"We know ourselves through the art and act of remembering. Memories offer us a world where there is no death, where we are sustained by rituals of regard and recollection." Bell Hooks, "Belonging: A Culture of Place" (2004)

They get blocked immediately. I refuse to argue with Claude code

5/5 The Palestinian "activists" here had no problem bragging about the harm that would come to Black folks. They just didn't care and some even rejoiced in it. They did what they felt was best for their community. I get it. Now I'm advocating that Black ppl do what's best for us & ignore them.

1/? Here's why I'm getting sick of the AIPAC/Gaza "activists" saying that Black people need to support them because the cops in the United States are being trained in Israel and it's all "interlinked": First, cops have been violent towards Black people since we've been here with the slave patrols.

Thread. Like the right, the majority white left thinks Black people are ignorant of our history, malleable, and reactionary. One party in this conversation is. It ain't us.

And this is the review I needed to determine if I'll be seeing this in the theater or at home. I'll wait for it to hit amazon prime. (I've never been a Boots Riley fan; he's always teetering on misogyny with the lack of depth afforded to his female characters.)

So whiteness

Are the basketball gods cursing the NY Liberty for firing Sandy Brondello? It sure feels like it because our luck has been transfered to the Knicks. This was supposed to be our 2nd championship year 🥹

*stares in Ida B. Wells*

The elders just want interaction. So I talk to them. They are funny lowkey.

I have to be super focused and lock in this next week because unfortunately Love Island USA s8 is dropping soon and I just know this summer is going to be chaotic.

“Educating the conqueror is not our business. But…if it was important to do that, the best thing to do is not to explain anything to him, but to make ourselves strong.” - Toni Morrison

I think a few generations down it’ll be discussed the way the Tulsa race massacre is now.

What's really going on with the NY Liberty?? I'm not liking what I'm seeing #wnba

The whole “info bubble” discourse needs historicization. Why did Black Americans found/read the Black press? The mainstream press legitimized slavery, then spent a lot of breathless time justifying lynching, Jim Crow, and then mass incarceration. So damn, yeah, folks want other info environments.

Streets are saying "I Love Boosters" is trash, whats the truth?

Louisiana has decided to cede the entire parole decision-making process to an algorithm that will decide if you die in prison or not. There will be no human input or nuance allowed. Even our parole board is sickened by this. LINK: veritenews.org/2025/04/10/t...

The refs are the worst part of the wnba. Something needs to be done.

Data: Black patients receive inferior care from white physicians Black people: Bet. Let’s go to our own White people: HOW FUCKING DARE YOU?!?!

The Mandalorian and Grogu was such a fun movie. It reminds me of an era when Disney/Lucasfilm actually cared about fans (bring back The Acolyte you cowards)

Watching the Valkyries lose to the Fever after they just whopped the Liberty truly sucks like wow we might not touch that ring this year

The Breakfast Club on Hacks gave me trauma flashbacks woah lmfaoo they needed a warning for episode 9

Blaxploitation films literally saved Hollywood. They were the biggest films going at the time.

White people have never gotten over the idea of seeing us free, and a LOT of people's understanding of the world is really just American pop culture. Surely we must be taking over the world if we're being allowed on TV!

We’ve always been allowed to be present, even dominant, in certain sectors of entertainment, as long as we don’t own or run the industry

I think this is tied to the conversation about “when is it enough?” It’s like “we gave you people Black Panther, now you want more?”

Its hard to watch the Liberty without Natasha Cloud. We have some exciting new players for sure but we're missing something 🫠

I'm a huge Liberty fan but I think Gabby Williams has what it takes to beat us, every time. She's too smooth #wnba

When people say: “Democrats abandoned the working class” they are saying several things but not what they intend. A 🧵 First, the message is “working class” == White. All the Black people I know work. All of them. So these terms are a big choice that conservatives AND leftists repeatedly make.

The issue is that the economic stagnation seen in the last 50 years for the lower half of the wage distribution has been tacitly linked to Black economic and social progress. The cultural, social, and political arc runs directly from George Wallace to Archie Bunker to Ronald Reagan to Trump.

I'm on team "start beating asses." Put boot to ass for trans rights.

I also need sports betting to stay as far away from the wnba as possible. Do not bring that weird energy over here.

Men will make fun of astrology and then GAMBLE. I'm basing my decisions on a thousand year old star analysis system, youre betting your rent on James Harden's mood on a thursday.

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

“What a privilege to feel overwhelmed by growth you used to dream about. What a privilege to be challenged by a life you created on purpose. And what a privilege it is to outgrow things you used to settle for.”

Dark skin is soooo beautiful. Like, I want dark-skinned Black people to walk around like they them niggas (gender neutral). Because they are. 🥵

J6er’s gonna get repatriations before Black people…

People refuse to critically think and tbh yall won. No public transit, no affordable housing, normalizing 2-3 jobs, but AI data centers for all because “the future is here” Okay.

Kids aren’t second class citizens

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

People are super committed to ignoring how central white supremacy is here because white supremacy teaches people that anyone who takes it seriously can be easily dismissed.

I am enjoying the rejection of white leftist bullshit and the infusion of attention to the South at the same damn time. The South is how you got Civil rights. PERIODT. Run it back

There's so much to be said about the western idea of forgiveness being so derived from white supremacist judeochristian cultures that it reads as anti-black and anti-indigenous messaging in most macro contexts. Very thankful that most of my ancestors didn't forgive shit.

“…reinforcing previous studies, the researchers found that a patchwork of state, federal and local policies allow data center operators to avoid publicly disclosing their actual water use.”

Let it be known that we have to do this again because white people and nonblack people of color couldn't tolerate Black american freedom and economic prosperity. Their envy and bigotry led them all the way to a red ballot box, and now we all have to pay.

They over on threads saying Drake makes music for niggas that sigh until you ask them what’s wrong. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

When Black american neighborhoods allow any other ethnic group to integrate in, rapid Black displacement follows. Every other group is simply too antiblack to work to preserve our historic spaces and legacies. This is happening across the US, from Oakland to Harlem and Bed-Stuy.

Hi. 😊 Black American here. Norway is an almost entirely white country. The United States is racist as fuck. That's why we don't have a social democracy or, like, healthcare. Follow for more glimpses into a racist society where white people* would rather die than see a Black person succeed.

Trader Joe's got me trained like a super soldier because I just woke up out of my sleep to put an almond croissant out for the morning