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👩🏽‍🏫Gen Z Black & Jewish Educator | 105K Instagram 📸 | 104K TikTok📱| featured in The Washington Post 🗞️ | Cornell & Northwestern Alum👩🏽‍🎓 | they/she

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

On May 24th I graduated from Cornell University with a double major in Asian Studies and Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and a double minor in Africana Studies and Inequality Studies. Summa. Cum. Laude. I’m not one to brag...but I did that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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2 years

We HAVE to stop thinking of the Jewish community and the Black community as discrete entities. Black Jews exist, and always have. Furthermore, antisemitism and anti-Blackness are intertwined methods of discrimination. Our freedom struggles are more enmeshed than we realize.

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2 years

You know what Kanye? Yeah, Black people can be Jewish. I'm living proof of that. But your Blackness doesn't cancel out your antisemitism. And the ideology you purport in this tweet actually HARMS the very Black Jews you're referencing. This is grossly offensive and nonsensical.

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4 years

@DanTuleta @yaf @benshapiro You can have privilege as a marginalized person at a top tier institution and still be gunned down in the street for being Black. We don’t have “Cornell don’t shoot” tattooed on our foreheads. We can hold space for both, and we need to.

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4 years

Idk what man needs to hear this, but STOP TALKING OVER WOMEN AND INTERRUPTING THEM ALL THE TIME. Y’all don’t even realize it, but you take up waaaaay too much space in conversations. Decenter yourselves!! I have worthwhile things to say too.

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4 years

Should I expose a former roommate who went to Westchester in the middle of a pandemic and then returned to our shared apt in Ithaca, and then when I didn’t speak to her bc I was pissed she went on a racist tirade against me saying I was attacking her and being aggressive? 🤔

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

I'm so tired of seeing Black Jews having our Jewishness constantly be interrogated and invalidated. Yes, we belong to this synagogue. Yes, we're observing x,y,z in our homes. So stop asking questions you wouldn't ask an Ashkenazi Jew racialized as white in the exact same spaces.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

I wrote a short article about my experiences with multiracialism and colorism. If you have a minute definitely check it out! 🥰

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Amplifying BIPOC Voices: Raven Schwam-Curtis

A Story to Listen to. A Story to Share.

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2 years

I’m seeing a lot of Ashkenazi Jews saying that Jews are the only people condemning Kanye’s antisemitic remarks. Let’s be clear: there are plenty of folks in the Black community that have BEEN denouncing this fool for years (a thread🧵):

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

Horrific and and undeniably evil. This antisemitic graffiti was found in Bethesda today. Jewish folks are scared, and understandably so. All I can say is I'm sending love to my community and wishing for our collective well-being and safety. L'Chaim 💙

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

It always strikes me as odd when people say someone acts or looks Jewish. Sephardic jews, Ashkenazi jews, Ethiopian jews, Mizrahi Jews, Indian jews, folks who convert, etc. all arrive at their Jewish identity differently. Why put us in a box?

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

sending love to my Black and Brown cornell babies dealing with this racist bs 💕✨

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4 years

In less than 24 hours I’ll be done with undergrad !!

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taught myself how to use photoshop and now I don’t know how to act

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

Sooooo... I finally made my first Youtube video! 😊

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4 BOOKS THAT RADICALIZED ME!

I hope this video inspired you to radicalize your bookshelf! I invite you to share your comments and check out my other social media platforms (: SUBSCRIBE: ...

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

You want more complete and intersectional perspectives? Uplift the voices of Jews of Color. We have a lot to say, and we have for some time now. Sincerely, a Black Jew.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

Me as an 8 yr old watching Pocahontas: Omg this is great love saved the day! Woo! Me as a 21 yr old watching Pocahontas: Fuck John Smith and the horse he rode in on! Undeserving colonizing ignorant ass...

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

Do you fantasize about shaving your head literally every other day or are you normal

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

hella white women are out here claiming to be “liberal” or “allies” and lowkey be Karen’s in sheep’s clothing - I said what I said

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4 years

plushies 💕🐱🥑

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

Yo but real talk, we need to vote in November. Biden is not it, but 45 is REALLY not it. No leader is going to be our savior, certainly not Biden, but I cannot deal with 4 more years of trump amerikkka. Please take this energy and dedication all the way to the polls.

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4 years

not me already losing my motivation one week into grad school 👁👄👁

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Black womxn are incredible. That’s the whole tweet.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

Ashkenormativity describes the centering of Ashkenazi Jews racialized as white within Jewish discourses. In other words, ashkenormativity means that Jews of Color get pushed to the margins of how we imagine Jewishness in the U.S.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

Kamala Harris is capable and intelligent, but not all skin folk are kin folk...I have serious reservations. You’ll never catch me supporting someone just because they’re poc. This is the downfall of identity politics in full swing folks. Do your due diligence.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

i think about retirement almost everyday. the idea of not feeling the constant pressure to be working sounds like a dream. just me?

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I eagerly await the day when we can go to the club again. The way I turned 21 and then the whole world shut down 😭

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

I JUST FINISHED AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER AND MY HEART IS EXPLODING OMG

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

And when Kanye threw antisemitism into the mix, WE DOUBLED DOWN. But you wouldn’t know that if you’re not in conversation and community with us.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

there are ppl in this world who are professionally pretty. like they wake up everyday and post a flick on insta and do a lil tik tok dance and that’s how they pay their bills. that will never not blow my mind.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

9 years

I GOT INTO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY!!! 🎉🎉 #grateful

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

I love being Black and Jewish. That's the whole tweet.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

a hot take that shouldn't be a hot take: all PhD students should be paid a MINIMUM of $40K per year. most of us are living on the brink of poverty while trying to do vitally important thought work and that just don't sit right with me.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

I voted today!! 😊 #demsfortexas

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

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NOT THIS CUTE GIRL FROM CLASS THAT I’VE HAD A CRUSH ON FOR 6 WEEKS SLIDING INTO MY DMS GOTTA BLAST 💥

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

@_xxxibevinci @netflix She literally posted this on her insta story an hour ago. Like...is she fr? Did she really just share something that says, “racism against whites?” 😅

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

5 years

Crazy how just three months ago I was in Seoul living my best life...sigh

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

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I started to stress about the winter, and then I remembered I’m in Houston so for the first time in 4 years I won’t be freezing my butt off!! I’m not even religious, but can I get an amen !!

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

today I called every single council member in Kentucky and demanded justice for Breonna Taylor — all my calls went to voice mail 🧐🤨

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

you still up? cuz same 😞

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

Instead of saying white Jews I say Jews racialized as white b/c of the complex relationship the Jewish people have w/ race. Jews have been assimilated into whiteness in the U.S. AND Hitler still deemed Jews as non-white, or not Aryan enough, as a justification for the Holocaust.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

6 years

I feel like I'm completely invisible to white men. I can't tell you how many times I get bumped into, cut in line, or just blatantly disrespected on a daily basis. The microaggressions are real y'all. Did they not get the memo that it's check your privilege 2018? lol...

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

is tr*mp...deadass?

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Hello, hi, just your daily reminder that THE COPS WHO MURDERED BREONNA TAYLOR ARE STILL FREE #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

yesterday i was walking home and this dude rolled down his window to catcall at me. i was wearing a mask and baggy clothes. like...you can’t even see me why are you catcalling?? honestly men scare me something. i’m always looking over my shoulder when i’m out alone.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

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Y’all see that fly on his head? Funny how flies gravitate to piles of shit...

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4 years

new video is up friends!! In this video I talk all about the pros and cons of the Ivy League. Check it out 😊

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

i have an important question for you:

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

9 years

I GOT INTO CORNELL UNIVERSITY!!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

i cannot wait until gen z folks get into political offices because we are going to shake shit UP

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

11 years

It's officially on my inspiration wall! @smrtgrls http://t.co/fMVm8pH7yk

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

1 year

@rafaelshimunov Raf, I really appreciate you re-posting this. When we’re talking about Black and Jewish relationality it’s CRUCIAL to not only include, but also CENTER the voices of Black Jews. Too often, however, we’re forgotten and left on the margins of dialogue. This is blatant erasure.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

heya friends! on october 27th i turned 22 (woo!) and i made a chatty get ready with me / birthday present unboxing video. if you need something fun to do this halloween eve check it out! 🎃💕 #ravenreveals

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

5 years

from the archives ⭐️

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

Black Hebrew Israelites are purporting and ideology that is far removed from historical truth. Plain and simple: this is historical revisionism, and scholars have noted as much for some time now.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

i really can’t watch any more Black people being murdered at the hands of police officers — it’s too much.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

My new video is up!! I get real about what I wish I knew before college, trifling dating experiences, and how I boosted my GPA (and how you can too)! Check it out 🥰✨

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4 years

Black womxn deserve so much better. I’m tired of watching us be treated like this.

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4 years

welcome to a day in my life as a phd student (quarantine edition) -- i hope you enjoy 🙂

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

3 years

I had the amazing opportunity to publish an article with @jwaonline about my experience generating Black and Jewish content on TikTok. Check it out!! ✨

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

4 years

if e.coli is pronounced co-lie why is broccoli pronounced cuh-lee

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4 years

this whole blackout tuesday situation has highkey been very confusing and frustrating. whoever co-opted this shit was not thinking.

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

2 years

medical racism is not a relic of the past. it's a very real and present threat.

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3 years

I’m deeply flattered to be referred to as an icon hahah. I’m just out here serving community and spreading knowledge !! Much love to the Jewish Women’s Archive for amplifying Black Jewish voices ❤️✨

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"In so many ways, this is the project of my TikTok page: to invite people to know themselves and others more deeply, so we can enact the project of freedom with more precision." TikTok icon @ravenreveals on using her platform to make Black Jews visible:

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2 years

judaism is an ethnoreligion. this means someone can be ethnically jewish, religiously jewish, or both!

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4 years

not me laying in bed for 2 days straight

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2 years

My middle name is Ariel. In Hebrew, this means lion of God. I've always loved how empowered that makes me feel 🦁

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"Any Jew who comes to understand the nature of their oppression - and who realizes that the liberation of their people touches them more deeply than any clinging attachments to the status quo - cannot help but become a radical" - April Rosenblum

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4 years

when I tell you adult acne is not it 😣

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7 years

Your work with mental health is so inspiring! B.O.S.S. is an org on Cornell’s campus that serves womxn of color. Our Mental Health Summit is this coming November 10th and we would LOVE it if you could be our keynote speaker!! @MichelleObama @beBOSSy18

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4 years

@TvKhaleesi How awesome is this video! This is my first time seeing it. Thank you so much for sharing!

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MEGHAN MARKLE IS NOT A SACRIFICIAL LAMB // oprah interview, piers...

Intro (0:00)My Qualifications (0:47)Background Information (2:27)A Case Study: The Daily Mail (4:09)The Oprah Winfrey Interview (7:39) Topic One: Colorism, C...

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2 years

this kanye situation has illuminated some deep-seated tensions between the black community and jewish community. as a black jew, this breaks my heart. we have work to do.

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3 years

The sound of a Black woman laughing is literally one of the best things in the world

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4 years

In the next 17 days I have 2 group projects, a take home exam, a capstone paper, a THESIS to write and a defense, a demo lab, and weekly readings. Pray for me y’all, the senioritis is hitting different rn

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this tiktok read men for absolute filth and i'm here for it

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the jewish urge to have a bagel with lox every morning for breakfast

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4 years

😍😍😍 !!!

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Spooky season 👻🎃

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4 years

Class starts in two days and I’m already tired 👁👄👁

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4 years

not all skin folk are kin folk

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

6 years

Yup this pretty much sums up what I learned in oceanography this semester

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How can a two minute cartoon portray us so accurately?

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i’m in denial that classes start again on Monday

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4 years

living in this country is exhausting

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4 years

when a guy mansplains a topic to me that I know more about than him < men simply not speaking on what they don’t know!!

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4 years

Yes 👏🏽 honey 👏🏽 leave 👏🏽 him 👏🏽 !!!

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Cardi B Files to Divorce Offset

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Unpopular opinion: online school was lowkey better 🤭 cause this commute everyday ain’t cute. And I can’t turn my camera off when I need to grab a snack from the kitchen anymore!

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4 years

y’all ever get a really intense desire to eat a whole cake by yourself at like 3am? just me?

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2 years

one thing about jewish folks? we're gonna throw a 'lil yai lai lai lai in there

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5 years

Very interesting to see who folks are creating space for during this time — some of y’all are showing your true colors, that’s all I have to say 👀

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2 years

just because someone went to an ivy league doesn’t mean they’re qualified. just because someone didn’t go to college doesn’t mean they’re not qualified. look at the person in front of you, not their desirability on paper.

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"Roughly translated from Yiddish - a language traditionally spoken by Ashkenazi Jews - bubuleh means sweetheart. It’s a term which many older Jews say to their children and grandchildren as a term of endearment. It's a word full of warmth..."

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i'm afraid to think of who i would be without my iced coffee every day

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1 year

I’m tired of watching young Black men like Jordan Neely be denied the right to grow old. He should be here. And the only reason he’s not is because systems that could have held and nurtured him utterly failed. Is this really the kind of society we want for ourselves?

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one of my favorite things about judaism is that it not only allows, but encourages us to question. that's so powerful.

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the growing up disconnected from your jewish heritage to getting older and intensely identifying as jewish pipeline

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HOW TO TWIST YOUR HAIR (raven finally reveals...) via @YouTube | y’all have been asking me for this twist tutorial for a year now so this one’s for you! 💓

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this might just be my 2am brain talking...but what if I started a YouTube channel? 🤔

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Me: plans to spend the day ticking off items on my to-do list Also me: wastes the entire day watching videos on YouTube and completes nothing

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A proud day to be Black in the U.S.!! We showed up and truly showed out 💥

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