Welcome to Ireland where people get away with racism! This little black girl broke my heart. Don’t skip this post without leaving a million heart for her. Make her famous…
Diamond league champion, season's best and personal best for the Jamaican 🇯🇲 women in Eugene.
#EugeneDL Women's 100m results:
10.70🇯🇲Shericka Jackson
10.75🇨🇮Marie-Josee Ta Lou (SB)
10.79🇯🇲Elaine Thompson-Herah (SB)
10.80🇺🇸Sha'Carri Richardson
10.83🇺🇸Twanisha Terry (SB)
10.85🇯🇲Natasha Morrison (PB)
10.96🇬🇧Dina Asher-Smith
11.01🇬🇧Imani Lansiquot
11.18🇳🇿Zoe Hobbs
#OSports #TrackAndField #TeamJamaica #EugeneDL #Eugene #PrefontaineClassic #PreClassic
Isaac Woodard, WWII veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND
The officers were acquitted by an all white jury
A THREAD!
@Leopardonbackup@greensnail_@birgitomo Whiteness is not part of, but is the very root of her audacity. What is known commonly within the Black intelligentsia as “Caucasity”.
It is well worth reading the extensive scholarship on whiteness, if you haven’t, to better understand the construction & function of whiteness.
@greensnail_@birgitomo It’s this part.
It’s literally the equivalency of whiteness as automatic credential for all expertise under the sun that is white supremacist delusion at its best.
At a special event, Queen’s unveiled a new plinth to honour those affected by a 1918 ban of Black medical students. It was an opportunity to acknowledge past wrongs and look toward a future of greater respect, representation, and justice.
Learn more: https://t.co/LPeA379Dxk
Here's a handy visual aid detailing the difference in process between the Liberals under Kathleen Wynne and the Progressive Conservatives under Doug Ford.
#onpoli
On what it means to be a Rasta: “You is ya own man. That is the first time you own yourself. You do what you want to do—anything people want to say about you, you don’t care.” #bobmarley
🎥 interview in New Zealand, 1979.
@anabailaoTO Feels like unofficial election meddling. Unprecedented to have a mayor, step down for an improper relationship trigging an integrity probe but also influencing a by-election to help pal move up over front runners — paid for by taxpayers stuck with big bill for election he caused
@anabailaoTO Seems like an appropriate time to ask:
As you were his reelection campaign manager, and probably spent more time with him than almost anyone else, were you aware Tory was carrying on an affair with a mayoral office staff member during the campaign?