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I’m going to attempt to clear up some whitewashed misconceptions here, not to detract from the Civil Rights Movement but to remind the newcomers that revolution is fucking messy.
I've been a black man my entire life. For six decades I've been walking around in this skin. You're trying to tell me I don't know what racism looks like by now?
While it’s nice to repost inspiring quotes on Instagram to express our anger and sadness, there are more tangible ways to get involved and join the movement, as words are more powerful when accompanied with action.
People are taking to social media to raise awareness about the gut-wrenching police brutality and blatant racism that is still plaguing this country.
Her aim is to provide resources to those dealing with trauma and loss due to gang violence and police brutality, in addition to aiding women recently released from jail with counseling services.
The call begins with the clearing of false beliefs, removing facts rooted in ignorance or shame taught to many and immortalized in text.
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court, decided that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In 1962, this ruling was put to the test, this time in Long Island, New York.
Since the era of its inception with Louis Armstrong’s “vipers” and the mix of cannabis with jazz, to the political fight that is still going on today, history makes little to no mention of what black women were doing during these times.
The ingrained critical thinking skills and deep cultural analysis that were part and parcel of ‘political education’ aspects of Black Panther training; looking for the bigger picture and the story behind the appearances of what we see.
When you are a part of the inferior percentage, as I am, you are taught early in life that if you want to have a chance to succeed you must learn how to bleach your darkness
It is a huge leap forward for restorative justice. But what are the benefits of cannabis use while incarcerated? And what truly leads us on a journey of discovery to decriminalization of drugs?
From the Hoopa people of Northern California to the Seminoles of Southern Florida to the Chamorros of Guam to the Samoans of American Samoa, the US continues to harbor diverse perspectives and cultures.
In the Black community of the United States, it is safe to say that everyone knows someone who was incarcerated for a cannabis-related crime.
Right now, Afghanistan is experiencing one of their most severe droughts ever recorded, which has destroyed most crops in the country. This has inevitably caused mass starvation throughout the country, specifically targeting single mothers, which places a price tag on children.
Like the rest of us, he is scared; scared that he will die, scared that his daughter will become sick, scared that he will never see his family again.
