There is so much diversity in the new recruits sworn in to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. There are white men, white women, tall white people, short white people, white people with glasses, white people without glasses, white people with blonde hair and white brunettes!.
I NEVER HEARD MY 90 YEAR OLD VERY RELIGIOUS GRANDMOTHER SAY A NEGATIVE WORD ABOUT ANYONE, BUT THANKS TO TRUMP WE GET TO HEAR HER SAY STUPID MOTHER FUCKER SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY NOW 🤷
This Nolan Wells situation is nothing new, but it is highlighting what happens to Black people when they are the minority in social groups.
They are around white kids who attempt to reinforce stereotypes that diminish their Blackness under the guise of jokes, humor, or simply fitting in.
This is one of the main reasons why I did not want my brother to go to a PWI.
I wanted him to attend an HBCU so that the college friendships he built were with people who looked like him, understood him, and affirmed his identity without requiring him to perform, explain, or minimize who he was.
I hope we continue creating more spaces and environments where Black people can thrive without the constant gravity of racism and white supremacy shaping how they see themselves.
Our young people deserve the freedom to grow into who they are without having their identity negotiated for acceptance.
Belonging should never come at the cost of self respect, self worth, or self love. 🤜🏾🖤🤛🏾
@CryptoTeca__@theMadridZone BS from the government. I bet this is not her first time. They need to ask the indigenous people about her and the government of Paraguay itself.
This image is from today. A Black woman sits on the DC metro as masked white nationalists prepare to march on our nation's capital.
This is America's 250th anniversary. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
America is a constant work in progress. Every generation must take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further—protecting what’s right, fixing what’s wrong, and making our union a little more perfect. 250 years later, that’s more important than ever.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans signed their names to a piece of parchment and made a promise no nation had ever made before: that we're all created equal, endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights — life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We're the only nation in history built not on ethnicity, or blood, or geography but on an idea. That's always been what makes us exceptional. We chose that path 250 years ago but that’s where the work began, not where it ended. Every generation has had to choose it again. At Valley Forge, at Gettysburg, on the beaches of Normandy, in the streets of Selma. Americans recommitted themselves to the principles on which our nation was founded.
Now it's our turn.
There's nothing guaranteed about our democracy. We have to fight for it, defend it, and earn it. Over and over, year after year. That's not a burden. That's what it means to be an American.
250 years in, we still haven't fully lived up to those words in the Declaration. But we've never walked away from them, and this July 4, I hope all of us can commit to one thing: that we never will. I don't believe we're as divided as we're told we are. I've bet my whole life on the American people, and I'm not stopping now.
Happy 250th birthday, America. Our story isn't finished. Let's keep writing it together.