Can I just say that solidarity/organizing events aren’t supposed to be like MLM parties where you don’t tell people why you invited them. I mention this because people keep trying to stealth recruit me to things.
I’m no pro but I’m not a novice either. You don’t trick people into an action! If you have to lie, even by omission, about what the action is then you’re basically Amway.
I’m going to say more than I normally would because I’m kinda livid. Someone invited me to dinner and then 20 minutes into says, “so there’s a reason we asked you here” AND IT WASN’T TO GIVE ME A MILLION DOLLARS.
I don’t require a milli for dinner but if you do a bait and switch, unexpected riches is the only forgivable excuse. Only.
People have gone wild. This isn’t okay.
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You know how most financial advice is, “be born rich or hate yourself until you become less poor”? I hate that advice. This week on @HearToSlay we had the financial advice we wish existed. The good brother @KieseLaymon joins us. apple.co/slay to listen
You might also like Kie and I in Critical Sociology talking about the intimate life of money when you’re Black, real Black, and aspirations find you somehow. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
We are also joined by the loveliest sister financial planner, Anna N’Jie Conte. We literally asked her to bring us the advice for people who have “cousins”. And she did. daretodreamplanning.com/meet-anna
Another week and another "study" about how morning people are better than night people. I don't get what they're so pleased about. Ooh ooh look at your working harder for less before noon and not having any friends who will tell you that its annoying.
Maybe being a night person is how I contribute to the revolution. Have you ever thought about that??
"People who wake up early live longer!" Wow, 1.45 more years they have to wake before the sun. No thanks.
I know it’s a hot market so sellers can do whatever. But builders should still get a stager without such a strong affinity for colonialism cause this is not cute
Anyway when people ask me what they can do with a social science degree, I’m going to add, “not choose the racist decor items”.
Based on comments to my mood social observations #onhere, I hypothesize that white people hear Black people at some register that triggers their primal racism brain. It’s the only way to explain what people come up with.
I've only watch The Holiday a million times. And the page references in THICK is just my kind of carrying on.
I read something once about how films signal that a (white) woman has lost her shit, e.g. ponytail and sweatpants = mental breakdown. This read of time and the fading of blonde is both a character study and plot device is something.
This is very good & very important new research on radicalized orgs and diversity canards.
Diversity Displays and Organizational Messaging: The Case of Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Oneya Okuwobi, Deborwah Faulk, Vincent J. Roscigno, 2021 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
Because "diversity" unilaterally and practically means introducing non-white people into majority white institutions/spaces, I have long been puzzled by HBCUs attempts at branding diversity.
As the authors point out, the issue is that HBCUs *are* the diversity and therefore do not fit into white logics of needing to be diversified. But a lot of resources and capital are attached to "Diversity" programming. How can a Black college procure those resources?