I’ve only been called the N word to my face by a white man once in my life and it was on the campus of Duke University while I was doing work with the basketball team. And today he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.
You’ve prepared for this moment as far back as the
@HowardU
Debate Team. The Bison is proud. The country is proud. Young girls and every overlooked woman, every underestimated professional, and every American who believes in a new path forward is proud.
#Kamala4President2024
@Fool_n_Fukry
@spaceog0812
For context, this was years ago and Im a believer that we all have space to grow- especially from our college level maturity. We live in a world where these exchanges happen and the intersection of race and privilege and lack of accountability all collided w/that presser.
“I’m Halleemah Nash. You may have heard my name in connection to a X post where I shared my traumatic experience with a racial slur while doing my graduate studies and its connection to power and privilege...”
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Between Reading Rainbow, Compton Library Storytime, and the Scholastic Book Fair - excitement for reading was inevitable. I hate that children don’t have these portals to nurture a love of literature
KDot’s feature on Nostalgia is wordplay mastery:
“Quantum physics could never show you the world I was in
When I was TEN
Back when nine ounces had got you TEN
And nine times out of TEN, niggas don't pay atTENtion
And when there's TENsions in the air, nines come with exTENsions”
“Emotional maturity and discernment will give you clarity when shine presents itself posing as substance. No thank you.”
Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis
@drthema
When an immigrant lives with you in your land, don’t take advantage of them. Treat the immigrant the same as a native. Love them like one of your own. Remember that you were once immigrants in Egypt.
Leviticus 19:33-34
Excited to share that I was accepted to
@FounderGym
#FGCohort8
🎓
Being trained by Silicon Valley experts while surrounded by black and brown brilliance gave me all I needed to successfully launch my startup
@RosecransMADE
Article:
#HustleAndGraduate
Luol Deng has been funding South Sudan's national basketball program out of his own pocket for four years, per Royal Ivey
“Luol Deng has been funding this thing for four years out of his own pocket. He pays for gyms, hotels, plane tickets—everything. Kudos to Luol and the
For all you new Kendrick fans:
1st of all, shame on u
2nd of all, consider his catalog in this order:
C4
Overly Dedicated
Section80
good kid
[Imagine Dragons Grammy performance]
To Pimp A Butterfly
[Nostalgia verse]
Untitled
Blk Panther Sndtrk
DAMN
Mr Morale
‘24 Diss Tracks
Starting my career w/The Chicago Bulls in the Community Relations department were some of the most exciting years of my life. Watching
#TheLastDance
was also reliving so many moments in the United Center and remembering stories I heard the originals tell of the championship years
#MeghanMarkle
‘s maternal great-great-great grandfather was a slave on Georgia plantations before being emancipated with the abolition of slavery in 1865...She is now a royal to be.
#RoyalWedding
“Understand that the future of work will be led by the beautiful Black faces you see in protest and talent strategies must include them.”
#DiversityAndInclusionInRealTime
“You can’t have people listen to you unless you come to their world and then bring them to yours.” – Kendrick Lamar
Hitting the
@TEDx
stage in my hometown to talk career navigation for underrepresented talent. Tickets on sale in May!
#RosecransMade
#FutureOfWork
#TedxTalk
This Mothers Day, consider donating to
#FreeBlackMamasDMV
a collective of organizations securing bailouts and post release wrap around services for moms across the DMV and advocating for the dismantling of pre-trial detention
Excited to join the work of leadership development and career exposure for Chicago students as the new Chief Partnerships Officer at The Academy Group
#FromComptonKidToCSuiteExec
Saluting my mentor
@SandraLRichards
and Morgan Stanley for hosting Alfre Woodard's 9th Annual Sistahs Soiree, an intimate dinner with Black actresses who portrayed us accurately and beautifully in all their roles.
#BlackGirlMagic
#GoSANDRA
Congratulations to our new CEO of Chicago Public Schools Dr.
@JaniceJackson
... the future of our students is truly in the hands of incredible leadership.