The Blacker The Brain

Making mental health inclusive, expansive and DECOLONIZED. An unlearning program from @Theamonyee & MarleyAyoconsulting

[The Blacker The Brain @BlackerTheBrain]

NYC schools unveil groundbreaking Black studies program for students in grades K-12 https://t.co/KR7dqbDKlm via @ABC7NY

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that requires high school students to complete an ethnic studies course in order to graduate. https://t.co/WnUyka6OiJ

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

This seems like a good time to remind you why we urgently need to break up Big Tech.

[The Blacker The Brain @BlackerTheBrain]

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This year's theme:
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[The Blacker The Brain @BlackerTheBrain]

“Moments like this shake our collective psyche—and we as communities, families, and individuals are thrown into the complex and tender conversation of the intersection...." - Thea Monyee
Bill Cosby Celebrates Technicality-Based Prison Release; https://t.co/XbKo5H5U49 via @TheRoot

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

It's National Poetry Month.

What are you reading for the first time or revisiting?

[ehime ora @ehimeora]

You don’t need to fit in. What works for someone else may not work for you. There’s no shame in doing things differently.

[Dr. Thema @drthema]

Exhale. It’s not personal.

Many people are depleted and have nothing left to give. Let it be so.

[Camara Jones @CamaraJones]

This just in from @CDCgov!

Racism and Health https://t.co/wJxRqWyVnZ via @CDCgov

[Wear Your Voice @WearYourVoice]

Abolition Means Removing Policing From Our Teaching and Thinking By: @vicwritesthings
https://t.co/mnDGD5eCDv

[Democratic Seoulcialist @tonykchoi]

I don’t have any of the answers, but I know the answer never will be “more cops.”

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Kids don't belong in cages, so why is ICE still contracting with local prisons & jails?

[shonda rhimes @shondarhimes]

Last night was an act of pure racist hatred. This is very personal to me as a mom of a child who is both Black & Asian. But it shouldn’t have to be personal to know its wrong. Speak up. Hashtags are nice but actions save lives. Standing w/ the AAPI community. #StopAsianHate

[Jonathan Rosa @DrJonathanRosa]

Rather than the white anti-racist self-help stuff, check out Mary Bucholtz’s White Kids, an ethnographic analysis of how white racial identity & hegemony is constructed, performed, & denied—a crucial teaching resource in predominantly white institutions! https://t.co/sC9EIlbTyf

[Juice @DjWalt_]

BREAKING: Elementary school teacher Karla Lasiter made a 5 YEAR-OLD BLACK student clean feces out of the toilet last Friday w/ his bare hands. She stated “she doesn’t know why she made him do it.” Crystal Hill Elementary, North Little Rock, AR has her on administrative leave. 😒

[Wear Your Voice @WearYourVoice]

I Have No Shame In My Difficult Black Girl Name By: @SherrondaJBrown
https://t.co/m0X6L8asq4

[Maria Burnett @_MariaBurnett]

A thread: My client got out of 30 years of prison about 6 weeks ago. Since then, people have been telling him that forms he needs are on the web or that they would email something to him. A few days ago, he shyly admitted to me that he doesnt understand what any of that means.

[Wear Your Voice @WearYourVoice]

“Medical racism persists beyond historical fact to become current tradition, and inequalities can only be magnified by the circumstance of an emergency. How many more opportunities for widened healthcare disparity has COVID-19 given us?”— @imaginemh
https://t.co/654vr36yqf

[The People’s Revolution @pplsrevolution_]

Assata Shakur speaks on building community throughout organizations and neighborhoods. Building true community is a process and that process takes time but can’t be neglected. The only way to liberate our people is to genuinely engage with them and care for them.

[Phistorian📚 @CoachWilmore_]

During slavery, when entering the church, a slave was required to put on a pair of white gloves. Whites believed that it was a “sin” for blacks to touch something of theirs.