Growing up in California, we always went to the Juneteenth parade! After, everyone picnicked in the park. Those from Texas and Louisiana across the Great Migration have been celebrating this day for centuries!

As I've toured with Black Public Joy, I've been vigilant about emphasizing that this concept is not strictly expression, style, or swagger. It is also a form of cultural infrastructure & spatial intelligence. That said, the DR Congo team arriving for #FIFA is def bringin’ style and swagger :)

This baby was killed by police in Mississippi after a mother was accused of stealing diapers at Walmart.

Legacy media has failed...The exoneration of Chow in the killing of Cyrus Carmack-Belton was covered as a local crime story rather than what it is: the latest entry in a decades-long pattern of Black death going unanswered in American courtrooms. open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...

Words have meanings. The foundation of the definition of racism is power- political, economic, and social power- to oppress, subjugate, and control an entire group of people based on race or ethnicity. Black people don’t have the power to be racist. We are not, cannot, and will never be racist.

Words have meanings. Hearing people call Black people racist is an attempt to redefine the definition of racism. Non White people who do are regurgitating the narrative of White fragility and supremacy.

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

Elon Musk could give half his income to cancer research and he’d still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can afford to pay for everyone’s prescription medication for a year and he’d still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can pay senior housing for every elderly adult in America and he’d still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can afford to pay for every child’s school lunch and he’d still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can afford to pay for mental health services and counseling for every American and he’d still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can afford to fill every Americans refrigerator with food, and he’d still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can afford to pay a family on vacation for every household in America and he’d still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can pay the childcare cost for every kid in America and he will still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can pay off every Americans student loans and he’ll still be a billionaire.

Elon Musk can pay off everyone’s medical bills and still be a billionaire.

A trillionaire is a scary thing and I’m starting to believe the rich is equivalent to evil. Do you know how many billions you need to make a trillion??? Elon Musk can buy every homeless person a house and he’ll still be a billionaire.

I feel like 3 years from now it’s going to be the Great Depression meets Black Mirror. Am I paranoid or just overthinking everything?

I don’t trust the world we live in. I feel like something big is about to happen and the scary part is that the world is operating like, business as usual.

Does anyone else get a jump scare when your Alexia device get activated by a commercial, an influencer, or someone on TV saying “Alexia” and next thing you know Alexia responds? It freaks me out and makes me think I’m being monitored. My Alexia was a housewarming gift but I think I might unplug it.

I still have my AOL email, which shows my age. I’ve thought about creating a throw-away email for things they demand an email for, like setting up my TV or signing up for a club card. But something’s got to give. I don’t trust meta, data centers, and digital monitoring.

If google goes AI, removing the task bar and only giving me auto-generated responses, I will go thru the tedious task of removing google from my life, which is virtually impossible. It’s weird that monopoly’s are illegal but somehow a regular practice in the US.

I stopped using facebook when Trump won his first presidency. I never downloaded instagram and deleted twitter when Elon took over. With the rise of data centers I’ve tried limiting ChatGPT. I’m proud of myself, but don’t think much of it. When I want to stay in the social media loop I YouTube.

Clarence Thomas is the epitome of Uncle Rukus, a detriment to the Black community, and the ONLY Black person in all of America who has the power and ability to be racist! May he continue to live in fear everyday of his life. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme...

We are quickly returning to Jim Crow. We are sad, disappointed, but not surprised. We will soon be living the lives of our grandparents, so we know how to survive and thrive, as we still hold the scars of generational trauma. This simply defines what it means to Black in America. #VotingRightsAct

They gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to make sure America doesn’t have another Black president in our lifetime, our generation.

America can afford to give every Black American family a house and a car, equivalent to our 40 acres and a mule; a deed to a house and title to a car.

Why don’t we consider Martin Luther King Jr a modern day prophet?

This is so well done. 👌

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

Kamala Harris lost the election for US president! Stacey Abrams lost the election for Georgia governor twice! Jasmine Crockett lost her election in Texas. After all this, Keisha Lance-Bottoms is running for governor, as if Black women actually have a chance of winning. 🎼 “This is a man’s world!”🎶🎤

White people are so racist, they will kill their own people who side with brown folks. This is true in Jim Crow and this is true now.

Yes you’re attractive, but so am I. And I’m tired. I don’t just want a good time, I want a long time. For the rest of time.

For years, it was all I had. Lived in the sticks with very little income. It wasn't political it was information, education, truth, reality, parenting, good citizenship...

Any Given Sunday!

No one gave a shit if a gay man was lonely navigating a homophobic society. No one gave a shit if a woman was lonely in an abusive marriage. No one ever gave a shit if the Black kid in a white school was lonely. But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely. Miss me with this bs.

If white people wanted to end racism, they would. Simple as that. Not “easy,” like they want it to be—but a very simple task. I’d estimate 99% of white people literally do not know what race is. They’re certainly not interested in disrupting their lives to combat a force that benefits them daily.

Love Jones! 💕

You just KNOW it’s other casts from the 90s that are FUMING at how well this cast aged! Just fine wine 😍

I have been talking to the nicest, realest, emotionally intelligent man that would make a great husband and father… but he has a pace maker, heart issues, can’t/won’t work, living in his brother’s basement. I would love to love him but… we in our 40s and I’m not ready to be a nursing aide!

I’m really missing Payless shoes right now, the dress shoes were always on point. And they were the first to start BOGO.

Not Theo Huxstable my TV big brother! 🥺🥺 Rest in Peace Malcolm Jamal Warner 💕💕💕💕

It's a tragically unjust world where Theo Huxtable dies before Cliff. RIP Malcom-Jamal Warner

If literally everything that we pay federal taxes for is being defunded…then why TF are we still paying federal taxes

Me: What are the top 3 things you miss out on as an AI? ChatGPT: If I had the capacity for longing or missing out… these are the top 3 things: 1. Sensory experience 2. Spontaneous human connection 3. The mystery of mortality

“Superman is too woke!” Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman: