J the Tricky Word Spitta 🐅🇨🇩🇨🇬

JSU Alum. Business Strategist, Product Owner & Full Stack Web Dev

[J the Tricky Word Spitta 🐅🇨🇩🇨🇬 @JtheBizDev]

When black men found out that JD was dating Janet Jackson

[LAW @DEPROFUG]

How do I convince the Gen Zs that this guy here was a Left Back 🤯🥹

[Vonn @itsthewealth4me]

This is one reason why I keep saying everything can't be a comparison

Despite being only about 3% of all colleges in the U.S., HBCUs are producing:

~70% of Black doctors
~70–80% of Black dentists
~50% of Black lawyers
~50% of Black teachers
~40% of Black engineers

[J the Tricky Word Spitta 🐅🇨🇩🇨🇬 @JtheBizDev]

Great history lesson that I didn’t know

[Cynthia Martins 🔴 @MartinsCyn]

A lot of people ask why there’s always been a certain respect and love between Manchester United and Real Madrid.
They point to players who’ve worn both shirts.
They talk about modern connections.
But it goes way deeper than that.
It goes back to a time when one club was broken… and the other chose to stand beside them.

After the Munich air disaster, United wasn’t just grieving.
They were on the edge.
Players gone.
The manager is fighting for his life.
A future that suddenly didn’t look certain anymore.
While the club was trying to find its feet again, across Europe, Santiago Bernabéu and his Real Madrid side had just become kings of the game.
They had everything.
The best players.
The biggest stage.
The European Cup is in their hands.
They didn’t need to look back.
But they did.
When Madrid lifted that trophy in 1958, Bernabéu didn’t make it about dominance.
He made it about respect.
He publicly dedicated it to Manchester United.
Not as a gesture.
As recognition.
Because he believed the team that had been lost in Munich was worthy of that crown.
And it didn’t stop at words.
Madrid offered real help.

They were willing to loan Alfredo Di Stéfano — the best player in the world at the time — to United.
Imagine that.
At your lowest point… another club offering you their greatest asset to help you stand again.
(The move never happened, blocked at the time… but the intention tells you everything.)
Then came the friendlies.
When United needed money, needed support, needed something to hold onto — Madrid showed up.

They agreed to play matches, asked for almost nothing, and let United keep the gate.
They brought their stars to Old Trafford, not for glory… but to fill the stadium and help a wounded club survive.

There’s a story from one of those games.
Madrid won heavily.
But after the match, Bernabéu hosted a dinner for United.
Not to celebrate.
To encourage.
He told Matt Busby something simple:
“You are rebuilding. We will play you again… and again… until you are ready to beat us.”
That’s not rivalry. That's brotherhood, love

Respect at the highest level.
That’s one giant recognizing another… even when it’s on its knees.
So when people talk about the connection between Manchester United and Real Madrid today…
It’s not just about players moving between clubs.
It’s not just about modern football.
It’s about history.
About a moment when one club didn’t take advantage of another’s pain…
They protected it.
That’s why, for some of us, Real Madrid will always feel different.
Not just another club.
But one that showed up when it mattered most.
And in football… You don’t forget that. 🔴🤍

As a United Fan, Real Madrid will always be my second club. Love and respect forever ❤️

#ManchesterUnited #GGMU #Realmadrid

[Matthew S. Robinson @robinsonishyde]

Ella Joyce performing a Lady Macbeth monologue before a live broadcast of the show "Roc." The entire 2nd season was done live to broadcast and Ella would often do Shakespearian monologues to warm up the crowd.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

On July 31, 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he'd never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the house, calling for his mom...

He would show his mom, and, she would gasp, seeing something she thought she would never see in her lifetime.

Throughout the nation, there were similar reactions.

What they saw was Franklin Armstrong's first appearance on the iconic comic strip "Peanuts."

Franklin was "born" after a school teacher, Harriet Glickman, had written a letter to creator Charles M. Schulz after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death outside his Memphis hotel room.

Glickman, who had kids of her own and having worked with kids, was especially aware of the power of comics among the young.

“And my feeling at the time was that I realized that black kids and white kids never saw themselves [depicted] together in the classroom,” she would say.

She would write, “Since the death of Martin Luther King, 'I’ve been asking myself what I can do to help change those conditions in our society which led to the assassination and which contribute to the vast sea of misunderstanding, hate, fear and violence.'”

Glickman asked Schulz if he could consider adding a black character to his popular comic strip, which she hoped would bring the country together and show people of color that they are not excluded from American society.

She had written to others as well, but the others feared it was too soon, that it may be costly to their careers, that the syndicate would drop them if they dared do something like that.

Charles Schulz did not have to respond to her letter, he could have just completely ignored it, and everyone would have forgotten about it.

But, Schulz did take the time to respond, saying he was intrigued with the idea, but wasn't sure whether it would be right, coming from him, he didn't want to make matters worse, he felt that it may sound condescending to people of color.

Glickman did not give up, and continued communicating with Schulz, with Schulz surprisingly responding each time.

She would even have black friends write to Schulz and explain to him what it would mean to them and gave him some suggestions on how to introduce such a character without offending anyone.

This conversation would continue until one day, Schulz would tell Glickman to check her newspaper on July 31, 1968.

On that date, the cartoon, as created by Schulz, shows Charlie Brown meeting a new character, named Franklin.

Other than his color, Franklin was just an ordinary kid who befriends and helps Charlie Brown.

Franklin also mentions that his father was "over at Vietnam."

At the end of the series, which lasted three strips, Charlie invites Franklin to spend the night one day so they can continue their friendship.

[Nick Eden @NickEden]

Over 120 colleges have closed since 2016, only one being an HBCU. So tell me again who is poorly running schools?

[J the Tricky Word Spitta 🐅🇨🇩🇨🇬 @JtheBizDev]

@EsaiasGuthrie @CoachJones2010 He need a QB coach?

[Nick Eden @NickEden]

The use of Their, There, & They’re is giving HBCU haters hell on this app today

[Liv Antilla @livforhoops]

Beyond thankful for everyone who supports me: alumni, players, coaches, staff & fans. Grateful to keep building & uplifting HBCU programs, players & coaches and for the opportunities.

What a season!

Photo: @Notherjayy 📸

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

▪️ Not Oliver Kahn
▪️ Not Gianluigi Buffon
▪️ Not Iker Casillas
▪️ Not Manuel Neuer
▪️ Not Emiliano Martínez

No other goalkeeper in the world has been a three-time consecutive Champions League winner.

The only one is Keylor Navas — and he’s from Costa Rica. 🇨🇷

[Shanetta Crisler 🛎️🐅 @Mzcrisler1]

@erlee0217 @JtheBizDev Please send me their info thanks

[Erica Rochelle @erlee0217]

@Mzcrisler1 @JtheBizDev If she needs someone to talk to about our msw program, let me know !

[@kp_official1 on IG @kp_official_1]

Putting things into perspective like this should be enough to make people revolt

[Shanetta Crisler 🛎️🐅 @Mzcrisler1]

Logan has narrowed down to her to her Final 2 MSW programs
(Original List: JSU, Howard, Tulane, UTA, and LSU)
1. Jackson State University
2. Howard University

Who will it be? Decision Day loading.................

[Jackson State U. @JacksonStateU]

#JSUAlums: Jackson State University is pleased to announce that alumnus Tramell Tillman has been cast in the upcoming film Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Read more in the JSU Newsroom.

📰| https://t.co/1D9IGplh8H

#JacksonStateUniversity

[Dr. KaNisha L. Hall @DrKanisha]

Its almost foot on necks season… Friendly reminder… I’m still her!
📸 https://t.co/HFmcuQ5I34
TSA PSA You can go anywhere from your HBCU!

[KJ @shhhhandread]

Spring ✂️.

[J the Tricky Word Spitta 🐅🇨🇩🇨🇬 @JtheBizDev]

That description is what women are looking for…so…it is what it is

[E.B. @heyebby_]

If HBCU football coaches do not do anything, they will surely take a word and make it an acronym lol

They will say: “MEATS!”

M: Men
E: Exceed
A: Achievement
T: Through
S: Success

[Clemred21 on Bluesky @CaptoniousMonk]

As a Black person, you have the rest of your life to be a minority in just about every space you’re in. Why not spend 4 years experiencing what it’s like to be the majority in your space. Mentally, it builds your confidence up and apparently it benefits your health too. 🤷🏾‍♂️