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Happy Sunday, y’all!
This morning, I feel like I am taking the first step toward recovering from the impact these past six years have had on me.
This morning, I feel like I am taking the first step toward recovering from the impact these past six years have had on me.
Mind, this is simply an initial step on the journey forward and one that I welcome with genuine relief. However true healing will come with time. That and my willingness to continue to believe in and fight for an America which sees and values all of us!
However, I’m not going to lie, the part of me that has faith in America’s seriousness about the precepts upon which it was founded, has been significantly damaged. Irreparably…? We’ll see.
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I genuinely believe that when we know better, it is incumbent upon us to do better!
My life experience informs me that America has been on a dark road since it’s inception. There has been, in my view, a conscious effort on the part of those who have controlled the historical narrative to deny and obfuscate critical aspects of our social underpinnings.
#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. 
My first day on the set the legendary @IAmCicelyTyson played my mother, Bings Kinte. @DrMayaAngelou played my grandmother, Nyo Boto. I was in the big leagues, fo’ sho!
I was in absolute, reverential, awe of the company I found myself in. The sole reason I wasn’t intimidated was the actor’s certainty that I KNEW who the character was. I knew that kid. I was that kid!
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the state of race relations in America. One thing I learned from the success of ROOTS (if you don’t know, you better ask somebody) 42 years ago, was the power of storytelling as a way to bridge the gap between races.
There was an America before ROOTS and there was an America after ROOTS and post ROOTS, America was a greater, more enlightened nation. We came to a better, deeper, more informed understanding of the evil nature, intent and outcomes of chattel slavery as practiced in America.
As a result, I fervently believe in the power of Storytelling to move the culture forward. To that end, some friends and I have created a few videos, 6 in all, that chronicle some of the racist experiences most Black people who live in America, have in common.
Dear @NikkiHaley,
The Flag of the Confederacy is by it’s own definition a symbol of racism, the notion of white supremacy itself and a desire to continue to differentiate based on color, when considering the rights and privileges of Americans. #bydhttmwfi
The Flag of the Confederacy is by it’s own definition a symbol of racism, the notion of white supremacy itself and a desire to continue to differentiate based on color, when considering the rights and privileges of Americans. #bydhttmwfi
I direct you to the Confederate States Constitution, ratified in March of 1861, a document which amounted to a declaration of war with the Untied States of America. History informs us of how that conflict played out.
If you will pay close attention to Article I Section 9(1), Article I Section 9(2), Article I Section 9(4) and please don’t forget Article IV Section 2(1) and Article IV Section 3(3). These are most illuminating in the service of determining the intentions of the Confederacy.
