She made it popular here in the states. And the official Pilates org started a “diversity in Pilates” movement years ago because they wanted to remind folks that it wasn’t for wealthy yt folks. They are always actively seeking black instructors. https://t.co/ksl36msYJH
The fact that Pilates was rebranded into a workout for healthy/wealthy yt women is...
Joseph Pilates created Pilates in a prison for sick prisoners. AND it was his understudy, Kathy Stanford Grant (a black woman) that refined it. She was an acclaimed choreographer.
I remember reading The Diary of Anne Frank and Hiroshima in school. They made me feel uncomfortable because that’s a normal human response to seeing people suffer. The idea that white children are entitled to be shielded from facts in order to avoid “discomfort” is laughable.
Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician and I'll show you a crook. -Harry Truman
Nancy Pelosi
Annual salary: $223,000
Net worth: $202 million
Mitch McConnell
Annual salary: $200,000
Net worth: $95 million
Chuck Schumer
Annual salary: $210,000
Net worth: $75 million
Elizabeth Warren
Annual salary: $193,000
Net worth: $73 million
What do you think?
A photograph of a fire truck rushing to the scene of 9/11. All of six the firemen in Ladder 118 lost their lives saving people in the World Trade Center.
The six men were Vernon Cherry, Leon Smith, Joey Agnello, Robert Regan, Pete Vega, and Scott Davidson.
Vernon Cherry had been planning to retire at the end of the year. The 49-year-old had worked as a firefighter for nearly 30 years and had made a name for himself during that time.