First off, who in TF thought this was a good idea? Second off (or secondly? Whatever), I’m going to need my two black brothers holding their so called white “ally’s” leg like two children who want a pack of fruit snacks from their daddy to get all the way tf up and scoot all the way tf over. Third off, and most important, imagine being pictured kneeling to protest...
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Herman Cain’s death frustrates me. Here was this self made black man, who spent his entire political life, trying to convince other black folks that their black American dream can become a reality if you work hard enough. That frustrated me too, because I affirm he knew better. I thought that he always knew better. And even though he knew better, he attempted to become a living testament that...
This is William Haymon, a sixteen-year-old Black boy who has spent more than 500 days incarcerated with adults in the Holmes County Jail, in Durant, Mississippi. In 2018, William was arrested at the age of thirteen on suspicion of armed robbery. He was released on bail but was arrested again and sent to an adult detention center without being indicted on any charges. When he was first detained by...
Our Civil Rights Legends are dying. And this is natural. It’s a natural progression. They die. They transition. Because they’ve done all they can. But they tire. They tire from life. They tire from fighting all of the hardships, all of the battles, all of the wars. Some transition violently, while others transition naturally and peacefully. But they die. And their deaths, as tragic as they are, allows for...
The Blindside. Y’all remember that shit? You know, the movie where the big, black dude was protecting white people and shit? I know the plot wasn’t that, exactly, but it was centered around a white family who just so happened to adopt a nigga the size of Texas, with the atheleticism of a 300 lbs Lebron James, who could also protect little white children from car crashes and shit....
