There's a misconception that the word "Trade" is exclusive to black lgbt people, but that's not the case. This word has been in use for at least 100 years in the U.S. and the Uk. The word fell out of use among many white gays, but was kept alive by black Americans.
I regret to inform you that you are not actually anti-genocide if you don’t recognize the right of oppressed people to violently resist their oppressors.
My Italian great-grandma lost her grip on her older brother's hand at Ellis Island, and they literally never saw each other again. Lost in the crowd, gone. No phone numbers, didnt speak much English, poor records. Stuff like that just...happened.
I love how everyone is appalled at the very concept of arresting the President of Israel, like we didn’t black-bag the President of Venezuela earlier this year.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Act failed in the Senate because 2 centrists - Sinema and Manchin - refused to lift the filibuster. Joe Biden waited until January of 2022 to endorse lifting the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. It's centrists blocking this, not the left
Interesting how these people will frame every criticism of Black politicians as racist and then turn around and post blatantly bigoted things like this on a daily basis. Leave it to a liberal to always prove how hateful and hypocritical they really are.
Unearthed audio reveals David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed a man in Maine, threatening to slit his ex-wife's throat:
"Every single female in your bloodline is nothing but a disgusting, fat [bleep]. All of you should have your throats slit."
This is one of my favorite papers because it calls out the biggest bluff in academia: the idea that sounding complicated is the same thing as having “intellectual depth.”
Oprah Winfrey reveals she goes by Oprah instead of her birth name Orpah because people kept mispronouncing it.
Keke Palmer: I found out that your name… it was originally Orpah?
Oprah Winfrey: It was Orpah, from the Bible. Ruth, first chapter, 14th verse.
Keke Palmer: (gasps)
Oprah Winfrey: You know, it’s that whole Ruth and Naomi story. And, you know, Ruth said, “Wherever thou goest, I will go,” and then Orpah said, “I’m going back. I’m sorry, I can’t…” (laughs) “…too long. The road’s too long.”
Keke Palmer: Now, what made you go to Oprah?
Oprah Winfrey: It’s not what made me, I was a kid! And nobody knew how to spell it. So it turned out, on my birth certificate, it’s O-R-P-A-H. And then people started calling me Oprah. And so, it’s just the difference between the “P” being before the “R” or after the “R”. So once they started with Oprah, that’s it. I didn’t learn until I was like, probably 20 or something that, “Oh, this isn’t really my name. My name is Orpah.”
Keke Palmer: And it’s still on your birth certificate as Orpah?
Oprah Winfrey: As Orpah.
Keke Palmer: Wow. We have so much in common, because I’m actually Eeky.
Oprah Winfrey: Eeky? I thought you were Lauren Keyana…
Keke Palmer: (laughs) That’s stupid… Yes! You knew my middle name!
Oprah Winfrey: Your middle name.
Keke Palmer: That is… I’m so happy you knew that!
Oprah Winfrey: You know how I know that?
Keke Palmer: How?
Oprah Winfrey: TED Talk!