Before conservatives appropriated "wokeness" as a political pejorative for things that give white people the heebie jeebies, Black people used the term to describe a state of social consciousness necessary to resist white supremacy. Either way, it also describes Jesse Jackson.

Before conservatives appropriated "wokeness" as a political pejorative for things that give white people the heebie jeebies, Black people used the term to describe a state of social consciousness necessary to resist white supremacy. Either way, it also describes Jesse Jackson.

Criticizing your president at the Olympics is un-American Tweeting a racist picture of a president is not The Super Bowl "belongs to America" An American singing in his native language is Un-American Confused?

Audre Lorde Taught Us: 'Survival Is Not Theoretical'

BlackCheck: Do the Epstein Files Really Matter?

Is Chris Cillizza a Journalist?

Trump Administration Doesn't Want Us to Call Medgar Evers' Racist Assassin a 'Racist'

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Trump was mentioned 38,000 in the Epstein files... But after 1600 pardons 91 felony indictments 34 convictions 12 jurors finding him liable for rape 2 ICE shootings 1 insurrection & a pandemic in a pear tree... What could Trump possibly do that MAGA cultmembers won't excuse?

According to the rules set by award-winning expert Chris Cillizza, the following ppl are now eliminated from being considered journalists: Ida B. Wells (because of her anti-lynching "activism") Frederick Douglass (bc of his "partisan" views on slavery) And, now, Don Lemon

We Interviewed the 'Paid Agitator' Donald Trump Keeps Mentioning

"Stay woke" - A prayer.

Trump's DOJ's arrest of protesters is a direct attack on the legacy and work of civil rights protesters who fought for those rights. We asked one of them what she thinks.

Whenever you're accused of being "Un-American," remember: Jefferson Davis said abolitionists "lacked patriotism & moral principle" The KKK said "America First" meant "love of country" J. Edgar Hoover said MLK was "motivated by hate for America"

Did the Civil Rights Act oppress the people who are overrepresented in homeownership, the legislative branch, the judicial branch, wealth, income, school funding, college admission, executive leadership & white tears distribution? We BlackChecked Trump's claim.

From the beginning of the civil rights era until the day he died, MLK reserved one speech almost exclusively for Black audiences. It was literally about staying "woke."