“Sense of belonging is a feeling that can’t be forced. It’s a kind morning greeting. A warm hug. Shared laughter over lunch. Knowing someone’s got your back. A silent understanding of everyone’s worth.”
🆈🅾🆄 🅱🅴🅻🅾🅽🅶 🅷🅴🆁🅴.
The filibuster is a procedure in the Senate, created to keep power in the hands of white southerners, that blocks bills from coming to a vote.
Learn how the filibuster has furthered systemic racism, undermined democratic participation, and blocked progress on critical issues.
Thank you all for the your love and support. My family, team and I are going to take some time to rest and refuel so that we may continue this fight, as this is just the beginning.
"We won't patronize these companies and corporations who don't show up for us. When are the businesses going to have enough courage to say we're not going down this road anymore?" - @MsLaToshaBrown, Black Voters Matter Co-Founder
“White Americans aren’t afraid of the cops. White Americans are never afraid of the cops, even when they’re committing an insurrection,” @JoyAnnReid says about the Trump supporters rioting the US Capitol.
The National Museum of African American History & Culture wants to make you aware of certain signs of whiteness: Individualism, hard work, objectivity, the nuclear family, progress, respect for authority, delayed gratification, more. (via @RpwWilliams)
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Defund the police, defend Black communities! This #Juneteenth, it’s more important than ever that we dismantle the racist and ineffective model of American policing. Learn more about how defunding the police works and why we so desperately need it: https://t.co/JLY6f0u5y3
"What are you without racism?...If you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem, and my feeling is, White people have a very, very, serious, problem."
~Toni Morrison #FlashbackFriday
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