Fall 9 times, get up 10. All by myself. No trainers. No O. No motivation. Just a final epiphany that “I can’t keep doing this shyt” like Danny Glover. I had to find better ways to cope. I had to LEARN how to self regulate & stop making excuses. It’s never too late to start again.
Over $300,000 was raised in 1 day for the 17 yr old sex trafficking victim ordered to pay 150,000 to the family of the man who sexually violated her. I bet the Iowa judge responsible for that sentence is shooketh. Their aim was to criminalize & stigmatize her 4 life. They failed.
I think Black Americans who are invested in their children’s educations & futures should look towards micro schools. Homeschooling parents can come together, pay qualified educators what they’re worth and protect our kids from fake history, criminalization & indoctrination.
I pray she gets a million. No number will ever be enough for what she went through. Much love and respect for Pieper Lewis. She did what she had to do to survive. I wish her all the best.
@LlLBlITCH
Jesus. I hope you’re ok. My husband and I watch the show “I survived” and he was angry about how all the men are surviving natural disasters and work accidents and the women all have to survive attacks by men. Infuriating.
@AfroFlytina
ALSO when we got married we eloped to the Amalfi coast. He paid for everything. Family& friends to come. Yacht. Venezia. Rome. All I had to do was pick out my dress/shoes/flowers. We stayed in the villa Justin Timberlake and Jessica Beil stayed at. I grew up in foster care y’all.
@bofalebill
My husband asked me years ago “why do you spend so much time in the bedroom?” I had to acknowledge I felt safer there than any room in our home. For no present reason. I had to acknowledge the TRAUMA that led me to that behavior. And heal. It’s so unfair to put kids through that.
@AfroFlytina
We were on our second date/first official one. He came down to NYC to visit and when it came time to pay for the meal I did the fake dive towards my wallet. He stopped me and said, “if you’re going to be my girl I have to pay for you.” That was 11 years ago. Happily married now.
@bigbd0e
If you grew up in a traumatic home with two parents that’s CLEARLY not what he means when he says stable and healthy. He never said 2 parent household. He never said heteronormative household or wealthy. Issa lotta projections in here. Take the note. There’s validity in it.
@BJ49447182
We need legislation for better laws that protect underage victims of sex trafficking over their abusers. This should never have happened. Any of it.
@elliewhipwrites
Avoid anyone that doesn’t comprehend when you get married, the family you chose to create comes first and foremost. A lot of people are too afraid to stand up to their families of origin. Ain’t nobody got time for that! Ha ha ha!
@fasc1nate
Such an incredible story. His shirt got caught in a power shaft. He called his cousin and aunt for help and he didn’t want to frighten her so he made her promise to not look at him bc he didn’t want her to panic. He was more concerned for them than himself. Absolutely remarkable.
@msolurin
Which is why when I speak of the odds I overcame after a decade in foster care, I don’t take it lightly. The school to prison pipeline is embedded in America’s foster care system. Even when you fight to get a higher education there is no real support for former foster youth.
@iameloho
Jesus Christ. The pain in her eyes is heartbreaking. I want to continue to implore especially young Black women, please go home before dark. It may not be fair but neither is the world we were brought into. GO. HOME. You can’t control others. You can only control yourself.
@bofalebill
In foster care they always tell you, “go to your room! Get out of MY living room.” Very traumatic. I think of young Makhia. Unless you BEEN through it, you have no idea what living through that is like. And how it changes you and affects every decision you make.
Also lastly, I want to say that I understand the complexities of this case. I grew up in the broken foster care system. I have been failed repeatedly by our judicial system. I understand the judge isn’t the sole blame and that the prosecution bears much of it. We need reform NOW.
@msolurin
A LOT of people’s jobs depend on the failure of America’s foster youth. The focus is not on bettering these kids. Equal opportunity in education and adequate support would shift these outcomes and they refuse to provide it. No child should be left to fend for themselves.
@NicoleTheaTV
@globalboga
They’re using systematic racism in the hospitals to separate and destroy Black families as well. May she and her beautiful baby rest in paradise. It’s criminal how they treat Black women in hospitals. CRIMINAL! VIOLENCE! When will it end? When will our LIVES actually matter?
@polotek
The privileged harmony bubble must be maintained at all costs. Make no mistake. It has nothing to do with “kindness culture” and everything to do with entitlement culture. They don’t want to even deal w/ppl who don’t have it as easy as them. Because they’ve never had to.
Lastly, I have a YouTube channel where I discuss cases such as this to bring awareness to the marginalized in our society. I also discuss pop culture and current events. A plethora of topics. I would love and appreciate if you joined me. Please subscribe.
@voteforhani
Exactly why my husband and I eloped to the Amalfi coast in Italy. If they’re not a part of our love story they don’t need to be at the wedding. It’s not worth it. Period.
Seeing Black people with large platforms say, “Reparations won’t fix systemic racism” is mind boggling.
Spray painting BLM down MLK Blvd won’t fix it either. We need tangibles to shift the balance.
@the_odditty
@scopeofgold
Yas! This type of misogynoir perpetuated intra and interracially stems from the misconception that ALL femininity is based on a European beauty standard. However,Bw we do not have to give in to these standards. We can and should love our unique beauty, based on our OWN standards.
@NICKIMINAJ
Yes Queen! People love the company of those they feel they can manipulate and take from with no reciprocity. We off that. Respect my boundaries. Period. 🙌🏾
@TheFineFeminine
I have them all the time. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you’re not bringing some older creep or toxic mate around ME during the holidays. Idk what to tell you. Choose wisely. People aren’t obligated to settle for low vibrational company just bc you did.
@_omnificent_
Because of the civil rights work she and husband Adam Clayton Powell Jr were doing. Yet another example of this government impeding Black progress at every turn. Generation after generation. Then they have the unmitigated gall to fight against reparations.
@A__Michelle__
Ppl like this guy try so hard to be shady and undermine Black folk with their embarrassing power plays. Too busy trying to assert authority instead of doing their job and/or being a decent human being.
Having a Black President didn’t help Trayvon Martin. Having a Black police chief didn’t help George Floyd. Black faces in high places without a Black agenda is perfunctory at best. We need radical public servants committed to building Black communities and empowering the people.
@ugotsamboozled
@Vishi_Divine
Years ago I was fired from a nanny position for wearing a Black Barbie Tshirt. Barbie had an Afro and I styled my hair the same. Everything was going great and the little girl asks in front of her mother, “what’s that?” I said it’s Barbie. Girl says, “no it’s not.” That was that.
@Shlatz
You have to have money to adopt a pet. They must eat specific foods. They must go to the vet and be vaccinated frequently. Health problems will arise. That costs more. People understand this. But when it comes to kids, “they’ll survive.” We should want our kids to thrive.
“You gotta know who’s valuing you. When the NFL stopped valuing me, I was done. When Hollywood stops valuing me, I’m done! You CANNOT let people treat you like you are not valuable.”-
@terrycrews
@ugotsamboozled
@Vishi_Divine
& this was in the north where they truly believe they’re incapable of racism bc that’s the south’s job. They’re spoon fed the same indoctrinated version of American history as the south. It’s a nationwide problem. Yt ppl don’t want their kids worried about race. Just Black kids.
Why are Black Americans the only ethnic group DISCOURAGED from talking about the racial animosity they’ve endured and CONTINUE to face here in America? Why is that?
@DarronAMarble
@mama_mia_09
It’s beyond ridiculous how Black women are shamed out of their femininity in the bc’s only futile attempt to stop the men from assaulting them. Then shamed as adults for not being married/having children as if their entire childhood wasn’t filled with sex negative indoctrination.
@RoxyAlexDallas
@Vishi_Divine
Very true. I NEVER cried as a child, in or out of foster care. It would just get you ignored or in more trouble. My husband made me feel safe to cry. Cry all the time. Crying right now. As a former foster youth we have to work hard to unlearn this traumatic conditioning.
@TheFineFeminine
Then got the nerve to shame and envy women who vetted and took their time and didn’t settle and jump into a relationship with any who shot John.
@TheKalenAllen
Yup. It comes out irl when that’s not a Black person’s “main storyline” too. They don’t wanna hear you complain about racism but they wanna watch you experience/endure it. Sick cookies.
@Ebony_QT
@taijxo
My wedding day on the Amalfi Coast was by far the happiest day of my life. My husband was my first boyfriend. He spoils me fiercely. He actually planned our entire wedding, I only had to pick out my dress and whatever I desired he got. God bless good men who love Black women.
@BriannaNHolt
They don’t pay us extra to tap dance from 9-5 but they damn sure expect it. Gotta constantly remind them why you’re the safe choice. “Do you even want to be the chosen token anymore?” They will literally ask if you want to feed yourself/family.
@loveandhiphop
Gotta break those generational curses. Substance abuse, undiagnosed mental illness. It’s war on the family. It’s important to have these tough conversations. Mama Dee seems to be a narcissistic parent. That’s always going to cause dysfunctional/toxic family dynamics.
@LasonQui
@BHacrosstheUS
@jaiathomas
@shes_rADIAnt
Sadly statistically, PWI’s usually have more resources. I grew up in foster care & went to PWI’s on scholarship. Gained many opportunities and trauma as well. As a teacher in NYC public schools I was appalled by the conditions. Black kids deserve equal educational opportunities.
@BriiFrm615
Be running to catch the train your phone would drop and shatter into a billion pieces. Gotta find the battery, the back, the case and still make the train. Good times.
@CarissasNewLife
One of my foster mothers was a pastor. She would make me babysit church member’s kids for free. One spring break in high school, she told me to babysit the deacon’s 3 kids for the whole week. A 7 year old, 5 year old and a 1 year old. When they returned they paid me 20 dollars.
@thahumorguy
My husband is always like, “join me…in the living room.” I’m like, sounds like a trap. I was always made to feel unwelcome in that space growing up in foster care. I have made a conscious effort over the years to do more activity in the living room(ie gaming). Undoing is growth.
@ricardovoxo
One of my followers in France said the Black population there heavily imitates Black American culture. He didn’t say anything about the rest of the diaspora but go off. Every country in the world has Tupac, Biggie and 50cent T-shirts but mmmk.
@BlackNoChaser
I can’t help but think about the envy, lack of support and inevitable ostracization that comes with being great in PWI spaces for Black girls/women and I am filled with fear and anxiety for this young girl. A common, instilled fear of loss of innocence and childhood.
@themelaniedione
Exactly. Use the way her parents raised her as inspiration to feed encouragement into your own children. Instead of being preoccupied with what someone else’s child is doing all the time.
@FunTeedy
Bc the goal is indoctrination and NOT education. Would’ve made 11th grade social studies difficult to teach and get through. The American education system doesn’t want to deal with the trauma BA students face. So they lie to them about it. The ultimate gaslighting experience.
@ProductionDude_
@_xmilan
Umm. They’re free to move to any hood they haven’t yet gentrified. PWI’s were built for AMERICANS but only allowed the white ones. That’s why HBCU’s were established. So Black Americans could get a higher education. And that should always be acknowledged. There’s NO comparison.
@MrsJellySantos
Somebody is lying. She told all of the internet that this man is a “broke man.” Now all of a sudden he has a house and a “good job.” Just also has a lot of debt. The maths not mathing. And her body language is giving deceptive.
@haleyelainexox
Will call you and say, “I miss you.” When you say, “you wanna discuss what happened?” They’ll be like, “that was years ago, people change.” Well I didn’t change, I’m still waiting for my apology pooh pooh. The apology would prove you’ve actually changed. Narcs don’t get that.
@kennysroys
@PopCrave
Not her being married to Andrew Shue?! And his (2nd wife) is a lawyer for Roc Nation. And there are children involved. This is seriously BOLD. I can’t imagine them being able to keep their jobs after this breach in journalistic integrity. Morning news from 2 cheaters. No thanks.
@tylerperry
@blckpwrbottom2
Thank you for honoring our legend and giving her her flowers while she was with us. It was so beautiful to see her shine in these later years. May she Rest In Peace and Love. 🙌🏾🙏🏾💜
You’ll notice most non Black people who acknowledge the importance of King today won’t mention he was fighting for Black American rights, and not “peace and love.” But for BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS FOR BLACK Americans. Y’all don’t understand Black American history at all and it shows.
@niccoyat
I don’t go to stylists with a large list of rules that ask for a deposit. No one else does that. Brows, nails, doctors…almost no one else. Only these hairstylists. Won’t give you the address until the day of. Tew much. If you can’t trust your clients, how can I trust you? Frfr.
@queenveej
I watch a lot of true crime and I couldn’t agree more. Ppl will be in the comments saying, “this is my favorite show!” About a true life docu series about ppl surviving attempted murder. No mention of what the person went through. They’re just happy to be entertained. Dark times.
Y’all tear down anything young Black women create for themselves until you can co opt it for your own benefit. Just shows all that soft life hatred towards Black women was rooted in normalized misogynoir and blatant jealousy. Damn shame.
@notcapnamerica
Casual cruelty. She’s so used to being disrespectful to her students nothing she says or does phases her. And the tears…how predictable. That’s all these racists got. Playing the victim. It’s repulsive.
@OHAMBAMM
Absolutely incredible work. You brought this creativity out of them. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give a child. Thank you for being an amazing teacher! These kids are talented!
America loves to romanticize white criminals. “Yea he broke the law, but he was SO clever and SMART! Let’s make another 2 hour psychoanalysis documentary about it!” All other criminals are simply “thugs” but there’s something more to the hwite ones. Indoctrination.
@HannahDrake628
Reported a yt male being discriminatory at work. At a meeting about the incident he lied on me multiple times. When I interrupted him to tell our supervisors he was lying my bm boss SCREAMED at me and said, “everything he says is valid!” No one had my back but the law. I sued.
@uriey__
Had a guy give me the LOOK up and down while he was with his gf AND my husband was right there. His gf says, “you look beautiful sis” to break the tension bc he was staring so bad. I told her she looked beautiful too. I hope she let him have it. That’s so rude.
@RakeemShabazz
@blckpwrbottom2
They “don’t know” that bc their grandparents also molded the history that’s taught in the country and conveniently left that part out.
@bekiund
No one was there for us before the wedding and no one was there after. Just a bunch of self centered ppl on both sides so we eloped to the Amalfi coast. Best decision ever. Just celebrated 5 years 2 weeks ago.
When you advocate for reparations people accuse you of having a victim mentality. Tuh! I earned my MFA while surviving foster care and broke generations of poverty. A statistical anomaly. I don’t do this for me. This is for my ancestors and my people. A DEBT is OWED. Period.
@LasonQui
@BHacrosstheUS
@jaiathomas
@shes_rADIAnt
That’s your take. I grew up and saw fighting at home and on the street and the only place I got relief and some sleep was in school where that dynamic wasn’t tolerated. Black children don’t deserve to have to deal with that wherever they go. It is traumatic.
@theeglamnaija
I don’t know how you can sit and watch your child cry and continue the behavior that’s making them cry. This poor baby. He just wanted to buy gifts. He had good intentions. It’s not his fault she’s a single mother, bc she reiterates it to him like it is. Have patience w/him.