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I have an uncle who helps financially if you’re in a bind. His only condition is that if you are living with a man, he is not helping because why are you living with an able-bodied man and asking him for money??
And they don’t want to undo problematic raising and socialization. They don’t even want to hear why the way they think about women/dating/relationships is a problem.
A relative of mine used to get SO mad about that condition and that’s because she always had some jobless man staying with her, breathing up all the air, eating up all the food, and not paying any bills. 😩
@FliiestBiddy
Also, if you get rid of the dead weight, your finances might shape up — one less person in the house means less toilet paper and household items are being used, less food is being eaten, and a decrease in utility use.
I saw when Quinta posted the flowers and my first action was laughing at the caption and also chuckle at how small she looked behind those flowers.
Meanwhile,
#onhere
, somebody damn near had a stroke over it.
I can’t remember if I told y’all this, but a few months ago I started reading through this collection of interviews with formerly enslaved people:
During the 1930’s, the Federal government sponsored a writing project where people conducted these interviews.
I promise, God, if you bless me with wealth, I will not spend it on stupid shit like a trip to the bottom of the ocean in a poorly constructed sink pipe.
Korey Wise: “Why you so nice to me, man?”
Prison Guard: “I’ve got a boy. If what happened to you happened to him, I’d want to know that someone treated him like a human being.”
THAT. THAT. THAT.
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Don’t do this. All the government benefits are available to men as well. Food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, disability. And the child benefits are available too if you have kids and custody.
Black men don't have government incentives to rely on , they don't get any assistance nor handouts. They really gotta earn everything or die trying because there's no safety net to catch em shall they fall. That's why they gone be the last ones standing when this world collapses
I received some great news today, y’all.
Those of you that have followed me for a while know that my Daddy has been in prison for most of life — 25 years. For drugs.
He was released TODAY! He’ll be home for Christmas. ❤️
So one accuser alleges that Devante Swing of Jodeci told her he saw a tape of her and Diddy, and another accuser alleges that Diddy and Aaron Hall raped her.
In an interview Aaron Hall said, “I like to fuck in public. Ask Jodeci and Puffy — they’ve seen me fuck.”
Alright, I’m gonna try to sum up the Cesar/Envy situation as briefly as possible:
Cesar would buy (get a mortgage) a property, convince several people to give him money to buy the property (“invest” in it) and promise them that when he sold the property
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@greginthepocket
Lack of control is part of I think. It’s unhealthy to be so angry about stuff we can’t do anything about though. We can’t do a thing about how Oprah spends her money.
Here’s a link to the collection of interviews in the Library of Congress. I downloaded the collection via book form on Kindle under the title “Dem Days Was Hell.”
And i didn’t take Saweetie’s Birkin comment as your man has to buy you a Birkin.
Saweetie’s lifestyle calls for Birkin bags. Maybe yours only calls for a Louis V. Maybe a Coach bag for somebody else. 🤷🏾♀️
Cornelius Smith, one of Young Dolph’s suspected killers, says he received $500 and a letter after killing Dolph.
The letter said that if Smith and the other alleged killer, Justin “Straight Dropp” Johnson, got caught, Yo Gotti’s brother, Big Jook, who was killed this past
Collins: Norfolk Southern, in their annual shareholder report, said they were going to focus on DEI… that’s what led to that accident
Buttigieg: I have never seen a single shred of data or evidence— Blaming women and minorities, that is not consistent with what the NTSB found.
My biggest (and probably only) complaint about being single is the cost.
Our society and its costs are not designed to encompass single people and it fucking sucks.
For those confused, Rikers is a jail, not a prison. Prisons are for long sentences (convictions with over 1 year to serve) and jails are for pre-trial holding and convictions with short sentences (1-3 years).
Few ppl know that Rikers is a PRE-TRIAL detention center. The ppl there have not been convicted of a crime, they’re awaiting trial, and they’re DYING waiting. Our mayor Eric Adams doesn’t care about them but I’d like you to hear from a mother mourning her son at a rally we held
1. I’m glad he didn’t make Django because he would have cornballed it up.
2. I’m tired of people acting like slavery is shameful for BLACK people. We shouldn’t be the ones ashamed of it.
“I avoided making films about slavery. I didn’t want to show Black people in that light. I wanted to depict Black excellence. The first time I considered it was [Django Unchained]. But I didn’t want to make a slavery film about vengeance.” - Will Smith
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Part of why men shame women’s use of government benefits is because it lessens women’s dependence on men and closes the opportunities for a man to control women through money.
“Women are more likely to social distance than men, and Black people and Asian people more likely than white people.”
New Survey Shows How Effects Of COVID-19 Got So Bad In The U.S.
I just read an NYT Instagram post that used the word “lied” when describing statements made by Trump.
They also said he has “made very little effort to continue governing.”
WHERE WERE Y’ALL the past four years?!
That was not the story that was circulating when they broke up. The story was that Victor, who Mero names in his interview as part of “the three of us,” was fucking up the bag at Showtime by being a creepy, harassing bastard. Mero wanted to keep him, but Desus wanted him gone.
Black people jumping off a replica of a slavery-era riverboat that delivered cotton to beat white people’s asses at the dock in one of the biggest former slave ports in the domestic slave trade has me crying laughter tears.
You might be asking, “Well why didn’t Cesar just give the money back that he took in from people? They wouldn’t have a profit, but they would have their initial investment.”
He had spent it. On buying other properties. And trying to pay other people from the other properties.
Confession: I thought Kendrick was saying “stab this way” instead of “step this way” and really spent most of this week disappointing QuestLove with stabbing motion dance moves.
I am beginning to think some people want this to happen out of some victimhood complex. It reminds me of the people in Hillary's 2008 campaign who tried their damnedest to portray Obama as some black Muslim. There's just no other explanation for this kind of behavior.
Lloyds Bank has become the first UK lender to disclose the pay gap of its Black employees, shining a light on the dearth of Black people in senior positions as it promised to tackle racial inequality in British business.
I hope after Republicans lose this November they go back to nominating regular ass people.
Like, in the 2012 election, of COURSE i wanted Obama to win. But i didn’t feel like the world & democracy as we know it would crumble if Mitt Romney won. I want us to get back to THAT.
I was visiting the prison today:
Inmate: My birthday is next week!
Me: Awesome! That means you’re a Virgo like me!
**high five**
Me: People talk so much trash about us. That we’re judgmental, serial killers.
Inmate: *lolololololololol*
Accusing people of racism for supporting the younger Black woman over the older white guy, when a majority of Black voters also want a new nominee and Latino support is cratering, is a preposterous farce.
that they would get their money back PLUS a profit. The catch is, these several people did not know about each other. You would buy a property from Cesar thinking that you were the only person (or business entity) “invested” in the property.
When Cesar did sell the home that home never sold for an amount that was enough to give the several people that he promised their money PLUS a profit.
He would collect millions for ONE home that he bought for like $250K, reno it, and then that home would sell for like $500K.
She stated that they haven’t been stealing, just eating the cereal.
My sister and my niece have been blaming my nephew for eating up all the cereal.
Turns out, Methy Locks and her friends have been eating all the damn cereal.
And listen, more power to the Black folks and students that are out there protesting. But I’m not going to shame the Black folks that aren’t. There is more than one way to do things and I HATE when people don’t recognize that.
Trump says if he weren’t running for president none of the criminal cases against him would be going on. Hmmm. How about testing that hypothesis? Just drop out of the race.
@yeaisaidit324
It’s funny because she would act like it was just so unfair. And it was so simple though! Kick that man to the curb and uncle will give you all the money you need.
🔥WATCH: “Don’t ask a question if you don’t want to know the answer.”
@jocelyncfrye
schools
@SenJohnKennedy
on the rarity of abortions after the 21st week, says they happen under difficult circumstances and it’s “disrespectful to women” to imply otherwise.
#ForcedBirthNation