@carliflower_ @a_mazingamy I can testify to this. This would be a Baldwin birthday. @a_mazingamy remember when you had your friends each bring a book to read for your birthday?
Kindness matters.
But kindness does not = justice.
Civility counts.
But calling for civility is not the humane response to injustice.
Justice is.
Love is essential.
But love is not a passive, weeping bystander.
Love puts in work.
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.
THINGS AREN’T HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE YEAR 2020. This has BEEN happening. Black people continue to be killed because we live in a CORRUPT and UNJUST system. Wild fires are worse than ever because we have not put any resources towards ending climate change. Vote to create change.
Noticed Breonna Taylor is no longer trending. So why do I still have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach? Could it be because her three murderers are still walking free?
Someone PLEASE tell me why the hell any single person would not vote to make lynching a federal hate crime?! WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULDNT VOTE HANGING ANOTHER PERSON BY THEIR NECK TO BE A FEDERAL HATE CRIME!!! WTF!
Want to know why it’s so hard for #cops to be ‘good apples’...
It was 2007 and I was assisting a call with an officer I’d never met before. He was from another team working overtime. Right in front of me he broke a kids nose with a punch. The septum was clearly deviated and
the blackout tuesday does NOT mean to simply post a black picture and leave social media for the day. It means to stop promoting your own stuff for 24 hours, and instead amplify the voices & projects of Black creators, writers, directors, activists and more. pass it on.