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Ernest Owens

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8 Nov

THREAD: Just so we are clear, as we begin to say forever dismiss aggressive Trump supporters like Candace Owens, Diamond & Silk, and others who made money off dismissing Black dissenters and activists -- don't forget to include passive ass Trump apologists like Van Jones as well.

Van Jones have spent the last four years enjoying the token Black liberal role of seeing "both sides" of the issue and defending conservatives who meant us harm.

As he cry for change, he actually supported quite the opposite.

While Black organizers were calling out corruption in the White House, Van Jones was talking about how "presidental" Trump was at his first State of the Union...after talking about a "blacklash" in 2016 once Trump won.

Meanwhile he was talking selfies with Eric Trump.

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Ernest Owens

@MrErnestOwens

13 Oct

I received the sad news late last night and was hoping it wasn't true.

Earl Harvey was an incredible man who created inclusive spaces for all people in local media and walked the talk that so many people in this industry rarely do.

When I first started getting citywide attention for my journalism five years ago, he invited me to what has been his legendary holiday party. I was exposed to some of the most influential and prominent Black leaders in Philly and began to build a network from there.

I used to get locked out of spaces like that because I was considered too young, gay, and outspoken. Earl didn't care and wanted me in the room. He was always opening doors for newcomers and embraced young people in a town that often tell us to "wait our turn."

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Ernest Owens

@MrErnestOwens

13 Oct

THREAD: There's two ways to view that Bill Burr SNL clip as funny, and I fear some have underestimated how some could find humor its irony.

Here's how I did.

I am always going to find humor in the irony of white people going after each other on the things that Black people been saying for years.

I'm aware that Bill Burr has a problematic history of racist/homophobic jokes. Therein lies the joke within himself.

For me, I didn't find Bill Burr a hero or exempt or "woke" for what he said -- I found it comical that another white person was basically ranting about how a subset of their demographic was being seen anything less than.

His rant reveals more about himself, than white women.

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Ernest Owens

@MrErnestOwens

1 Aug

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THREAD: Y'all, @NABJ has a LGBTQIA problem.

I wasn't going to speak on this given the current politics, but it's hard to ignore at this point.

Over the past week, several LGBTQIA members of NABJ have reached out to me about experiences they've faced with the organization.

To be clear, I'm not using this space to campaign, but to share experiences & concerns. Several that I've already made clear to the organization in the past and recent issues that continue to persist.

For starters, NABJ hasn't done a sufficient job cracking down on homophobia.

Earlier this week, a current NABJ executive board member made a post on his various social media accounts attacking my campaign.

This individual has a reported history of making homophobic remarks. GLAAD, National Black Justice Coalition, and others have previously condemned.

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Ernest Owens

@MrErnestOwens

11 Jul

THREAD: Now that it's a week since #Hamiltonfilm came out -- can I just say that after watching it three times and digging into it -- that it is perhaps one of the most overrated Broadway musicals of all time.

Before we dive into the ahistorical elements, quality wise, it's a 7.

So the "good things": The performances by its supporting cast and ensemble is strong. The cast can sing, dance, and their costumes are appealing.

The energy and enthusiasm is there, but the concept is where things go South. Many have spoken on this, but watching it stung.

If Lin understands the origins of hip-hop, there is no way he could have thought this was ok. As a non-Black person of color, he completely drops the ball here.

Conflating Black music with an American Dream narrative that is rooted in slavery is not just wrong, but fucked up.

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Ernest Owens

@MrErnestOwens

21 Apr

REAL TALK: Telling a dark-skinned person that "Blackness is not a monolith" in conversations about colorism, only perpetuates the problem.

Time and time again, I find the conversations and concerns of dark-skinned Black people to be dismissed and treated as exclusionary towards light-skinned people.

Just like there is no reverse racism, there is no reverse colorism.

We need to stop perpetuating this false equivalency that light skinned people feeling not "Black enough" is the same as dark-skinned people being socially, culturally, and institutionally marginalized by everyone.

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