π¨ White teenagers in Florida left their Black friend Marquise to drown in a river while taunting him with slurs and monkey noises from the shore.
Marquise couldnβt swim well and was wearing an ill-fitting child-sized life jacket. A kayaking family rescued him as he feared for his life.
He said his βfriendsβ expected him to swim back alone. This kind of racist behavior is disgusting and should be investigated.
Sources: The Nerd Stash
π¨ White teenagers in Florida left their Black friend Marquise to drown in a river while taunting him with slurs and monkey noises from the shore.
Marquise couldnβt swim well and was wearing an ill-fitting child-sized life jacket. A kayaking family rescued him as he feared for his life.
He said his βfriendsβ expected him to swim back alone. This kind of racist behavior is disgusting and should be investigated.
Sources: The Nerd Stash
It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby β a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist β to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and weβre thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.
For far too long, City government has stood idly by while New York homeowners fall victim to criminal deed theft schemes.
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Those days are over. We're creating the City's first Office of Deed Theft Prevention.
If you think you or someone you know may be a victim of deed theft, visit https://t.co/e2kQUqqOrt for support now.
Black New Yorkers survived redlining, kept their homes, and whites are stealing their deeds.
Deed theft is a crisis hitting Black homeowners in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Harlem and Southeast Queens. White Scammers forge paperwork, slip in deed transfers took generations to build
Black People's Homes STOLEN in New York City
"Here we are, Black people, in this country for four hundred years, and we are constantly starting from square one."
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