Hugh Gwyn, the man who owned John Punch, would be the first recognized slaveholder, eliminating the spurious claim that a Black [Man or Woman] innovated the North American [slavery] system.
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/07/fact-check-the-first-slave-owner-in-america-was-not-a-black-man.html
After the American Civil War, in several areas of the South, former slaves grew watermelon on their own land as a cash crop to sell. Thus, for African Americans, watermelons were a symbol of liberation and
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Black Couple invited to sing bon jovi / eurythmic tracks at pump by surprise video talk host :)
Expatriate or migrant? The racialised politics of migration categories and the ‘space in-between’
'My sister had this white girl in her college try to tell her she only got in because of affirmative action. My sister went “I was valedictorian of my school and you’re asking me for help on your homework so who really shouldn’t be here?” Girl never asked her for shit again LMFAO'
@Puff_Iya
"So she decided to insult the very person she needed help from bc she thought she was better and more capable at doing the work she needs help with???"
@k_salleh
"Ngunan Adamu traces the desire for lighter skin from ancient cultures to the European colonialists who exported their prejudice to the people they enslaved.
Professor Shirley Anne Tate, a cultural sociologist at
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Kwame Ture (born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998)
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[Aaron Bailey was murdered by the pigs on June 29 2017.]
New details are emerging in the fatal [murder] of Aaron Bailey as his family seeks answers to what happened...
[pigs] said on June 29,
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I was reluctant to re-watch the ending of The Good Lord Bird a second time; but I am appreciating the series more this time around.
It is in fact a show that easily keeps my attention.
It was only whites who betrayed John Brown and let others know about his raid on Harpers Ferry in advance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry #blackhistory #blackpeople #whitepeople #blackmastofodon
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Frederick Douglass is shown to have a Black Wife and a white female companion. I'm taking that with a pinch of salt. The latter says to John Brown,
You are, by far, the craziest person to ever sit at this table [bc he and his followers fought and killed whites to liberate Black People].
This is the white liberal that uses their proximity to restrain Black People rather than allow us to be free.
@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
And just like that, Muslims are the GOP's monster du jour.
Black [People]. Women. Immigrants. Queer people. Liberals. Muslims. They are at war with [everyone].
@artski.bsky.social
[Everyone]? Not yet. Soon.
@duane-the-first.bsky.social
That is how they exist - by making up enemies to hate and fear.
If rational thought came along, brains would explode.
@waycoolhollywood
This was part of the "Literacy Test" that as late as 1967 Black [People] in Louisiana had to take in order to be able to vote.
Could YOU pass
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I love other [Black People]
I don’t hate [Black people]
I wholeheartedly support [Black People]
I wholeheartedly respect [Black People] who don't put down other Black People
I mute or keep my distance from [Black People] who put down other Black People
I never judge Black People
George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959)
George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959) was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the US, where he also joined the Communist Party.
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackpanafricanists #blackjournalists #blackauthors #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackhistory
[Pete] Buttigieg was also criticized for firing the city’s first [Black pig] chief, who viewed himself as working to expose and remove racist white [pigs], in 2012, the year Buttigieg took office. Buttigieg is widely perceived as not having handled the situation well.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/pete-buttigieg-struggling-black-voters-not-just-because-he-s-n1081641
@shad55w.bsky.social
Black [People] when they see a helicopter
“they looking for somebody”
@roguescr1be
Black [People 1619]-2020: um, [US]. we have a problem. can we talk?
[US]: ALL LIVES MATTER
Black [People] 2024: [US], girl you in danger. we have to talk.
[US]: IDENTITY POLITICS
Black [People] 2025:
Black [People] 2025:
[US]: WHERE ARE YOU, WHY AREN’T YOU CLEANING THIS UP, IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT.
