So these places the people aren’t leaving don’t offer the same employment opportunities that they are getting to displace people in NYC?? As someone who works in workforce this is cap
For the first time since the U.S. government began collecting the data, young Black men are dying by suicide at a higher rate than young white men https://t.co/vkSPC7ERvz
I’m sorry but as a multiply-disabled, Black, queer single mom who was poor and homeless my entire adult life, I need folks to find another way of validating their opinions than “I am [x] and your opinions are bigoted if they differ from mine bc I’m the only [x] to exist.”
Why does NYC have their weird “who is REALLY a New Yorker?” discourse but in Los Angeles you can call yourself an Angeleno after living there for 9 months and no one cares
Caribbean nations such as Cuba, Haiti, and Guyana have historically served as places of refuge for Black Americans escaping racism and political persecution. Pan-Africanists in Guyana had even set up a village for Black Americans. There is also a lengthy history of Black people in the Caribbean protesting against the poor treatment of Black Americans. Artists such as Black Stalin and Mighty Gabby have expressed this in song. Eusi Kwayana was detained by the British colonial government for exposing America's racism against Black Americans.
Of course, this is history that isn't well-known in America because of the disconnect in the Diaspora. We don't know each other's histories like we should. If we did, we'd understand how interconnected our struggles have always been.
Last week, our Law Department filed an amicus brief in support of transgender New Yorkers, affirming a simple principle: your medical decisions and personal health information belong to you, not the government.
Proud to stand with trans and queer young people across New York in defending privacy and dignity for all.
False. The Haitian football team literally put Polish flag on their uniforms in honor of anti-slavery whites who stood with them against the French, and FIFA banned those uniforms.