I brought collard greens to my job’s potluck and one of my coworkers said it looks gross.
Y’all shoulda seen her face when I told her “well it’s all slaves really had to eat so it’s a traditional meal”
Today, 8 months after COVID, I slowly walked 2 blocks to Rite Aid today to pick up the prescriptions I need now every day. $150/month for meds. $200/month for Liquid IV, supplements, etc. Two blocks is my limit of walking for this week. Wear a mask, y'all. For everyone's sake.
In a historic win, Mauree Turner has been elected to Oklahoma's state House, becoming one of the first openly nonbinary state lawmakers in the U.S. and the first Muslim to serve in Oklahoma's state legislature.
I'm not sharing my story for the sake of spilling tea, though this was cathartic. I'm sharing bc the performative activism I've been seeing all week feels so opportunistic. You can’t amplify melanated voices when you don't care about the people behind them. (Fin)
Americans are the least racist people i know. Hands down. Anybody who tells you otherwise either doesn't know real Americans or has never been outside of this country.