I don’t want my daughter to be like me. I want her to speak up sooner. Walk away faster. Trust herself deeper. Apologize less. Take up more space. Ask bigger questions. Dream louder. And if that means she becomes everything I wasnt… GOOD!
On July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey was killed in her own home in Springfield, Illinois, a mother, a daughter, a friend, gone at 36. Today we honor and remember her. Rest in power, Sonya. We will never stop saying your name. 🕊️
Philando Castile died on this day in 2016. He was 32.
-With no priors.
-Legally carrying a legally purchased firearm.
-Informed the cop of his firearm.
-Obeyed the cop.
-STILL shot 4 times.
#PhilandoCastile
So you mean to tell me that someone down your ancestry line survived being chaıned to other human bodięs for several months in the bottom of a disease-infested ship during the Middle Passage, lost their language, customs and traditions, picked up the English language as best they could while working free of charge from sun up to sun down as they watched babies sold from out of their arms and women rapęd by ruthless sIave owners.
Took names with no last names, no birth certificates, no heritage of any kind, braved the Underground Railroad, survived the Civil Wąr to enter into sharecropping... Learned to read and write out of sheer will and determination, faced the burning crosses of the KƘK, everted their eyes at the black bodies swinging from ropes hųng on trees...
Fought in World Wąrs as soldiers only to return to America as boys, marched in Birmingham, hosed in Selma, jailed in Wilmington, assassinated in Memphis, segregated in the South, ghettoed in the North, ignored in history books, stereotyped in Hollywood...
and in spite of it all, someone in your family line endured every era to make sure you would get here, but you receive one rejection, face one obstacle, lose one friend, get overlooked, and you want to quit?
How dare you entertain the very thought of quitting. People, you will never know survived from generation to generation so you could succeed. Don’t you dare let them down!
It is NOT in our DNA to quit!
One of the best things about this country is that you’re free to celebrate what matters to you and you’re not obligated to celebrate what doesn’t.
So 15 days after Juneteenth, I’m still celebrating my people. Black history, Black culture, Black excellence, and Black joy don’t have an expiration date.
I love waking up Black, and I’m proud to be Black. Every single day. ✊🏾🖤 #JuneTeenth
tomorrow being fourth of july all im gonna say is fuck america, fuck trump, there’s absolutely nothing to celebrate when this country is and has been a joke. and if you support him get the fuck off my page. 🖤 it always has and always will be fuck you trump.
What heartbreaking news. Revered actor, Danny Glover, has revealed that he’s living with Alzheimer’s disease. Praying for his journey and his family’s.