one thing about me? imma call a thing a thing.
this was a violent insurrection, by a mob of white supremacists, participated in and permitted by police, incited by members of congress who stood on the capitol floor just hours later with blood on their hands.
and none of them will defeat us.
with Brian Williams on @msnbc
pro-segregation 👉🏾 anti-abortion 👉🏾 pod bros & trad wives 👉🏾 #KatieBritt 👉🏾 #Trump the King 👉🏾 ✋🏻 supremacy as the New (old) World Order.
Stay til the end cause there’s stuff we almost didn’t catch.
class is in session.
it was never just a trend.
(If this 7 mins is too long then just put it on like a podcast the same way you did for Reesa Teesa 😂😂😂)
#tradwives #podcastbros #election #EXPLORE #ClassDismissed #SOTU
This sadly reminds me of the piece I wrote about Jordan Neely for @thecut called “The Cost of White Discomfort.”
Nearly a year ago on those pages, I said, “White supremacy gleefully uses violence as both a cudgel and a cautionary tale. Its true patriots get their hands dirty, meting out violence with the blessing of those with more sensitive stomachs.“
In America, the police are used both as a tool of the government and of the privileged. For the latter, police are the line of defense between “us” and “them,” who perform the dirty work of white supremacy culture while they rack up numbers of “acceptable losses.” Who the individual officer is doesn’t matter, nor does their background, gender, race or zip code. They are very simply performing their duty.
And today, on the 4th anniversary of the murder of #BreonnaTaylor, I am clear that Ryan deserved to live. That is the only justice.
Repost from @thereclaimed
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Ryan Gainer should be here.
Neurodivergence shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Autism shouldn’t be a death sentence.
More must be done. So much more.
This sadly reminds me of the piece I wrote about Jordan Neely for @thecut called “The Cost of White Discomfort.”
Nearly a year ago on those pages, I said, “White supremacy gleefully uses violence as both a cudgel and a cautionary tale. Its true patriots get their hands dirty, meting out violence with the blessing of those with more sensitive stomachs.“
In America, the police are used both as a tool of the government and of the privileged. For the latter, police are the line of defense between “us” and “them,” who perform the dirty work of white supremacy culture while they rack up numbers of “acceptable losses.” Who the individual officer is doesn’t matter, nor does their background, gender, race or zip code. They are very simply performing their duty.
And today, on the 4th anniversary of the murder of #BreonnaTaylor, I am clear that Ryan deserved to live. That is the only justice.
Repost from @thereclaimed
•
Ryan Gainer should be here.
Neurodivergence shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Autism shouldn’t be a death sentence.
More must be done. So much more.
This sadly reminds me of the piece I wrote about Jordan Neely for @thecut called “The Cost of White Discomfort.”
Nearly a year ago on those pages, I said, “White supremacy gleefully uses violence as both a cudgel and a cautionary tale. Its true patriots get their hands dirty, meting out violence with the blessing of those with more sensitive stomachs.“
In America, the police are used both as a tool of the government and of the privileged. For the latter, police are the line of defense between “us” and “them,” who perform the dirty work of white supremacy culture while they rack up numbers of “acceptable losses.” Who the individual officer is doesn’t matter, nor does their background, gender, race or zip code. They are very simply performing their duty.
And today, on the 4th anniversary of the murder of #BreonnaTaylor, I am clear that Ryan deserved to live. That is the only justice.
Repost from @thereclaimed
•
Ryan Gainer should be here.
Neurodivergence shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Autism shouldn’t be a death sentence.
More must be done. So much more.
so listen… I’m truly not interested in arguing with folks about this. I *am* interested in conversations about Black American identity.
For *me,* I saw reclamation immediately.
I saw Langton Hughes’ “I, Too, Sing America.” Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial. Memorial Day actually being founded in part by freed Black people.
I saw my ancestors, James and Ebenezer, joining the US Colored Troops in the civil war, fighting and dying not just for their freedom but to free the soul of a nation* from the tyranny of oppression—a fight we continue to this day. And I think often about if I’ve allowed white supremacy to diminish what that flag may or may not have meant to them.
A Black American’s relationship with the USA is individual and complicated—and I ask, to whom does the shame belong?
I think, in her very unusual turn of giving us paragraphs for a caption where she normally gives us air (lol), this is what she was expressing regarding *her* intentions. That’s what I read, anyway.
AND. (Not but!)
I know that it was actually triggering for others, and that is more than justified.
Especially in the context of what this government has done & is doing across the world in our names. Palestine is but one example. The current unrest in multiple Black countries can absolutely be traced back to American (and euro) colonialism and industry, to say nothing of Indigenous sovereignty right here on Turtle Island.
I read this as a Black church girl from heartland America. And a Black girl who grew up right next to me might have seen something totally different.
Which leads me to my hope, as stated in the threads shared above. Black American identity is COMPLEX and filled with enough to reflect on for a lifetime.
But it is rare, at least in my view, to see Black Americans get the space to grapple with this in ways that aren’t either judged harshly or co-opted by xenophobes with Tr*mp ties.
And if you, like me, are a Black American, descended of enslaved Africans, watching this conversation and wondering where you land: it’s ok to take this as an invitation to feel and journey without judgment.
We deserve that.
Love y’all, fam.
so listen… I’m truly not interested in arguing with folks about this. I *am* interested in conversations about Black American identity.
For *me,* I saw reclamation immediately.
I saw Langton Hughes’ “I, Too, Sing America.” Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial. Memorial Day actually being founded in part by freed Black people.
I saw my ancestors, James and Ebenezer, joining the US Colored Troops in the civil war, fighting and dying not just for their freedom but to free the soul of a nation* from the tyranny of oppression—a fight we continue to this day. And I think often about if I’ve allowed white supremacy to diminish what that flag may or may not have meant to them.
A Black American’s relationship with the USA is individual and complicated—and I ask, to whom does the shame belong?
I think, in her very unusual turn of giving us paragraphs for a caption where she normally gives us air (lol), this is what she was expressing regarding *her* intentions. That’s what I read, anyway.
AND. (Not but!)
I know that it was actually triggering for others, and that is more than justified.
Especially in the context of what this government has done & is doing across the world in our names. Palestine is but one example. The current unrest in multiple Black countries can absolutely be traced back to American (and euro) colonialism and industry, to say nothing of Indigenous sovereignty right here on Turtle Island.
I read this as a Black church girl from heartland America. And a Black girl who grew up right next to me might have seen something totally different.
Which leads me to my hope, as stated in the threads shared above. Black American identity is COMPLEX and filled with enough to reflect on for a lifetime.
But it is rare, at least in my view, to see Black Americans get the space to grapple with this in ways that aren’t either judged harshly or co-opted by xenophobes with Tr*mp ties.
And if you, like me, are a Black American, descended of enslaved Africans, watching this conversation and wondering where you land: it’s ok to take this as an invitation to feel and journey without judgment.
We deserve that.
Love y’all, fam.
so listen… I’m truly not interested in arguing with folks about this. I *am* interested in conversations about Black American identity.
For *me,* I saw reclamation immediately.
I saw Langton Hughes’ “I, Too, Sing America.” Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial. Memorial Day actually being founded in part by freed Black people.
I saw my ancestors, James and Ebenezer, joining the US Colored Troops in the civil war, fighting and dying not just for their freedom but to free the soul of a nation* from the tyranny of oppression—a fight we continue to this day. And I think often about if I’ve allowed white supremacy to diminish what that flag may or may not have meant to them.
A Black American’s relationship with the USA is individual and complicated—and I ask, to whom does the shame belong?
I think, in her very unusual turn of giving us paragraphs for a caption where she normally gives us air (lol), this is what she was expressing regarding *her* intentions. That’s what I read, anyway.
AND. (Not but!)
I know that it was actually triggering for others, and that is more than justified.
Especially in the context of what this government has done & is doing across the world in our names. Palestine is but one example. The current unrest in multiple Black countries can absolutely be traced back to American (and euro) colonialism and industry, to say nothing of Indigenous sovereignty right here on Turtle Island.
I read this as a Black church girl from heartland America. And a Black girl who grew up right next to me might have seen something totally different.
Which leads me to my hope, as stated in the threads shared above. Black American identity is COMPLEX and filled with enough to reflect on for a lifetime.
But it is rare, at least in my view, to see Black Americans get the space to grapple with this in ways that aren’t either judged harshly or co-opted by xenophobes with Tr*mp ties.
And if you, like me, are a Black American, descended of enslaved Africans, watching this conversation and wondering where you land: it’s ok to take this as an invitation to feel and journey without judgment.
We deserve that.
Love y’all, fam.
so listen… I’m truly not interested in arguing with folks about this. I *am* interested in conversations about Black American identity.
For *me,* I saw reclamation immediately.
I saw Langton Hughes’ “I, Too, Sing America.” Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial. Memorial Day actually being founded in part by freed Black people.
I saw my ancestors, James and Ebenezer, joining the US Colored Troops in the civil war, fighting and dying not just for their freedom but to free the soul of a nation* from the tyranny of oppression—a fight we continue to this day. And I think often about if I’ve allowed white supremacy to diminish what that flag may or may not have meant to them.
A Black American’s relationship with the USA is individual and complicated—and I ask, to whom does the shame belong?
I think, in her very unusual turn of giving us paragraphs for a caption where she normally gives us air (lol), this is what she was expressing regarding *her* intentions. That’s what I read, anyway.
AND. (Not but!)
I know that it was actually triggering for others, and that is more than justified.
Especially in the context of what this government has done & is doing across the world in our names. Palestine is but one example. The current unrest in multiple Black countries can absolutely be traced back to American (and euro) colonialism and industry, to say nothing of Indigenous sovereignty right here on Turtle Island.
I read this as a Black church girl from heartland America. And a Black girl who grew up right next to me might have seen something totally different.
Which leads me to my hope, as stated in the threads shared above. Black American identity is COMPLEX and filled with enough to reflect on for a lifetime.
But it is rare, at least in my view, to see Black Americans get the space to grapple with this in ways that aren’t either judged harshly or co-opted by xenophobes with Tr*mp ties.
And if you, like me, are a Black American, descended of enslaved Africans, watching this conversation and wondering where you land: it’s ok to take this as an invitation to feel and journey without judgment.
We deserve that.
Love y’all, fam.
to my fellow lovers of Christ, in our Holiest Week:
Who are we to be in this moment? How are we to live up to the image of God drawn on each of our faces right now? What shall we do to proclaim that we love God not with just our faith, but with our works?
Is the slain and resurrected Christ not the image of the assault we lay on oppressed people—and our divine responsibility to transcend it? Is our risen Savior not a symbol of the duties of his followers?
The crucifix on our necks and in our pulpits is a duty. A duty to love as He loves. To protect as He protects. To fight for Justice as He defines it and divines it. This is the battlefield we are on for our Lord.
This Holy Week and every week, let us reflect the light of the Jew born in Bethlehem, in modern day Palestine, with skin of bronze and hair of wool, who came to set the captives free.
ALL the captives. All the captives must be free.
Thank you Rev. Brown Douglas, for always leading us back to our commission.
🍉
Repost from @episdivsch
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“How can we watch deadly assaults on desperate people as they run toward trucks with food, and not with loud voice demand the bombing stop? How is it that we can remain virtually silent while 70% of people in parts of Northern Gaza face food shortages?” writes EDS Interim President the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas in her latest piece for @religionnewssvc.
“Our humanity, that which signals what it means to be created in the image of a compassionate God, is fundamentally grounded in our ability to have empathetic regard for one another — to recognize the suffering and pain of another as if it were our own.”
Click on these photos at the link in our bio to read President Douglas’ full op-ed.
to my fellow lovers of Christ, in our Holiest Week:
Who are we to be in this moment? How are we to live up to the image of God drawn on each of our faces right now? What shall we do to proclaim that we love God not with just our faith, but with our works?
Is the slain and resurrected Christ not the image of the assault we lay on oppressed people—and our divine responsibility to transcend it? Is our risen Savior not a symbol of the duties of his followers?
The crucifix on our necks and in our pulpits is a duty. A duty to love as He loves. To protect as He protects. To fight for Justice as He defines it and divines it. This is the battlefield we are on for our Lord.
This Holy Week and every week, let us reflect the light of the Jew born in Bethlehem, in modern day Palestine, with skin of bronze and hair of wool, who came to set the captives free.
ALL the captives. All the captives must be free.
Thank you Rev. Brown Douglas, for always leading us back to our commission.
🍉
Repost from @episdivsch
•
“How can we watch deadly assaults on desperate people as they run toward trucks with food, and not with loud voice demand the bombing stop? How is it that we can remain virtually silent while 70% of people in parts of Northern Gaza face food shortages?” writes EDS Interim President the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas in her latest piece for @religionnewssvc.
“Our humanity, that which signals what it means to be created in the image of a compassionate God, is fundamentally grounded in our ability to have empathetic regard for one another — to recognize the suffering and pain of another as if it were our own.”
Click on these photos at the link in our bio to read President Douglas’ full op-ed.
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
woke up with gratitude, and I’m not going to ever let it go unsaid. iykyk.
and I pray that you do know. that we all know. the kind of love and care I’m talking about builds nations. and if we all knew that kinda love—and ere taught how to give it—perhaps we’d build the world we deserve.
tag your village in the comments. let em know you still ten toes down 🫶🏾
🚨🚨 IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY ACTION NEEDED🚨🚨
Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, both 109 years old, are the last known survivors of the horrific #1921TulsaRaceMassacre. This could be the very last hearing for the Massacre case, ever! WE HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR THESE QUEENS‼️ link in bio of @justiceforgreenwood ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Click the link in bio to sign up to be notified when the #1921WatchParty goes live!
📸 Martin Schoeller
#JusticeforGreenwood #Greenwood #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackWallStreet #tulsa #tulsamassacre1921 #tulsamassacre #blacklivesmatter #viral #communitysupport #activism
Repost @justiceforgreenwood
🚨🚨 IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY ACTION NEEDED🚨🚨
Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, both 109 years old, are the last known survivors of the horrific #1921TulsaRaceMassacre. This could be the very last hearing for the Massacre case, ever! WE HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR THESE QUEENS‼️ link in bio of @justiceforgreenwood ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Click the link in bio to sign up to be notified when the #1921WatchParty goes live!
📸 Martin Schoeller
#JusticeforGreenwood #Greenwood #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackWallStreet #tulsa #tulsamassacre1921 #tulsamassacre #blacklivesmatter #viral #communitysupport #activism
Repost @justiceforgreenwood
🚨🚨 IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY ACTION NEEDED🚨🚨
Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, both 109 years old, are the last known survivors of the horrific #1921TulsaRaceMassacre. This could be the very last hearing for the Massacre case, ever! WE HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR THESE QUEENS‼️ link in bio of @justiceforgreenwood ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Click the link in bio to sign up to be notified when the #1921WatchParty goes live!
📸 Martin Schoeller
#JusticeforGreenwood #Greenwood #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackWallStreet #tulsa #tulsamassacre1921 #tulsamassacre #blacklivesmatter #viral #communitysupport #activism
Repost @justiceforgreenwood
