If Black folk can give millions to someone who said they're not going to do anything specifically for Black people. I know we got $100K for an organization who IS going to do something specifically for us. #ADOS#ADOSinNOLA#ADOSAF#ADOSSummit
The term “Black people” was created for our ancestors who were brought over here in chains. After slavery, civil rights leaders like Jesse Jackson coined “African-American” because they wanted to add some form a cultural integrity. Black Americans are those who descended from a black slave. Black does not define everyone who’s our color and even other cultures will tell you specifically to not call them black.
Foundational Black Americans who have a history of slavery, redlining, Jim Crow, war on drugs, mass incarceration, Tulsa Oklahoma, Oakwood, etc gets offended when those look to affiliate with our history for votes from us. That’s where the debate comes from because we still are living with the effects of our history while those who may be our color gets selected to represent us but don’t represent our interests.
@BreakingBrown People keep trying to play 23 and Me with Kamala's blackness when none of it is necessary. All that does is dilute the cause.
She said she wasn't doing anything specifically for black people years ago. So there's your answer. She told you who she was. Move on. She's not an ally.
EVERYDAY crimes that never make it to the mainstream news media because it does not fit the country's racial narrative of always focusing on Blacks and other minorities of color.
@BreakingBrown I’ve watched you in interviews over the years. There were times when I felt you were holding back, sparing feelings, being too nice. More recently, I’ve noticed a change. More full throatedness! Greater unapologeticness! I’m the beast in this roomness! I bow down to the new you.