Veda B Shaw

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@YoSoyKiea

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@YoSoyKiea Amen 🙌🏾

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@WorkElizab Beatrice😍

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@YoSoyKiea 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[King Roy @RoyIsThaTruth]

Bad Bunny walked out in a #64 jersey with “OCASIO” on the back.

Not Bad Bunny.

Not Benito.

His real name.

His family name.

Then he grabbed the mic and said:

“My name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. And if today I’m here at the Super Bowl, it’s because I never, never stopped believing in myself.”

In Spanish.
No translation.
Even the jumbotron was in Spanish.

And I watched the whole thing with a translator on.

Because the message was that important to me.

They said he was “un-American.”

They said nobody would understand him.

They said having him perform was “ridiculous.”

And he SHOWED OUT!

He brought out Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

He staged a wedding on the field.

He recreated a bodega.

He gave us a whole scene of family and love.

He humanized an entire culture on the world’s biggest stage.

All in his native language.

And he didn’t flinch.

His lyrics were clear messages:

“They want to take the river from me, and the beach too. They want my neighborhood and for my grandma to leave.”

“I should have taken more photos when I had you. Hopefully my loved ones will never move.”

And that last line:

“Ojalá que los míos nunca se muden.”

Hopefully my loved ones will never move.

That’s about families being separated.

Forced to leave.

Displacement.

Yeah, he didn’t chase the mainstream.

He made the mainstream come to him.

He put his family name on his back and told 120 million people exactly who he is.

And I’m here for ALL of it!👏🏽

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@Matt_Pinner It was one of my high school graduation gifts - a Singer sewing machine 😉

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@buitengebieden Mila🫶🏾

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

Black excellence because of DEI

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@YoSoyKiea You cute anyway😍

[Sarah Cooper @sarahcpr]

I think people really underestimate how easy it is to mind your own business

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

It’s Friday! 🎉

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I am so proud of the @TexasHDC and the work that they’ve done. Their willingness to put themselves on the line to highlight the current assault on our democracy has set an example for what all of us have to do.

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@YoSoyKiea

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@YoSoyKiea 🤭oh my

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@elvishFan42014 @buitengebieden Yes I have a Pom and I’m still shocked !

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

Great Wisdom!

https://t.co/6VeoIkudxg

[Rick Warren @RickWarren]

For 55 yrs my Life Verse has been Acts 13:36
"David served #thePurposeofGod in #HisGeneration"

Do what's timeless in a timely way.
Serve what's eternal in a relevant way.
Live for what never changes in a world that is constantly changing.
THAT defines a truly successful life!

[Veda B Shaw @ShawVedaB]

@buitengebieden My dog taps on her water bowl when it’s low😍

[Acyn @Acyn]

Crockett: Mr. President, guess what? Russia invaded Ukraine. Can we at least agree on that one? Facts matter. Is there anybody in here that has enough courage to say Russia invaded Ukraine?

….

Crockett: This is the problem