The first coach in men’s or women’s basketball history to take three different schools to the Final Four (Cheyney in 1982, Iowa in 1993 and Rutgers, in 2000 and again in 2007),
C. Vivian Stringer has been a pioneer, visionary and leader during her four decades of success on the hardwood.
One of the most recognizable names in all of college basketball, Stringer – mother, teacher, coach - has built an illustrious legacy highlighted by countless
unforgettable moments through a tireless work ethic and desire for excellence. Stringer once again made history as she eclipsed the monumental 1,000 career victory milestone during the 2018-19 campaign, further adding to her legacy as one of the most influential faces in
basketball.
In 2019-20, she surpassed the late, great Pat Summitt and became the NCAA record holder with 37 seasons of 20 or more victories.
Little Black girls can't even enjoy a cartoon with a character who looks like them because there's always someone like white supremacist patriarchal churchianity-believing Melonie who feels the need to show the world just how racist she truly is. The April O'Neil on the left has
brought out her visceral hatred of dark skin and natural hair because the only acceptable form of Blackness looks like the figure on the right. Ironically, even THAT image tends to offend racists because Blackness in any form just makes their inner klan hoods unfurl like flags.
As I explained to Miss Ann before I blocked her, for a Christian who's supposed to believe we are all "fearfully and wonderfully made", it's obvious that she skipped that part of scripture. The April on the left looks like a cute intrepid girl reporter who looks ready for action.
When Black people say "we're not here to educate you", this is yet another reason why.
Black woman explains the true history of Aunt Jemima. White woman in her best Scarlett O'Hara says "fiddle dee dee, I love my darkies." Then tries to play the victim of "reverse racism."
I want to talk about forgiveness and why no, white people, you are NOT entitled to it from Black people.
It's been around 72 hours since ten innocent people were brutally slaughtered for being Black and as usual when things like this happen, white comfort supersedes Black grief.
It took less than 24 hours before the 18 year old shooter was being labeled "a boy" by the press. Within that time frame came armchair psychologists with their favorite fallback diagnosis whenever mass shooters resemble their sons - mental illness.
What comes next? Forgiveness.
Black people are expected to once again forgive these endless trespasses, not because WE want to, but because our righteous fury at being targeted for no other reason save than our skin color makes white people uncomfortable. Even now on this bird app, white folks calling
It's not enough that Black people have had to prove our humanity and our right to exist since we arrived on these shores. It's not enough that we show more love for a country that refuses to love us back. Black people have fought and died in
every single war from the Revolution to theaters in the Middle East. That White House the insurrectionist-in-chief is polluting was designed by Black hands and built by Black bodies. That is OUR HOUSE. Not his.
We have succeeded despite generational trauma which many of us still
are coming to grips with.
So having white people insist that we "teach" them how not to be racist and hold their goddamn hands like some fucking kumbaya circle because if we don't it's OUR fault racists stay racist is abusive as fuck.
We need a mass exodus of readers/subscribers of the @nytimes. They continue to be the "kinder, gentler" platform for the "poor, misunderstood, economically anxious" 45 supporter. We've read these "think pieces" for five years, yet nothing about Hillary supporters who had to live
in Tr*mp's twilight zone. Nothing about Black voters who had to practically cross the River Jordan just to cast a ballot only to have the GOP attempt to throw out their ballots, or stories about Navajo and Hopi voters ravaged by covid who still showed up at the polls.
The Fourth Estate cannot be allowed to keep failing the American public. Just like Simon and Schuster realized publishing Josh Hawley's sophomoric screed was going to cost them financially, we need to use our dollars to remind the @nytimes that serving as an apologia for
"One of the primary attempts to silence her came from a man named Harry Anslinger, the first commissioner for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, and an extreme racist, even for the 1930s. As Johann Hari details in Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs,
Anslinger claimed that narcotics made black people forget their place in the fabric of American society, and that jazz musicians were dangerous in particular, creating “Satanic” music under the influence of marijuana.
At times, her performance of the song was met with fierce pushback. Though many people knew that lynchings of African-Americans in the South were common, there was resistance to ending the practice among Southern whites.