Please add to this thread cos I don't have the answers just some thoughts

Sasha 🎀

SashaBeauloux

I just read a Washington Post article about Democrats running for the Senate in 2022 by @WaPoSean It demonstrates how structural racism and anti-Blackness infects journalism and political coverage.To wit:

Sharmaine Lovegrove #BlackLivesMatter 🖤✊🏾

SharLovegrove

I’m seeing cultural orgs trip over to highlight the few Black people they’ve worked with or awarded. This is dangerous ground as you’re bringing their race into their work &

Belle 🏰 Resists

BelleResist

Okay, I've been thinking. I made a comment yesterday that wasn't taken well, and I've thought about what I said and if I did the right thing. But here's the

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semperdiced

1. The #KHive has been super kind throughout the primary season. Most friends I have on here from Sen. Harris’ team are cool AF (a few exceptions—but there are some

Iesha Small (“eye-ee-sha”)

ieshasmall

Continued exposure to racism and its effects is trauma + more white ppl who think they are allies need to understand this. A repeated insidious ongoing series of events. Your

Faux Pa Salieu

misanthropicc92

A Black person doesn’t commit crime against another Black person because they’re Black. Conflating all interpersonal crime as “Black on Black” is how socioeconomic factors alongside contextual details related to

zae

ItsZaeOk

marvel needs to never make another attempt at discussing race again i fear what they were trying to do is better shown than said. we didn’t need awkward & surface-level