Candiace keeps making these comments under her breath about Monique and claiming to be traumatized. Whew. #RHOP
They gaslight Monique so much. It is CLEAR that Candiace’s hand was in her face. These women have NEVER been in fights before and that much is clear. #RHOP
It’s only difficult for Candiace to relive because her hands don’t move as fast as her mouth. All of these tears and still being combative w/@iammrssamuels and claiming she is scared and traumatic. All these fake tears and dramatics. Tired of it. #RHOP
No one *randomly* gets violent (if that’s what we can even say). To this day I hope Monique doesn’t apologize to Candiace. Period. No one will convince me Candiace doesn’t have anything to do with what happened. #RHOP
What’s really frustrating is they’re expecting @iammrssamuels to process and respond on their time & in their way. That isn’t how trauma works, but Andy, Robyn, Gizelle, etc. don’t seem to care about that. We love to judge the action and rarely respond to what triggered them.
I rarely talk about #RHOP a lot, but the bullying & gaslighting many of these women do to @iammrssamuels is unbelievably frustrating. No.
Also, be clear: I love y’all, but I’m not about to go back-and-forth debating over #RHOP. Y’all can keep it. I understand Monique completely here.
It’s heartbreaking that we are so used to this country “giving” us crumbs that we are expected to willingly acquiesce to the little they give us. This is not about being thankful or grateful, but about political ping-pong that will always impact marginalized folks.
As if we don’t see billions going to “democracy programs” in the same places we’ve actively started conflict and war. As if we don’t see airlines being bailed out and as if we don’t recognize corporations being given billions.
And to be clear, none of this is just given to us, which is why conditions (taxes, income levels, etc.) have been placed on it as a condition of receipt. This is OUR money.
And I want to be very clear: we know there are specific reasons Black people have a mistrust for doctors and the medical profession. There is a history of racism, sexism, LGBTQ-antagonism, and fatphobia.
Medical racism has existed and in many ways still do.
Of course people will say this was taken out of context. No.
She is speaking to the direct payment Democrats offered that Republicans did not, then called it "significant." This is what Pelosi and older Democrats do -- pivot to Republicans to make themselves seem like heroes.
And people are dying. I'm not about to argue about Nancy Pelosi and her statements. Under NO stretch of the imagination, should the word "significant" ever have been used. Ever. $1,200 was the compromise. This is not good, or a blessing, or life-changing.
[THREAD FOR BLACK MEN] I finally listened to Megan Thee Stallion's live video of her explaining the night Tory Lanez shot her. It was heartbreaking and painful to hear, particularly because she made it as a result of people saying she was lying. This happens to Black women often.
The other week, I made a thread explaining why many Black men *incorrectly* believe we're the most oppressed. We are not. Trust me. You know that, too.
Part of that is because we ignore our own patriarchal violence and other parts is because we don't even take Black women into consideration as much as we think. Yes, that even goes for us who believe we are in active solidarity with them.
I want to talk about a terrible Supreme Court decision that was handed down right before us winning abortion access and very few are discussing it.
In USAID v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., the Supreme Court ruled that enforcement of law requiring foreign orgs. receiving funds to fight HIV/AIDS to have policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking does not violate the First Amendment.
This is wrong.
This means the the Court upheld the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath (APLO), a 2003 policy that conflate sex work with human trafficking and refuses funds to organizations that do not have a policy explicitly opposing *sex work* or sex trafficking.
Do people know they can at least say “I’m disappointed in my candidate’s answers. I still believe he’s the best.
We will ensure the work he does is supportive of Black communities and will fight so you can trust that he won’t make these harmful statements again”?
Do people know they can say their candidate shouldn’t have said something?
Do people know they can vote for a candidate and STILL hold them accountable?