James Ibarra

Don't Hate'em Cuz U Aint'em

[Be Believing @Be_Believing]

The person who dubbed this video is a genius! 😂😂

[Annahita Mahdavi West آناهيتا @AnnahitaMahdavi]

The Aftermath of Apologies

One of the lessons we teach in our classrooms is the importance of becoming aware of implicit bias.
Implicit biases are the internal perceptions and assumptions we develop about the world through the lens we have worn throughout our lives. Our families, communities, cultures, experiences, education, media, and environments all contribute to shaping that lens. Over time, many of these perceptions become our internal realities. We may accept them as simply “the way things are” without stopping to examine where they came from or whether they are accurate, fair, or harmful.
Without that awareness, some of the thoughts and perceptions that manifest in our vocabulary, attitudes, and behaviors can be biased, discriminatory, or even racist. And we may express them without intentionally meaning to cause harm. But we all know that intent is never an excuse for impact.
This is why we delve deeply into implicit bias with our students, particularly those training to become mental health counselors. We want them to understand and examine their own internal biases so they can provide care without causing harm to the populations they will serve.
But this work is not just for students. It is for all of us.
There is no way to live in this world without developing certain perceptions and assumptions about other people, cultures, identities, and communities. The question is not whether we have biases. The question is whether we are willing to become aware of them, examine them, and take responsibility for how they may influence our thoughts, actions, attitudes, and vocabulary.
Having implicit biases does not automatically mean that someone is racist. However, acknowledging that we have biases does not absolve us from responsibility when those biases contribute to racist or discriminatory words and behaviors. The absence of harmful intent does not erase the presence—or the consequences—of harm.
Think about what could happen if each of us developed intentional mental checkpoints: moments when we pause and ask ourselves, Why do I think this? Where did this belief come from? Would I say this if I understood how it might affect someone else? Is this perception based on reality, or is it based on a lens I have never taken the time to examine?
When we cultivate that kind of awareness, we do more than become better individuals. We contribute to a healthier society. And perhaps, most importantly, we can prevent some of those aftermath apologies.
Consider this: If you accidentally break someone’s arm, you can sincerely apologize. You can explain that you never intended to hurt them. But the apology does not magically heal the injury. That person may still need to go to the hospital, undergo surgery, wear a cast, endure months of recovery, and live with consequences that may last far beyond the moment of the accident. Your intention did not change the injury. The same can be true with our words and actions.
An apology after harm has occurred may be necessary, but awareness before the harm occurs is far more powerful.
So, think about it twice. Pause. Examine your assumptions. Become curious about your own implicit biases. Challenge the lens through which you have learned to see the world.
Awareness is not about declaring ourselves perfect or proving that we are not biased. It is about becoming responsible for what we do with the biases we carry.
Because the goal should not simply be to become better at apologizing after we cause harm. #Apologies #ImplicitBias
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[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

@HalfSpaceHub_IQ 😄

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Holy shit, this is BRILLIANT: This dude breaks down why everyone thinks the whole WHCD event was fake... everything about trump is FAKE.

Best video you'll see today.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

J.D. Vance is halfway through the woodchipper right now.

And if you don’t understand that the attack on the Pope was aimed directly at Vance — you don’t understand Donald Trump.

Vance converted to Catholicism. He’s writing a book about that conversion.

So Trump attacks the Pope. It destroys Vance.

He forces him onto Bret Baier’s show as a supplicant.

Kneeling to Trump instead of his own God.

That’s the message. I will emasculate you publicly and you will thank me for it.

Trump wants to be the last Republican president.

He wants to tell the party — you were nothing before me. You’re nothing after me.

He doesn’t want Rubio or Vance to succeed him.

He doesn’t want anyone taking credit for anything he built.

It’s one man’s show. Always has been.

If Vance had the nerve — the real move is to resign.

He won’t. He’s too ambitious and too cunning.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Washington Post Intelligence Analyst Josh Rogin exposes a massive insider trading scandal on CNN. He reveals someone shorted the oil market by hundreds of millions just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement. The Trump administration is prioritizing self-dealing over peace.

[Javed Hassan @javedhassan]

So, a couple of the boys have been texting me: “Why the hell would Trump drop the Hormuz blockade bomb on a Sunday? It’ll send oil screaming past $120, maybe $130 if the algos really panic. Makes zero sense if you actually want cheaper barrels.”

But it makes perfect sense. Beautiful, even.

See, Tokyo and Hong Kong are already humming by the time the East Coast is still nursing its coffee. Those futures pits—Dow, S&P, the whole equity complex, plus Brent and WTI on the screens—never really sleep. You’ve got fourteen, fifteen hours of runway before the New York bell. Plenty of time for the right hands to lean in: long the indices in Hong Kong, short the crude in Tokyo, riding the fear wave as the blockade tweet lights up every terminal from Singapore to Sydney.

Then, right on cue, before the U.S. opens, comes the pivot. Something about “there’s regime change in Tehran,” “we can do business,” “Talks were Good,” the usual art-of-the-deal baloney. Markets whip around like they’ve been Tasered. Oil gives back the spike, stocks rip higher. The boys in Asia unwind clean, pocket the spread.

A few hundred million, maybe more, conjured out of thin air on the back of one perfectly timed Sunday morning post. Not bad for a morning’s work. The Street’s been running these kinds of games for decades: information, timing, leverage. Just never quite so… presidential!!

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: I can confirm with 99% confidence that the reason Melania Trump came out yesterday with her Epstein Statement is because of information possessed by a former friend, and Epstein survivor, Brazilian Model Amanda Ungaro.

Ungaro was also the partner of Trump admin official Paolo Zampolli, who she alleges had her deported. They have a son together. Paolo Zampolli also claims to have introduced Trump to Melania.

Amanda is a victim of Epstein's and was brought to the US from Paris by her modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel when was 17. She had a 20 year friendship with Melania.

Remember her name. You will be hearing so much about her in the coming weeks that Trump will likely Nuke Iran over it.

[Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🟧🌊🌈 @piyushmittal]

Trump hates Obama because he’ll never be half as good as him

[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

@TIME Great at his Craft!

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

The Niggerization of America!
#TruthJusticeLove #AbolishICE #Minnesota

[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

@to1027me @Kamogamo222 @pocoty_enl And how do I get a jacket! That is awesome.

[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

@fierax4 That looks heavenly

[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

Feb 13!

[City of Houston @HoustonTX]

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[Jack Ryan @JackRyanPV]

It's time to get back to work, Jack. #JackRyan

[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

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[Art Mann @artmannpresents]

Haha classic. 🙂🇺🇸🍻

[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

Computer for a friend
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[James Ibarra @james_ibarra]

Homemade @Whataburger Patty Melt. Awesome sauce.