IDK why people are trying to racialize Sha‘Carri’s suspension! Guys, it LITERALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER BEING BLACK!! She BROKE a rule & there are CONSEQUENCES for that. That‘s all this is!! It has NOTHING to do with race!!! Sheeeeeeesh!!! 😬
Now, we can have a discussion around WHY the rule is the rule & whether that should be changed. But as of today, July 2, 2021, it’s STILL a rule!!
If you know me, I’m ALL about giving people GRACE. And I think she deserves grace. However, we can’t be in favor of/against certain rules ONLY when it is expedient! Rules are rules and that’s really it. We can reserve the discussion as to whether it makes sense for a later date!
I’m far more concerned w/ Sha’Carri’s wellness. WHY was she smoking weed, SO CLOSE to the Olympics? She KNOWS that they are being tested very often at this point. Was it a temporary lapse in judgement? How can we help her cope NATURALLY with the stress if this is all too much?🤔
Sha’Carri is speaking for HERSELF!! Let’s listen and extend grace to her! We are all humans. We all make mistakes. 🙏🏾❤️👍🏾👊🏾
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While I agree with the spirit of the message/call to action put forth here by Profs. @Lola_UMich & Hana El-Samad, as an underrepresented minority, I'd ask that we redirect our focus, as least in the near term to the powers that oversee these STEM departments at these US STEM..
...educational institutions. I'd like to preface this by saying that while I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree that we need top-down change, which I hope @EricLander46 spearheads to the best of his abilities, at the individual university level, leadership practices MUST also change.
A Pattern for Prayer || Effective Prayer || James 5:15 || Morning Devotional || July 3, 2021
Happy Saturday, my beloved family! In today’s devotional, we are encouraged to pray in faith for anyone who is sick among us. The word of God says that this specific prayer will bring healing to the sick & they will rise to new life. How amazing is that?? 🤯
We are also assured that if the sick person had committed any sins, that they would indeed be forgiven. As you enter your weekend, keep praying & keep trusting in God’s relentless love for us! 🙏🏾❤️
I feel you on this 💯. The reality is that there actually IS a lot that others can do to help alleviate mental health issues. For one, the societal stigma which surrounds mental health IS NOT the same for cancer. At all. What I’ve found is that a lot of the hopelessness that…
precedes suicide is heavily related to the ways in which society perceives the individual suffering from MH issues. The individual feels like a lost cause, because often times, society TELLS them that they are. They’re told they can’t work again because they’re unstable.
How do they then pay their mortgages, student loans? How do they LIVE????!! CAN’T have kids, because they’ll have kids with neurological disorders which will then be burden to society & the healthcare system. CAN’T adopt kids, because in America, people with MH issues just CAN’T!
Happy July, beloved family! 🌻
I woke up today, on this beautiful Thursday morning with these words HEAVY in my spirit. Beloved, whatever it is that you are going through right now, be comforted in knowing that our GOD is DEEPLY & INTIMATELY acquainted with your pain & suffering
Unpopular opinion incoming, but I think it gets to the heart of what’s happening here. I was always fascinated by the culture of self-deprecation that seems to be commonplace in the US. I was taught growing up to speak WORDS OF LIFE over myself, NOT words of hurt. 1/7
In the US, I’ve found that SOME people refer to themselves in the MOST demeaning ways. &Trust me,I get it, but only to a certain extent. You are “taking back your power, controlling the narrative, & all these things.” But it still somehow never quite sat right with my spirit. 2/7
I’d literally CRINGE when my friends in college would call themselves “fat,ugly,lazy..” ALL the things. Even if they’d pass it off in a joking way. It would STILL make me cringe. The point here is, the WORDS that we SPEAK over OURSELVES matter. It might not SEEM that way.. 3/7