Y'all don't know how much work Black folks put in here in Detroit. The organizers and leaders are overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated. They get passed over for people with no ties to Detroit but they still press on! Detroit gives Michigan its flavor! No question!
I have to repeat what I said during previous election cycles. Whenever there is a movement towards "racial progress," there is always a white recoil. Examples - the end of slavery/Reconstruction to Jim Crow, MLK, LBJ & the Voting Rights Act to Nixon, from Obama to Tr*mp.
This is the start of Keon Coleman's first press conference as a member of the Buffalo Bills.
Covering this man is going to be a real treat.
#BillsMafia
@WKBW
Announcing our director of Michigan campaigns, Shanay Watson-Whittaker!
Watson-Whittaker has worked in MI politics for 10+ yrs, including as director of strategic partnerships for
@michigan_voices
. At
@reproforallmi
, she'll engage voters across the Midwest.
Welcome Shanay! 🎊
Can you please stop calling the TX abortion ban "Sharia law?" This ain't on brown people and you need to stop using Brown folks as a weapon! This is white supremacy law and it is a 400 year old American tradition.
The Bronx building that caught fire, 333 E. 181st Street, had many complaints including no heat, broken radiators, and a broken pipe. In December, there were 10 complaints in one apartment! You can see this info at the HPD website.
It's an election year, so call me paranoid. This feels like there is a coordinated intentional dismantling of African American culture pillars. Remember, HBCUs are under a direct attack by wh!te supremacist politicians in TN, MS, and SC.
Denouncing Spelman College?!
This is getting ridiculous.
White supremacy begets toxic theology begets anti-intellectualism begets anti-Blackness.
This brand of Christianity is nothing short of stupid.
White voter recoil is about fear, power, & change. Tomorrow, you'll hear pundits explain that Critical Race Theory is why VA Dems lost. It's bs. The election was about white folks reminding us that they are still in power, they fear losing power & they don't like too much change.
Just an FYI, the majority of Black Americans (who vote Dem) live in
#Jesusland
and they are disenfranchised because of extreme voter ID laws and gerrymandering.
Please stop with the nonsense.
@bevtgooden
Aaliyah (Age Ain't Nothing but a Number) Boyz II Men (II), Brandy (Brandy), Usher (Usher), Mary J. Blige (My Life), and TLC (Crazy, Sexy, Cool) and Zhane (Pronounced Jah-nay) albums are 25 years old. 1994 was a good year.
This is why the Dems in the Congress are pushing so hard for Biden's agenda right now. Nancy Pelosi is a student of history and the smartest person in Washington. She knows what's coming in 2022 - a white recoil & rejection of racial "progress."
Folks on the left were caught off guard with white voters and there is a racial blindspot. They ignore white voting behavior patterns in American history and think that more "change" is sustainable. It is not.
FYI - LGBT+ rights and abortion rights are the next battles! When the other side pushes too hard against those rights and they will, some of those white voters who voted GOP, will vote Dem again. That's because those laws impact them and their families.
@LauraHuangLA
I wish you would have worded this better. There are Asian American groups that are already organizing on the ground that need support. You can uplift them without bringing up BLM. Here are a few I work with -
@RisingVoicesAAF
@AAIUSA
@APIAVote
@ktumulty
@DavidLauter
The power of stories like this that reinforce the narrative that Black bodies should only exist to serve, entertain, and comfort white folks is older than this country. Maybe journalists should ask themselves why are they doing this right now.
After the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson forgave the confederates. Those confederates got back into power & dismantled Reconstruction, then birthed Jim Crow. If nothing is done to those folks who instigated 1/6, they'll be back in power and do more damage to this country.
Because Nixon never had to face danger of criminal prosecution, he spent rest of his life claiming he had been unfairly chastised for offenses that earlier Presidents had committed and gotten away with.
The Watergate Congress of 1974 should have done what the House did today.
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X
@notcapnamerica
The victim was in a Black women FB group with me. She talked about her life and her career and encouraged other Black women to start their own businesses right before her death. 😢
@zellieimani
@USMC
A Marine recruiter contacted my son at his hs last week. I'm going to show him this video and explain to him why he shouldn't go in as an enlisted member of the military. Shameful!
As an independent Wayne County voter, what's going on at the Wayne County Board of Canvassers looks more like an attempt to "steal the election" than anything else I've seen.
@chrislhayes
I tell my sons all the time that "a mediocre White man can become president while a mediocre Black man will go to jail. Don't be mediocre."
Please support Black-led orgs in Detroit like Michigan Voice, Detroit Change Initiative, Our Own Wall Street, Mothers of Hope, Mothering Justice, Better Men Outreach, A. Philip Randolph Institute - MI, Detroit Action, Detroit Water Brigade, Righteous Sons, & MOSES. They are on FB
@CharlesMBlow
@JTaylorSkinner
We should have a cookout during the renaming ceremony with an HBCU marching band, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and the Sounds of Blackness performance.
Y'all want to know why Michigan is so vulnerable to Tr*mp's madness? Go back to the Emergency Manager law that disenfranchised majority-minority cities like Detroit, Benton Harbor, Pontiac, and Flint!
@TheyLovethePuff
Slavery ended for British colonies in 1834 but Britain stopped paying reparations to slave-owning white families in 2015!! Run my kinfolk they money!
The presidency is being decided in:
- Detroit = 79% Black
- Atlanta = 52% Black
- Philly = 42% Black
- Milwaukee = 39% Black
Underestimate us if you want to, but we have proven our power time and time again.
Trump having a rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa, OK reminds me of Reagan launching his campaign in Philadelphia, MS. Forget a dog whistle, this is a fog horn!
So Trump is returning to the campaign trail on Juneteenth with a MAGA rally at the site of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the most horrific acts of racial violence against black people in American history...🤔
@JohnJHarwood
Nope. This is the life he signed up for when he ran for office. The goal of protest is to make people feel uncomfortable. There are millions of Americans without healthcare and there are millions of Americans living in poverty. Mr. McConnell is rich and powerful. He can take it.
I know who my ancestors are because I did the research!! There are so many ways to discover who they are! Let me share the ways you can find your ancestors. Peep this 🧵
@JoyAnnReid
@jemelehill
It is very embarrassing. But it shows that Black Americans know more about white supremacy than white people. James Weldon Johnson was a civil rights icon. He wrote this poem in the midst of white racial terror and lynchings.
@bevtgooden
"Umbrella" was originally written for Britney Spears. Mary J. Blige turned it down and then Rihanna recorded it and the rest is history! 😁😁
@Karnythia
It's the same reason why they vote against their financial interests, because they care more about maintaining a racial hierarchy than keeping a roof over their head.
THIS JUST IN:
@RepRashida
will host Detroit activist Shanay Watson-Whittaker as her guest during President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Feb. 7.
@MichiganAdvance
photo.
@LaFemme_Negrita
@CajunAngela
Thank you! It's a family affair here. Four of out my six kids worked and/or volunteered this election cycle. My husband worked hard for this and so did I.
@Phil_Lewis_
You already know that many of those homes had no mortgage but were taken away because of water and property taxes. I wonder how many of those foreclosed homes were scooped up by investment corporations that are charging my neighbors an arm and a leg for rent.
Ackerman now pledges to investigate all MIT faculty & board for possible instances of plagiarism.
Boomerang and Karma are doing their best work this year and we’re not even a full week in.
Bless.
Nearly, every US state has a Greenwood Massacre and the reason why elected officials don't want you to know about it is because of reparations! They don't want to open up the Pandora's box.