The NAACP is urging Black athletes and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”
There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power
(video: defiancedispatch/IG)
Things that we’ve normalized that feel like robbery:
Ticketmaster Fees
4pm Check-In
11am Check-Out
Paying for Hospital Parking
$40+ Hotel Parking
$10 Mocktails
$8 Coffee
$5 Greeting Cards
$5 Bottled Water
$100 Bottles at the Club
$20 Tequila Shots
Tipping on To Go Orders
Astronomical Student Loan Interest
$2000 Daycare
$45 For A Seat on an Airplane
$75 For a Checked Bag
Insurance
WiFi
What did I forget?
Man, rest in power to our people that died enslaved....Rest in power to our people that never made it out of Jim Crow...Rest in power to our people that didn't make it out of the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration. Rest in power to all our soldiers
So JD Vance thinks if you point out that Charlie Kirk was a racist, sexist bigot you should be fired from your job but if you’re a 25 to 30-something Young Republican who praises Hitler and rape and uses the n word repeatedly you’re “just a kid” and should be forgiven. Got it
The truth is, over the past 15 years our enemies have been locked in and we simply have not. They have successfully gotten rid of Affirmative Action, CRT, DEI, now they’re in the process of gutting more of the Voting Rights Act, removing Black history from museums, and banning schools from teaching it.
Yall played games, yall allowed right wing propaganda to distract you, you let a couple of checks distract you, you let memes and vibes distract you while those that wish to harm our community seized power. There’s no quick turnaround for this, it’s going to be a long haul to undo the damage.
Blockbuster was just one part in a multi-step ritual celebrating the end of the working week. Rent a game, get a pizza, check out until Monday. It wasn't about Blockbuster but what Blockbuster meant, back when time had meaning.