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#activist , #politics #genealogy #nerd & #Womanist . New York sports fan in #Detroit #Michigan . #Navy mom & @BougieBlackGurl is my twin. Tweets & rts are my own.

Detroit, MI
Joined March 2009
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
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!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Today is our Nanny's 100th birthday! She is the grandchild of enslaved Africans in America. Please help me wish her a happy birthday! 💐💐💐
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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My Nanny celebrated her 100th birthday this year!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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This baby is going to be everybody's nephew. I'm a Jets' fan, and I'm rooting for his success.
@Matt_Bove
Matthew Bové
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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
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
7 years
@BillyMHonor Yaaaaaaasss @SharonReedCBS46 remind Kathy Rae!!!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Happy Birthday to us @BougieBlackGurl
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Hey y'all. That's me!!
@reproforallMI
Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan
7 months
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! 🎊
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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I wish that I had the superpower to protect all Black children from Black adults who spew self-hate.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@IamGMJohnson Oprah chose violence and I am here for it.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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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.
@CandiceBenbow
Candice Marie Benbow
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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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@JohnJHarwood Y'all gonna give Black folks credit for saving this country?
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Black folks are very aware of the recoiling of white Americans whenever there is a sign of racial progress. The rest of y'all need to catch up.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@notcapnamerica A modern day Klan rally. My family lives nearby in Rockland County. SMH
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@notcapnamerica There's a segment of the population that can't handle Black folks living better than them.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
@JoyAnnReid That's the audacity of white supremacy. It will not move or change even with public outcry.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
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."
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
@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
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
2 years
@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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@notcapnamerica Ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun!!!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
7 years
@billburton Meanwhile, 9,000,000 children lost their health insurance and 3,500,000 Americans are without power and drinking water. But he's golfing.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
@marcushjohnson Van Jones proves once again that all our skinfolk ain't our kinfolk.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
2 years
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.
@BeschlossDC
Michael Beschloss
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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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
@michpoligal Public pressure works! Thank you so much! Detroit voters matter!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
6 years
“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
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FOX 4 NEWS
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DEVELOPING: Search warrant: Marijuana found in Botham Jean’s apartment after deadly shooting
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@lilmadib @theestallion Your grandma's audio should be a skit on the next album.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
Don't date their sons!!
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Alanna Vagianos
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R Kelly supporters play his music outside of the courthouse. “We’re not giving up on R Kelly!” one supporter yells.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@RSherman_25 Maya Angelou said, "If someone shows you who they are the first time, believe them!"
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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. 😢
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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May Faith Ringgold rest well with the ancestors.
@brooklynrwhite
Brooklyn White-Grier
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Faith Ringgold, quilt and visual artist, dies at 93
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@nwarikoo It's embarrassing and shameful. Partisan politics should not get in the way of democracy!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@WhyVeeES Folks ain't read the book, sis.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@MrErnestOwens He may not come when you want him to, but he's always right on time.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@auntieuppity109 @NotLaja I know that's right.
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La Femme Negrita
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@keithboykin Tr*mp supporters are addicted to white supremacy because it helps them ignore their mediocrity.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@KhiveBidenBro Bees like honey and flies like shit. Nuff said.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@Redistrict @reesetheone1 Give Jen O'Malley Dillon all of her flowers!!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Y'all really out here trying to boycott New York?
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Monica Palmer and William Hartmann do not want Detroit voters (Black votes) to count. This is straight out of the Jim Crow playbook!
@johnmoz
John Mozena
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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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@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."
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
8 years
So, kneeling during the national anthem is unpatriotic but comparing our military leaders to "rubble" is patriotic? #NBCNewsForum
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
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
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@JustBri_Green He killed my husband's cousin as well. May God be with you.
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La Femme Negrita
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@QBeezy_JLR Yup. The Golden Girls came on after 227 and Amen on NBC!! That was the best Saturday night line up on TV.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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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!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Black women bear largest burden in student debt crisis
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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“Unlike Botham Jean, I don’t want no hug. That’s my one and only daughter,” Marquis said. “I’ll never forget that.”
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@TheHusayn Teena Marie Teena Marie Teena Marie
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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@MsPackyetti On brand for a Russian asset.
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How To Know When You Need A Mental Health Day
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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Black organizers and leaders did this. Relational organizing and knowing your community and people did this!
@rashadrobinson
Rashad Robinson
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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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@JoyAnnReid 400 years of patrols, policing, and white supremacy is hard to give up.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
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!
@mayaharris_
Maya Harris
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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...🤔
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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Just an FYI - using the judicial branch to suppress the vote isn't new to Black folks.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@SteveHuff My daughter is on the spectrum, and last year, she graduated from college.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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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 🧵
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
4 years
Anybody worried about medical racism and how many Black folks will go undiagnosed with #COVID2019 ? What if symptoms are ignored?
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@SIfill_ Baybeeee. These reporters aren't serious. D.A. Willis is serious.
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La Femme Negrita
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@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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@ava Of course. Mr. Cameron showed us who he was when we saw the Supercuts hair line.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@bevtgooden "Umbrella" was originally written for Britney Spears. Mary J. Blige turned it down and then Rihanna recorded it and the rest is history! 😁😁
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@iamcardib Y'all be the happiest people on earth but when them scales tip in the wrong direction, it's a wrap!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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. @TheEconomist The article is through a white gaze & ignored POC. 94% of Black women voted for HRC. But White left vs. White right is sexy?
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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.
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La Femme Negrita
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Y'all gonna shit on Ms. Opal's work for clout?
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@michaelharriot Dreaming about fish. That means someone's pregnant.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
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1 year
That's me!
@HistoryLivesDet
Ken Coleman
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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
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@ktumulty @DavidLauter Racism is a billion dollar business and folks want to get paid.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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@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.
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Ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun! 🙌🏾
@PettyLupone
Renee
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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.
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@MissSassbox @jahsounds He looks like he knows how to grill, fish, fix stuff, and mow a lawn.
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Rice Spice blocked me! What did I do? 🤣🤣🤣
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
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#CrimingWhileWhite James Holmes killed 12 people with 4 guns, had 6K rounds of ammo but he can peacefully surrender! http://t.co/JHnGyccvDt
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@AdamParkhomenko Yes. I live here in Wayne County! When folks say, "Detroit vs. Everybody," it's real!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
20 years later and Lil' Kim is still influencing these gurls!!
@MTV
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. @LilNasX !!!! HAS !!! ARRIVED !!! #VMAs
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@KarlousM Folks need to leave these food service workers alone. You have to be built differently to work at fast food spots.
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@Karnythia @___tremors Burnt it down and then will falsely proclaim that a 6' 9" Black man did it.
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La Femme Negrita
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ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody
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La Femme Negrita
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@ScottieBeam He in BK. There's an African vendor with buckets of shea butter at every corner! Ain't no excuse!!
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@LaFemme_Negrita
La Femme Negrita
3 years
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.
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