L E F T, PhD ⚫️

PhD | Professor | Writer | Hip Hop Scholar | Of. The. People | Hoop-Court-Shit-Talker | Ginger Beer Connoisseur | Views Are My Own

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

A part of the trick is to devilishly get you to debate things that shouldn’t be debatable.

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Politicization has to go hand in hand with education. Political education is essential for the people to understand the conditions governing their lives, identify the institutions responsible for said conditions, and develop the collective capacity ORGANIZE to change them.

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

I into these LIFE magazines from the 1960’s. Now, put them in conversation with the world today, 2026.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"How do we discipline our children in a world, in a society, that takes it upon itself to discipline our Black children?"

Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood
https://t.co/8eEZwic986

[David West @D_West30]

👇🏾👇🏾

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

“We have political prisoners and prisoners of war / incarcerated in prisons and jails across America…Yet the vast majority of the leadership of the Black community turn a blind eye to the reality that political prisoners and prisoners of war exist in this country.”–Safiya Bukhari

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

“The black bourgeoisie have shown no interest in the ‘liberation’ of Negroes except as it affected their own status or acceptance by the white community…When the opportunity has been present, the black bourgeoisie has exploited the Negro masses as ruthlessly as have whites.” –E. Franklin Frazier (1957)

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

This recent conversation circulating around social media with 2 Chainz, his responses to Keith Lee, and the way in which 2 Chainz frames Atlanta, immediately brought me back to E. Franklin Frazier’s ‘Black Bourgeoisie’.

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Sensitive thugs, you all need hugs.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

When the Young Lords and Black Panthers Occupied Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx | Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur

How my father, the Panthers, and the Young Lords negotiated for the improved care that became the blueprint for the patient’s bill of rights
https://t.co/FNqW7MEOWb

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

‘Algorithms make everything predictable’: why the CD is making a comeback

As John Lewis reports a 96% rise in searches for CD players, music fans share their reasons for ditching streaming
https://t.co/8Sa9J5eZ8z

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Gabby Williams had arguably the best second half in a Championship deciding game in the history of professional basketball.

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

I can’t find the tweet from hella-hella years ago about what it would mean for a WNBA team being in The Bay…

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Flop

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Gabby Williams…

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

3 three’s in a row…Gabby Williams is here gettin’ it poppin’.

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Youth having to “fight for the right” to hug your parents truly speaks to depth of inhumanity forced on folks who are incarcerated.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

Incarcerated Los Angeles Youth Fought for the Right to Hug Their Parents — and Won

Having enshrined youths’ right to hug parents during visits behind bars, activists are pushing for decarceration.
https://t.co/aC4ipQybVE | @truthout

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Note: The article I posted about “Ali G” is from 24?YEARS AGO.

[UNN @UnityNewsNet]

Sacha Baron Cohen has said the reason that Ali G 2 has bombed at the Box Office is due to 'anti-semitism' and is part of a wider:

"trend of Jews being portrayed in certain ways and trying to be silenced."

[Truthout @truthout]

As Americans have been forced to shell out an extra $148 billion on gas and diesel in eight months of war on Iran, Big Oil has reaped record profits — with U.S. companies having made over $130 billion in profits, a new analysis finds.https://t.co/mAVTk21ohM