We are only a few generations removed from Jim Crow and several from slavery
Shidd my great grandfather could have told yall stuff about them plantations.
People will be willingly ignorant because their great nation can’t be doing the same shit they villify others for
It’s not a singular moment
They turned many people into food and furniture. Nat Turner’s was passed around like a damn potluck. George W had dentures of slave teeth. If they wanted they would do whatever they felt. Another big reason on why this isn’t wide spread is because 🧵👇
A Black American woman said African-Americans were once eaten and skinned during slavery while debating oppression on a podcast. The discussion got even more intense after claims about Christopher Columbus were mentioned, leaving the host completely stunned.
From colonizers and slave owners about what they do to the oppressed. Bartolomé de Las Casas talked about Columbus and what he did to natives extensively.
Sticking dogs on pregnant women and ripping babies out the womb.
Lastly why do people act like slavery was that long ago 🧵
Lara officially addresses another recent controversy surrounding her comments about R&B music and clarifies that her words were misunderstood. She explained what she meant was that:
“it doesn’t have the same requirement or perfect structure as other song genres because it is free, musical, deep, and has true soul. And that’s what I love about it so much.”
#LARARAJ
my first performance was at a festival w thousands of ppl in the crowd. there is literally nothing that can prepare you for the adrenaline you get from that being ur first thing and it’s incredibly hard to control. props to her and let her cook man
Very specific black male experience is when you meet a nigga and he got his “I gotta be tough and hard” persona on but you start being goofy and positive and you see them come outta their shell, like it’s cool bro we can talk about how you love Portlandia or whatever
Not everyone who makes these posts is saying that whoever has that job is beneath them. I think it’s perfectly normal to be annoyed that you don’t have a job in the field you spent tens of thousands of dollars becoming accredited in. It’s not always a declaration of superiority.