This black singer had an idea for a movie called “Dreams” but the singer’s OWN LABEL wanted a white actor to play the lead.
The singer refused.
So they gave the singer a tiny “black film” budget, gave him the role (instead of John Travolta) & changed the title to:
Purple Rain
@itatiVCS Stay with it! Stay focus. You've got this.
We all went through those moments of questionings, as we slugged through our PhD research and write-ups. I am sure many would agree that it was worth it in the end... operative words "in the end". You will too.
Stay with it.
@itatiVCS Good Lord! I wish I can give you a more motivating answer right now, but I can't. Let me say this however, you will look back in 5, 10 years time and say "WOW, what an achievement! I came through that alright and my body of work ie PhD Thesis attest to that." Power. You Matter!
This is factually incorrect. But the truth negates the reason y’all love pulling out that pic of Bernie all the time.
There’s another senator who participated in the CRM, fought for civil rights legislation and even attended the March on Washington.
His name is Mitch McConnell
Republicans say they didn’t vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson because she is “soft on crime.”
I can’t believe I am saying this but I agree with Republicans.
We CANNOT have have a Supreme Court justice who is soft on crime.
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Tomica Adams is one of 150 Black female pilots in the U.S.
Passengers routinely ask her -- 'Can you help with my bags?'
"The flight attendant will help you with that shortly, I'm on my way to the cockpit", she says.
I would like to reach @mykolakubela Ukraine ombudsman for children. In this harrowing time in Ukraine we hear that mixed race black children in orphanages are being left behind, & not evacuated from Kyiv etc. We would like to get these kids out! Thx @JuliaIvanova#AFamilyPortrait
“This isn’t just a slight against Hannah-Jones, personally—though that, it most certainly is. The decision is a pointed demonstration of the UNC–Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ control over the university’s faculty.” https://t.co/2Ln70zZoXI
They recruit the top Asian, Black and a brown students, whose work subsidizes the academic reputation fir the rest of the mediocre, rich white students.
This is not an opinion. The data shows it.
Why the idea of an Ivy League or a collegiate meritocracy is a scam
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@amberkgoodwin @MitchellHamline Congratulations, my Learned Friend!!
There is no obstacle big enough to stop a determined and persistent person from achieving their dreams. Well done. What an inspiration! I Salute You!