#Blackness

Barrington Martin II

_BarringtonII

I’m writing this because I become bothered when racial issues are discussed by politicians. The narrative that’s always discussed is how will we end racism, racial inequities, discrimination, and racial

Ougoala

ObiomaUgoala

“SO YOU DON’T LIKE RACISM, BUT YOU’RE IN THE UK AND FEEL POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING?”I have had several conversations with friends who have recently felt powerless as to what

Sheila O'Malley

sheilakathleen

“It was that belief in the sinfulness of his own music, the sinfulness of himself, that set the music aflame with the frenzy of wickedness and the blackness of doom...he

Adriana Garriga-López, Ph.D.

anthrorican

How sad is the state of affairs in #PuertoRicanStudies that we can't even muster a dialogue through our association #PRSA, nor even issue a statement condemning Krug pretending to be

Tricia Ebarvia

triciaebarvia

Watching today's keynote for the Asian Educators Alliance conference: Frank Wu, on "Asian Americans at a Crossroads." Wu wrote 'Yellow' to challenge the Black-White paradigm 21 years ago and broaden

Aina J. Khan

ainajkhan

Thread on anti-Black racism in the Pakistani community :Growing up as a British, Pakistani, Pashtun woman, I was somewhat oblivious to colourism because of my privilege as a fair-skinned girl.

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

gradydoctor

1/The conversation between my sons was so mundane. First they talked about Tiktok. Then about our upcoming vacation. It sounded so easy. I was glad.Son 1: “Hey mom? Is it

Conan the Bernsbarian

EarlNoahBernsby

1) I re-watched Creed 2 last night, and was immediately struck by how anti-woke the movie is. One scene, in particular, seems to encapsulates this anti-wokeness:Donny is talking with Rocky

alana lentin

alanalentin

I’m on my way to a symposium on ‘trans race’ at which Rebecca Tuvel is speaking. Needless to say I am concerned but also feel I should go and check

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lilcassavacake

it’s weird that my community preaches for there to be solidarity, for there to be justice for racism against them, but when another black person gets murdered by police, they’re

Self hatin Blac GEYS do not deserve rights 🚫

Stantalentbish

Here is a thread on some of the beautiful melaninated blac queens. These are some of tha blac women that broke down barriers and paved tha way for us girls

micah

micahherskind

An idea that's prevalent even among some who call to defund the police is that "defund" means partially defund––that we want the police to stop the "bad policing" of "low

Rick Astley’s cover of Post Malone’s “Better Now”

raahimakessense

Ite now that Biden is officially the winner and everyone’s too distracted to get pressed:Blaming third-party/non-voters for political losses is FUCKING RIDICULOUS in principle and in strategy: a thread

Marguerite Casey Foundation

CaseyGrants

Today's @GCIRtweets’ event, Black Immigrant Leadership: Sustaining and Building Movements for Justice, features our own @JayesGreenJ, The Haitian Bridge Alliance’s @GuerlineMJozef and @AfricansUS’ Amaha Kassa. Sharing important qu

Jin

jinni4690

So...y’all know this is fake, right? If you literally look at the picture, it’s Photoshopped. Also, you guys really trust your news when it comes from Instagram??? This whole situation

Tyler Buchanan

Tylerjoelb

THREAD: You likely know Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier. What you probably don't know is two acts of discrimination decades earlier in Ohio may have led to Robinson