Essie

🇬🇭 Brooklyn-raised, Paris-based. VERY BLACK. ⬛️ insta: @essiee. Journalist @brutamerica. All views are my own.

[Andrew Holness @AndrewHolnessJM]

Jamaica has welcomed 43 nurses from Ghana as part of the health partnership between both countries.

The nurses have expertise in areas such as emergency care, critical care, paediatrics, oncology, mental health and midwifery. They will be placed in public hospitals across Jamaica, including hospitals in the Western and South East regions and the University Hospital of the West Indies.

The four-year agreement allows for up to 400 healthcare professionals from Ghana to support Jamaica’s health system.

The partnership will also allow Jamaican and Ghanaian healthcare professionals to share knowledge and strengthen areas such as primary healthcare, health insurance and the management of chronic diseases.

[Darknight 🇳🇬 @MOON_WALKER6]

Today marks 38 years since Florence Griffith-Joyner became Olympic champion in the 100m.

The winning time; 10.54s remains the fastest time ever seen at the Olympics (all conditions)

[Essie @essieemka]

@ik_africa @EmeroleAnderson Thank you! Calling her a relay merchant, when the individual accolades are PLENTY! I’d put her top 3-5 for sure. She’s a pillar of this sport!

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

Republicans during the obama era

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

105 years ago on November 2-3, during Election Day in 1920, the single bloodiest day in modern America political history happened, The Ocoee Massacre.

A black man attempted to vote & the Ku Klux Klan responded with rampage that led to the exile/death of every black person that lived there

—The dark day in Florida's history escalated after one Black citizen tried to exercise his right to vote at a polling location but was turned away on Election Day.

Mose Norman, who had been part of the voter registration drive in Orange County, decided to vote in the national election on November 2. When he attempted to do so, twice, he was turned away from the polls.
When Norman was driven away the second time, a white mob, then numbering over 100 men, decided to hunt him down. Concluding he had taken refuge in the home of another local Black resident, Julius “July” Perry, they rushed Perry’s home hoping to capture both men there. Norman escaped and was never found while Perry defended his home, killing two white men, Elmer McDaniels and Leo Borgard, who tried to enter through the back door. The mob called for reinforcements from Orlando and surrounding Orange County. Eventually they caught and killed Perry and hung his dead body from a telephone post by the highway from Ocoee to Orlando to intimidate other potential Black voters. Perry’s wife, Estelle Perry, and their daughter were wounded during the attack on the Perry home. They were sent to Tampa by local law enforcement officers.
The mob then turned on the Black community of Ocoee.
Homes and properties of Black families were scorched, burnt to the ground. At least four Black individuals were confirmed killed -- one of which was lynched, his body hanging from a tree limb for all to see.

On June 21, 2019, a historical marker honoring July Perry and others killed in the massacre was placed in Heritage Square outside the Orange County Regional History Center.

[Gary Chambers @GaryChambersJr]

Where did all the racists from those 1960s photos go?

I’ve got living relatives older than Ruby Bridges. We act like the people in those photos just magically stopped being racist.

No — they stopped sending their kids to public schools. A lot of private schools in America were created right after segregation ended. Those same people raised children who went to those schools, grew up, and kept passing down those beliefs.

They just learned not to say certain words in public. But the current climate proves there are still millions of people in this country focused on advancing their rights while diminishing ours — just like then.

People call me radical. But nothing I’ve supported has been radical. Some folks have just been more comfortable — comfortable enough to ignore America’s realities. That comfort’s wearing off every day under this administration and in governors’ offices across the nation.

The sooner more of us accept reality, the sooner we can build a new one — one that’s just, equitable, and profitable for all people.

Always good to be with @urbanleaguela.

[Karl Sharro @KarlreMarks]

I'm surprised to learn this week that French and British museums consider theft wrong

[kevin blue @kevinblue345]

why whites hate black people

[Essie @essieemka]

@AmielleShaw @ttavarius0 @JaysRealityBlog I heard this in Cynthia’s reenactment voice 🤣🤣🤣

[Essie @essieemka]

@MitchPriest19 @TrackGazette I think he’s nominated for field athlete. This list is only for the runners!

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker. He made your childhood hot summers fun.

He turns 76 today. Happy Birthday!

[Essie @essieemka]

@Brownintrovert @TheKingofReads And I will be seated!

[Essie @essieemka]

@TheKingofReads One thing about you, you gon wack that lady 🤭🤣

[Essie @essieemka]

@PopCrave

[Black, Blessed & Unbothered @MelanatedTalk]

Yep. No lies detected

[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

Since they stopped the education in schools, we are now forced to scream it from the mountain tops for all to hear. They must know the bloodline they come from!

[Essie @essieemka]

@KevOnStage @TheKingofReads you just said this not too long ago that ole girl hasn’t shown any growth WHATSOEVER!

[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

Her name was Anarcha Westcott. You won’t find her in history books, but her suffering shaped modern medicine. Anarcha was just 17 years old; she was enslaved and had just given birth.

The birth left her body torn and wounded. She was in agony, bleeding, and in desperate need of care. Instead of receiving care, Anarcha was taken to a doctor, not to help her but to use her. His name was Dr. J. Marion Sims.

Today, some call him the father of modern gynecology. He didn’t see Anarcha as a girl or as a human being. He saw her as an experiment. He performed over 30 surgeries on her without anesthesia, without her consent, and without mercy. She screamed through every cut. Her body was opened again and again. Her pain was ignored because she was a slave.

Her body became the foundation for tools, techniques, and procedures used in gynecology to this day. He became famous. Hospitals were named after him. Statues were built in his honor. But Anarcha? She was forgotten. No recognition. No statue. Not even justice. Her name deserves to be known. Her voice deserves to be heard. This is her story, and we’re finally telling it.

[Essie @essieemka]

C’est pas possible de prendre l’argent des gens comme ça !!!!

[Essie @essieemka]

@transaviaFR On m’a refusé l’embarquement de mon vol BER-ORY parce que votre système IT est en panne. J’aimerais bien prendre celui à 9h mais c’est IMPOSSIBLE de vous joindre. Ni par téléphone, ni par WhatsApp, ni ici — nulle part en fait !