(2/2) When a woman is emotional, she’s “hysterical” and she’s penalized for it. When a man does the same, he’s “outspoken” & and there are no repercussions. Thank you, @serenawilliams, for calling out this double standard. More voices are needed to do the same.
“We need to be to talking to each other, not competing with each other. We need to talk about what it means to co-strategize, tell funders what we actually need to create the thing that shifts the center of gravity.” -Paulina Helm-Hernandez, @ignitekindred@GIFT_tweets#MFOM
Ron Stallworth, subject of the upcoming Spike Lee film "BlacKkKlansman," opens up about how he successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan and the many disturbing things he found https://t.co/sZ8XDcqbiP
An academic paper on family separation in slavery is part of the record in a federal court case in Washington state. https://t.co/pMtBdEyTA3
Thread on Douglass below https://t.co/dENWyCndJ3
“We all deserve an opportunity to pursue the American Dream and not be subjected to the American Nightmare that separates children, babies from their parents and loved ones.”
Chair, Oregon Commission of Hispanic Affairs
Beyoncé had Coachella renamed after her, Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize, & Black Panther has made more money than Titanic.
Black history month is every month, every day, every year, all the time.