@nhoodpublicist
YES! Maybe that’s why they not protecting her🤔. He’s right you always protect the star but those stars (Even MJ being 1 of the biggest) built camaraderie! And you saw it. She def need to build her weight up in more ways cause I’m sick of the coddling in the narrative
@keatingssixth
Well maybe that’s why they getting rejected🤷🏽♀️ they so smart but don’t even know who the main beneficiaries of Affirmative Action is🤔.
@prntgdcolonized
Family dynamics are gonna look different once this generation gets older. Friendsgiving & Framily holiday gatherings is gonna be extremely common and be held on the actual “holiday” in lieu of spending it w/ bio fam
@HarlemMC
Profiling a BLACK person in HARLEM?!!😳 the audacity has reached ridiculous levels. Black folks have been the essence of Harlem since the great migration from the south! Like imma need the whites to be serious! They be here 2mins & have all the audacity
@The_Acumen
Your truth is valid and not mentoring and training up the next gen to take over doesn’t feel like democracy. Ppl told my nana she retired young, she has always said “I did my 25yrs, let some young person have this job now”
#JordanNeely
was vocally expressing his disdain for his impoverished setting condition. New Yorkers know that ppl of all backgrounds come on the train & get on their soapbox about a variety of things, he was murdered for yelling bout issues that many on that train are fighting
#JordanNeely
was vocally expressing his disdain for his impoverished setting condition. New Yorkers know that ppl of all backgrounds come on the train & get on their soapbox about a variety of things, he was murdered for yelling bout issues that many on that train are fighting
@knflkkollective
I got bullied bad on FB last yr for sharing the Juneteenth flag instead of the pan African flag, as much as we share our culture, so much that it’s labeled as “just Black culture” not even specific to our ethnicity.. it’s hurts so much that this has to be said. Every yr😔
Soooo
@optimum
service is out in the BX ,fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Connecticut, internet down in BK. And optimum is NOT taking calls from its customers???
@OptimumHelp
is not responding either!!! REFUND!!!! We pay too much for shitty customer service
#optimum
0 charges against the man and accomplices who murdered him justifies what many fear. it’s ok eliminate poor ppl via death prison b/c witnessing poverty is uncomfortable. The issue is.. how much longer before you’re eliminated b/c your existence is making society “uncomfortable”
@prntgdcolonized
I want more clarification when folks say “Americans don’t…” cause BA especially the descendants of enslaved are RIGHT HERE!! Don’t nobody know how vicious this country is like we do! We been screaming the tea. They doing it so boldly cause they got away w/ doing it to us
@shOoObz
@curvedad
@IAllure2Detour
Y’all are both right. NYC BEEEENNNN lost recipes. This place is a cesspool for poor ppl punching down on poorer ppl which is why the train incident happened AND BW of all ages are not safe in any hood. A BW was beat outside a liquor store in Harlem for not giving her #
I’m thankful
#carleerussell
is home safe, silly me I thought that’s the outcome we were all praying for.I’ve experienced that victim to villain conspiracy pipeline too often. People who’ve experienced trauma don’t owe you SHIT!
New Yorkers we should demand better for
#JordanNeely
, especially at a time where we’re fighting to stop rent increases & more than half of New Yorkers are experiencing poverty or one paycheck away from it! We have more in common w/ the unhoused ppl on train than the wealthy
@shaTIRED
One minute Black folks don’t dress proper and the next minute we can’t accumulate wealth b/c we too busy “dressing rich” while “real rich” ppl aren’t bothered by labels etc. which one is it😩
@JiorJette
This is why I as a happily married woman who does not center men never engage in these convos. They really be tight that you got “picked” and didn’t have to do any performative shit
@alexisk011
That line “you’re so lucky to have a man that xyz” is always telling. And the lucky literally be your man being a decent human being & treating you w/ respect. Babes that’s what they suppose to do
I think this would be easier if Black American art/culture was viewed as its specific ethnic group. Black culture is different everywhere & she & others SHOULD be asked how they navigate this specific arena of Black music.
Maybe black media should just start asking Tyla “how as a SA coloured artist has it been navigating the Black American music & media space” and “in what ways do black culture influence or inspire your artistry” so the discourse can stop.
Ask her as a guest in the space idk
My grandfather a Jim Crow survivor “ I’ve watched this country move the goal post every time we achieve something, I’ve witnessed it move 8 major times from when I was a child until when you was born”
this country hates Black people. full stop. i thought we all paid attention in US history to know that.
Reconstruction ended bc there were too many Black senators in SC. college stopped being free after integration. gun laws didn’t exist before the BPP started openly carrying.
@The_Acumen
“Let’s just get her in” THIS is how we fumble the bag. What are you gonna hold her accountable to if you haven’t required a platform beforehand? I’m deeply disappointed w/ organizers who know better. Since when do we go outside without demands to promote?
@keatingssixth
I think we’re being trolled on purpose. We need to focus!! Cause auntie, nana and dem ain’t tryna hear we was off our game b/c of Twitter feuds
@DrBlackDeer
They don’t even be embarrassed!! One of them asked me to speak about anti Blackness, on Juneteenth but didn’t wanna pay my speaking fee 😩. It’s always the audacity
Neva trust lightskin person who neva had a “ahh haaa” moment of having to check their privilege. Also neva trust a Black person who neva had the same moment with regard to anti Blackness. Lotta folks walking round w/internalized anti Blackness cause why else wouldn’t they agree
It’s funny that all the people who had a problem with my light skinned tweet aint light skinned and all the actual light skinned folks like yea girl we get it 😂
Tbh, I think some people would have been upset, but not to this viral level.
Also, this is a hint to be more self aware of the sociopolitical climate in which you operate, even as an influencer…
Part of the issue is folks definition of “poor” if we update the poverty line many of these folks saying this would realize they are POOR, even the ones w/ the so called “good jobs” also poverty is manufactured
saying poor people shouldn’t have children is eugenics and we can list a dozen reasons why, y’all will still disagree. it’s like talking to a wall sometimes.
Devalue the Arts,eliminate 3rd spaces, turn necessities into luxuries, eliminate work life balance, grind culture. Stagnant wages are just a few causes of how we got here. Its truly sad
One of the most frustrating things in American politics for me right now, is the lack of imagination, and curiosity. There’s nothing but fear, devastation, and what we can’t do. There’s not enough about imagining how far we can go and how much we can do.
When Harriet came out ppl said BA overreacted to the casting. But this feels tactical, what’s really behind film/TV going out the way to hire non BA to play historical Black Americans. Yall mimicking other industries? Gonna tell us we not applying for the jobs🤔
Weruche Opia discusses how because she is British she wasn't familiar with MLK so she needed to do a lot of research in order to play Coretta Scott King on the show Genius: MLK/X
@leahfrombklyn
At dinner my cousins & I listened to my mom tell old stories of growing up in Harlem/ BK, stories of what it was like when my great grandparents migrated to Harlem from SC. My mom grew up in BK when everything was Black owned. We talking 30s-60s. Sadness set in 4 me & my cousins/
Just to wrap this two day discourse up, a word from one of my favorite tiktokers.
“You applied for the position of parent nobody applies to be a child”
Those of us who do relational community organizing understand this. Those of you who ambulance chase, mobilization & Social media activism do not get it! But hey y’all are the loudest
Quite frankly, some of you progressives/leftists/radicals/etc. can be annoying asf and your shame tactics to get ppl to be more progressive is actually doing the OPPOSITE because sometimes, it isolates the very people you have the BEST chance influence & be on your side
@leahfrombklyn
What exactly does the Deep South have to do with this?
Also we wouldn’t need shelters if rents were comparable to oh idk… wages & salaries
As a gun violence survivor y’all are triggering TF outta me! I’m having flashbacks of the mistreatment from the media coverage, healthcare industry who told me to live with the bullet in my body, and police who asked if I was dating gang bangers. Y’all beyond disgusting
First it was “nobody shot Meg”.. Now that it was proven that she was shot & can no longer be denied.. It’s “Meg is a hoe! she sleeps around!”. Y’all are disgusting!
@Cakeetheecatt
@queenveej
Understandable b/c one min we have no culture and the next minute we looking at this knowing damn well this is cosplaying R&B
@123itsmeMary
I was shot on the streets of NYC on a Sunday afternoon in the summer. Wasn’t a mask insight. Banning clothing is not how we make our society safer and I need adults to truly TRY to identify root causes & stop drinking up policy that leads to racial profiling
@onthebulletin
I mean she tried, but we need a little more from billionaires right now, Art is important but folks are being crushed by the wealthy and capitalism
@knflkkollective
1. We need some federal laws on content creation and protecting kids of all ages. Not leaving out H.S kids.
I’ve worked with kids and they can be all up in ya space, all ages. You have to keep setting strong boundaries constantly repeating & modeling.
@bgg2wl
Exactly… Plus we dont live in a society that makes healthy food accessible to folks from all economic backgrounds particularly low income. Structural issues need structural solutions.
@keatingssixth
I hate when that’s thrown at us😒🙄 a Black child has been begging advocating for clean water her entire life here! We clearly understand intersections but ummmm we’re currently on fire yall mind if we stop drop and roll 1st
@lmTheReasonWhy
The fact that more ppl don’t know how to empathize w/ others regardless if they can relate IS society issue! They’re behind & need to catch up
@keatingssixth
Folks not understanding that fatphobia and colorism are SYSTEMIC issues and have systemic consequences will forever annoy me! No skinny person has or will be denied healthcare, jobs even housing b/c they skinny!! I hope this convo gets wrapped up by Tuesday
@nhoodpublicist
They made it about poverty cause they’re constantly projecting, and still have a lot of decolonizing to do when it comes to viewing children as part of the community. But they won’t admit it
@nhoodpublicist
I don’t understand why folks date ppl w/ kids!! Nobody is forcing you too. There was a period in my life where I would NEVER date a man w/ kids b/c I didn’t want what that brought. Anyone who treats they kids like a 2nd thought will treat you just as bad
@prntgdcolonized
Also I know some young ppl in Wisconsin that shovel snow. They are on FB every winter looking for business. I need some adults to admit you’re not in community w/ kids in a real way unless you’re punching down on them
Anti Blackness is global currency and I think it’s hard for other groups to believe we TRULY aren’t EVER thinking bout anyone else. We clearly aren’t the ones with main character syndrome
@chescaleigh
My mom wants to know should she at least cancel cable 😆 she don’t understand why her bill so high if “ain’t shit on” and writers and actors not getting paid. She wanna know “so whose getting my $” I was seriously asked to write this on “THE TWITTERS” cause she not on here😩
@KendrasUsername
@JewelOfNubia
I take my nana out to run errands 1-2 times a month,appointments, hair, Doctor, grocery. & for everything she say “pick me up about 11 so we won’t be in the way of ppl going to work in the AM” & nothing past 2 cause “dem kids getting outta school don’t need to be in the way”
@pvssyvsworld
@123itsmeMary
We are hostages. With whole communities who don’t even have access to clean water in the middle of this “empire” it’s such a terrible dynamic
@Stevie_C1977
@sjaay
@JeffBezos
You act like 70 yrs ago was so many moons ago😩, my grandparents are older than that. 70 yrs ago is literally YESTERDAY! This is not a flex
@nhoodpublicist
They think we just show up outside in unison like a flash mob dance. The other tools in the organizing toolbox is still widely unknown😔
@knflkkollective
Elephant in the room:: many of our cousins feel we have squandered our “American opportunities” & so that’s why they got more smoke for us than the whites folks who they be so eager to braid they hair on vaca😒
@antifa4lyfe2
@GBBranstetter
This my whole argument! Of course this is where we would end up! It’s almost insulting b/c every thing you mentioned is still and always have been happening LOUD. Where did you think we would end up?
@prntgdcolonized
When I worked in the foster care system I had all the best intentions later realized I was part of keeping families separated esp. Black families. Even when I & others set out to keep families together giving them the tools, I was told I needed to keep beds full in the group home
@FountainPenDiva
Society doesn’t like confident Fat BW who are enjoying a life that many wish they had. When it’s a fat BW involved there will always be a lil bit of “why her not me”
@nhoodpublicist
“The settlers was using town folk to make them richer
Fast-forward, 2024, you got the same agenda”
It’s the history correlation for me Aubrey been moving like his momma ppl
@jetteski
@Olas_Truth
@veeracquel
My grandfather survived jim crow and currently has dreams of him being on the tobacco plantation, he fell outta bed cause he was running in his dream (being chased). James needs to be embarrassed!
@knflkkollective
Imagine seeing ya man on social media being fatphobic towards another woman and you yourself are also plus size and now you catching shrek strays cause you’re with a loser
@nhoodpublicist
Bye racial ambiguous folks do this. 1. Use their dark skin friends to validate their Blackness, why she was mad she didn’t “defend” her being Black or Nigerian. 2. Use monoracial BW for proximity to Blackness 3. Know they benefit from colorism but use jealousy as excuse 4 bad…