Progressively Black

[Progressively Black @ProgressivelyB1]

So, what does it mean to be Black, a woman, a man, trans, religious and "progressive?" That's what this new podcast is about and @TamishaTyler and @danwhitehodge set out to engage what it means to be Black & Progressive. Stay tuned for more info!

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.

One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.

Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)

[Astead @AsteadWH]

This is not about the merits of defunding as policy, but the political process that such ideas for systemic change have to go thru. There, the divisions among activists, mistakes among elected officials, and an unelected city commission all converge
https://t.co/mzCEy8tMiN

[Astead @AsteadWH]

“I think our pledge created confusion in the community and in our wards," the council president.

Councilors "have gotten used to these kinds of progressive purity tests," another member

"I'm embarrassed"

"They didn't engage Black and Brown people"
https://t.co/mzCEy8tMiN

[Astead @AsteadWH]

NEW: The Minneapolis City Council stunned all when it pledged to "end policing." Now, several tell me they regret the pledge and it sowed confusion. How what seemed like political boldness was really paper thin. How bureaucracy + politics stymied change https://t.co/mzCEy8tMiN

[COMMON @common]

"If you stick a knife in my back 9 in and pull it out 6 in, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. The progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They won’t even admit the knife is there." Malcolm X. #BreonnaTaylor

[Austin Channing Brown @austinchanning]

It is absolutely maddening that no matter what “evidence” is produced against #AhmaudArbery the response isnt, “so what?” He was still hunted and killed extrajudicially. Every random white person doesn’t get to be police, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner over Black lives.

[Austin Channing Brown @austinchanning]

If you chase me in a vehicle, jump out & point a gun at me- you dont get to declare that I was the aggressor no matter what I do- kick, spit, punch, reach for the gun. You are still the aggressor.

[Austin Channing Brown @austinchanning]

This isn’t hard.
Black people don’t have to justify their existence or their behavior to white neighbors. All white people are not police officers. I do not have to stop to explain myself to a random stranger just because you think I should.

[Austin Channing Brown @austinchanning]

Not gonna do this all day today. So this will be short. I don’t care if he was trespassing, breaking windows, stealing material. I don’t care if he was disturbing the peace or if he was armed. Hear me good.
Perfection is not a standard Black ppl must meet to avoid violence.

[Team Katie @TeamKatiePorter]

Here are the facts:

1) President Trump has the authority to use the DPA to meet a number of critical needs—including #COVID19 tests.

2) Congress allocated $1B to the DPA fund for that exact reason.

3) 40,000 Americans died before President Trump used the DPA to order tests.

[Sanjum S. Sethi MD, MPH @sanjum]

I don’t usually rant on social media. However, after a week of service in the ICU, I’d like to get a few things off my chest. #COVID19 (1/10)

[Kristian Petersen @BabaKristian]

@JLWeisenfeld @anthony_pinn @NyashaJunior @thefeministwire @religionhiphop @seedpods @krw18 @ashoncrawley @AntheaButler @DoctorRMB @syljohns @JAfricanaRelig @Conjurehealing @WilGafney @GZoharah @spiritcitizen @esglaude Daniel White Hodge @ danwhitehodge
Author of:
Homeland Insecurity: Hip Hop Missiology for Post-Civil Rights Connected
Hip Hop’s Hostile Gospel: Post-Soul Theological Exploration
Soul of Hip Hop: Rims, Timbs, & Cultural Theology
Heaven Has A Ghetto: Theology of Tupac Amaru Shakur

[Kristian Petersen @BabaKristian]

Today’s Black scholar of religion in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Daniel White Hodge @danwhitehodge marks new ground in scholarship on African American religious traditions as they intersect in popular culture
Creative, bold, & exemplary as model for the study of religion

[Bakari Sellers @Bakari_Sellers]

This Baldwin clip in light of the Bloomberg audio released yesterday means so much. Spend 2 mins of your day and watch this. https://t.co/I9xip8Lbmd

[Kaitlin B Curtice @KaitlinCurtice]

I wrote a thing.

*shares and gets off twitter so y’all can fight it out*

https://t.co/7IE1RPTAE6

[Kaitlin B Curtice @KaitlinCurtice]

Fuck that.