Have the British ever had the Black American Church Experience? Because this pastor is serving it to them, okay?! He even called on the Balm in Gilead. Chile... Look at everybody’s reactions! LOL!!!!!!!
#RoyalWedding
We stand in solidarity with Black Brazil 🇧🇷 (which is sort of redundant to say but given the political realities, we must clarify).
#BlackPoliticsMatter
BECAUSE
#BlackLivesMatter
A Black man died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Friday’s Black Consciousness Day, a day that celebrates the Black community in Brazil. The incident has sparked outrage.
Happy Birthday to
@RepMaxineWaters
, who is 82 today! Auntie Maxine, you are a freedom fighter and you have always taught us how to fight—-with dignity, grace, ferocity, exactness and an unrelenting quest for justice. YOU are responsible for setting the tone on 45! Thank YOU! ❤️
"He's supposed to be a Bill Cosby?" -- Lindsey Graham
And THAT is a message to white men, telling them not to treat Kavanaugh like a Black man and it is also to white women, reminding them that
#MeToo
was to JUST be about getting Cosby. Oh well! 🤷🏽♀️
#KavanaughHearings
Bonjour, to the person who stole my MacBook Pro laptop, my hard drives, audio equipment & business cards on the train (Nice to Lyon to Geneve, to Montreux), I hope you or someone finds me. I am making a documentary on my Mother and want my priceless items back. I will pay.
#YBTM
So, let me do a bit of story time on
@KanyeWest
, since he thinks he's out of The Sunken Place. And I can't thank
@JordanPeele
enough for his metaphor.
*stirs tea in teacup*.
His emotional damage and troubling behavior aside, you know who was a well read rapper? Tupac Shakur. Know why Tupac could write lyrics so fast? Because he was well-read. Know why Tupac is considered revolutionary? He learned from Black revolutionaries / thinkers. It matters.
THREAD 5/30
I was assaulted by a White male photographer AFTER our very peaceful
#PittsburghProtest
. I was on FB Live. He ran away but witnesses saw him interviewed on
@WPXI
(Ch 11), saying he was attacked by Black people. Please help me find him.
#BlacksLivesMatter
#Pittsburgh
The fact that many Covid-19 patients think their doctor is lying about their diagnosis — even when they’re about to be intubated — speaks volumes about the power of disinformation.
I’d like to once again remind you that this deadly combination, sling with a singular, false accusation, is what led to the Tulsa Race Riot, War and Massacre of 1921, the worst case of domestic terrorism in the U.S., still unreconciled. Oklahoma. America.
The Black Pastor was like, “I’m gonna make this last point and then I’ll sit down.” Little do the British know, that’s Black Church speak for “We gon’ be here for another hour.” Lawd...
#RoyalWedding
@FINALLEVEL
@theblackmurse
Election Day is November 4, 2020. Before then, you can early vote or do whatever you need to do to put Trump out of office, to stop empowering white suoremacists within and without the police departments, giving them license to kill with impunity. 🤷🏽♀️
@icecube
Did you or the shallow people you listen to (or read about on Twitter) take your ideas from the Congressional Black Caucus? Because you didn’t come up with your contract on your own. Second, please just go ahead and disavow Trump and tell everyone not to vote for him.
It's pretty obvious that Kanye West does not read much. He has lost touch with his cultural roots of Black intelligentsia. And while he is smart and creative in some ways, what he shares with DT is narcissism and always thinking he's smarter than everybody else. Well...nah.
Hip Hop music and culture is one of America's greatest exports, so capitalism is bound to reward rappers with more money than the Black intelligentsia (or ANY intelligentsia) but, quite frankly, you are a fool if you make any rapper your
#1
SOURCE of information. Read a book.
All of this is not Kanye's fault, as America has a very strong anti-intellectual culture but, quite frankly, Black Americans cannot afford to participate in it. Further, our ancestors took every opportunity to learn how to read and get educated, as it was our ticket to freedom.
I don't plan on arguing with y'all all day on Twitter about
#RKelly
or why the
#MuteRKelly
campaign is so important or why it's
#TimesUp
or Black women in the
#MeToo
Movement. What I will say is that companies like
@BET
and the entire city of
#Chicago
could have taken the LEAD.
@ava
I wrote my dissertation on the Tulsa race riot, war and massacre of 1921 and co-created the “All Eyes on Tulsa” Campaign for Reparations. We went all the way to the Supreme Court. I testified before a Congressional Committee as a grad student. I know who has Dr. Hooker’s rights.
If you want a good article on Reparations to read, read this one. Also, note that the date is 2014, LONG before ADOS appeared in 2017-2018 (just in time for Trump's re-election campaign).
Just think about it. At Chicago State, alone, Kanye could have listened to, met and learned from: Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki Madhubuti, Walter Mosley, Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Michael Eric Dyson, bell hooks, and many more members of the Black intelligentsia.
Ladies and Gents, I just feel like I’m watching
@Beyonc
é’s entire legacy and influence upon this younger generation of performers—-without her getting the proper credit for it, at the
#AMAs
.
Let’s argue...
Kanye's access to some of the best and brightest Black minds, not only in Chicago but, specifically, at Chicago State University and at the Gwendolyn Brooks Writer's Conference was like being in
#Wakanda
in the United States of America. Yes, it was THAT good.
I really love
@CelineDion
and I am praying she gets better and can sing her heart out again, especially this year, the 25th Anniversary of
#Titanic
. But I will never forget this, either. Thank you, Celine. 🙏🏾❤️
#Katrina
*tap tap tap* Is this mic on? Be very clear. Picasso was influenced by African masks, statues and paintings. This little African American boy is expressing his inherent and cultural skill set. Picasso is not his standard and he is NOT the “Black” version of anything at all. STOP!
Devon Mosley Jr, a 5-year-old Oakland boy with phenomenal free-hand drawing skills has gone way-beyond viral and the reaction he’s getting may even change his life. “They’re calling him the Little Black Picasso,” his grandma said.
Video:
@Woo_Nastyy
The other part is that I always felt Kanye was saying that he was so smart, he did not have to go to school and it was okay to be a "College Dropout." And while it's true, college is still a privilege in this country, Kanye was privileged, and could go to school for free, so nah.