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[Roc Nation Refugee @Pragmatism14]

Caught two kids vaping at school, so you know as an 80s baby, I had to tell them they were basically smoking crack

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Keeping everyone (including Africans) completely ignorant about Africa and the central role it plays in the economic and natural world is a core feature of Europeanised education, not a bug.

You're not supposed to know that the DRC is the most resource-rich country in the world, with an estimated $24 trillion sitting under its soil. You're not supposed to know that the rise of "western civilisation" from the 15th century on was entirely made possible by European contact with Africa, and that the resources and labour extracted from coastal West Africa from 1492 onwards are the entire reason why both American continents exist in their current form.

You're not supposed to know that both WW1 and WW2 were essentially wars fought over the right to African colonial domination and expansion, and that even the uranium that was used in "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki came from Shinkolobwe uranium mine in eastern DRC. You're not supposed to know that the reason the country of France exists in its current form is because tens of thousands of conscripted West African soldiers fought and won against the Nazis in Europe, and the French thereafter shipped them back to West Africa and massacred them at Camp Thiaroye in Senegal to avoid paying them their due wages.

You're not supposed to know that there was nothing cold about the so-called Cold War, because the vast majority of the hot theaters it was physically fought in were on the continent of Africa. (Zimbabwe, DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Eritrea, Zambia etc). You're not supposed to know that the ongoing Ukraine war and the war in the Sahel are in fact the same conflict being fought by the same 2 sides, and that the reason France is desperately pushing funding and arms to Ukraine even as it falls into internal crisis is that Ukraine is acting as its proxy army in West Africa, as it tries to regain its lost colonial territories there, especially Niger where the cheap yellowcake uranium for its famously cheap nuclear energy used to come from before the 2023 revolution.

You're definitely not supposed to know that the entire global economy and system of trade as you know it is built on ruthless extraction from Africa and ensuring that Africa does not control anything it exports. You're not supposed to know that "Italian leather" doesn't come from Italy - it comes from Kano, Nigeria. You're not supposed to know that "Swiss chocolate" does not exist because cocoa does not grow anywhere in Switzerland or Europe - it comes from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria. You're not supposed to know that Israel and the UAE control the global diamond and gold markets even though Israel has no diamond mine and the UAE has zero gold mines, because both resources are literally being stolen from the DRC and Sudan on an industrial basis.

You're basically not supposed to understand that the entire geopolitical world as you know it, rests entirely on extraction from Africa, poverty of Africans, and your own ignorance about where everything you use comes from.

Completely deliberate 500+ year-old feature, not accidental bug.

[🎭ChaosCentral🎭 @Saul_GoodMcGil2]

When you wake up to what’s happening, & when this all falls down & crumbles:

Don’t say you were never warned.

Don’t say you were never shown.

Don’t pretend that you knew all along.

Because the warnings were there & you chose to “protect the shield.”

[Gekomaithagu 🇰🇪 @Kijana_Babu7]

How about we unite as Africans and push for Peace in Sudan and Congo... Let's pause on the twars for a min, Our African brothers are being butchered men.

[Kwame Offei @realKwameOffei]

Sudan and Congo remain ignored, and now another crisis is building in Ethiopia.
How long will we sit back and act like nothing is happening?

[#FreeCongo @msNzuya]

#FreeCongo 🇨🇩
Children can't even attend school peacefully due to militia attacks and tensions. Imagine a child being deprived of education simply because the land they live on is rich in minerals that some greedy companies want to exploit.

[Ryan Clark @Realrclark25]

I’m tired of referees showing up to the stadium with MAIN CHARACTER energy. 😂

Throwing penalties on Vrabel like you’re giving a basketball coach a tech, dropping “F” bombs on one of the league’s best tight ends, then barking up the wrong tree in Minnesota…

I’m with Eric Wilson on this one. At this point, I can’t do anything but laugh. 😂

@thepivotsports On @youtube

#ThePivotSports #WhatKeptYouUpLastNight #Referees

https://t.co/he5SAktDDM

[Itz 🐘 @DBibiu34644]

Our people in Sudan are being killed in droves. Sadly no one seems to care. Just because someone wants their gold.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

The genocide the media doesn’t talk about

[Pivot Podcast @thepivot]

We trying!!

[Ryan Clark @Realrclark25]

The caption could simply be…

“F*ck Him.”

But I’ll give y’all some context on Bart Scott.

Michael Oher stole his movie — “F*ck Him.”

Nick Saban stole his scholarship — “F*ck Him.”

Bobby Williams tried to smooth it all over — “F*ck him” last!

No wonder @BartScott was called the Mad Backer. 😂

@Thepivot on @netflix

#ThePivot #BartScott #NickSaban

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

Malcolm X

[CHA$E THE MULA @ChaseTheMula]

@TCbabyTc correct on glo… future i disagree.

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Despite the fines and mounting pressure, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair continues to honour Palestinian children killed in Gaza.

This time, it’s Lana, 12, and Bana, 8, who were killed alongside their family in an Israeli attack earlier this month.

[J.D. @jdwitherspoon]

His life was Stolen, and Mississippi is covering it up #JusticeforNolanWells

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

Angel Reese wins AP Defensive Player Of The Year!

12.1 RPG (1st in WNBA)
1.8 SPG (3rd in WNBA)
First in defensive win shares
Fourth in defensive rating

(Via @TheAthletic | @lifewithkeerose)

[Alex🌹🇺🇦🇵🇸 @mndemsoc]

Same league that held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk

[ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk]

Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair was told to remove the name Wafaa Akila from his eye black during the Week 2 game vs. the Bengals. Akila, 8, was killed by an Israeli airstrike earlier this month. https://t.co/rzP8vGWCH4

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was told by an NFL official to remove the name of Wafaa Akila, an 8-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza, from his eye black during the Texans’ Week 2 game or he would not be allowed to continue playing, according to a league source.

According to Reuters, Wafaa Akila was killed earlier this month by an Israeli airstrike.

https://t.co/ijXv3znqyt

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

So the NFL has told Azeez Al-Shaair they’ll remove him from the game if he wears a Palestinian child’s name, who was killed by Israeli airstrike, on his eyeblack. Psychotic. This harms no one by letting him do this. I think it’s absurd they were fining him, but those were the “rules” and he agreed to pay the fine. Removal from the game is INSANE. This shouldn’t stand!