“Kinfolk,” the new Southern restaurant in DC, is NOT Black owned.
Tell your friends.
From what I’ve read, it is the same owner as La Vie. Hmm.
Mar 10, 2023 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
.@TrevorProject might provide beautiful research but their “we all pass the paper-bag test” of a leadership is so incredibly toxic to BIPOC, disabled, trans, and junior staff that they will be the downfall to what could be a beautiful organization. It’s truly a shame.
When I resigned, I wrote a four page letter listing all of the problems with specific solutions. Sadly, I can guarantee you it will go nowhere.
Jul 3, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I want to be clear: rules are not neutral because institutions are not neutral. There’s a troubling trend with what’s happening at the Olympics and if you’re just hyper focusing on Sha’Carri Richardson (and she was wronged, period) you’re missing the larger issue.
They are banning particular swim caps that would help Black women swimmers with natural hair/afros.
They have changed rules for gymnastics because of Simone Biles being “too good.” Isn’t that the point?!
Apr 23, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The problem is: we expect police brutality to always look like Rodney King, George Floyd, Philando Castile, and others who are bloodied and bruised. In many instances, it’s what we hope for because it makes our arguments and calls-to-action easier.
We believe this despite us only seeing one guilty conviction in years even after repeated brutality caught on tape — and that was just 3 days ago.
And this isn’t to minimize or diminish the obvious harm we’ve witnessed or that these people have endured.
Apr 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’ll always believe that our people will be safer without police. Always.
I reflect on this often. I’ve been saying this for so long and there are many people who have been saying this much, much longer than me.
Can I see a world without police? Absolutely. Will it be in my lifetime? Of course not.
Apr 21, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Ma’Khia Bryant being killed by the Columbus Police Department at the time we were awaiting a #DerekChauvin verdict proves our exact point about why this case was a drop in a bucket in the criminal punishment system. We need much more than police reform. We need abolition.
There were many things the police could have done to to de-escalate what they saw as conflict. But they don’t know how. The fact that many people can’t believe that to be true means the police have convinced us that there entire job is to kill first and ask questions later.
Feb 7, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
ANYTIME we try to criminalize COVID (mask violation/home orders/etc.) it will disproportionately impact Black people more than others. Criminalizing public health doesn’t help anyone and in fact hurts more Black people. Criminalization negatively impacts public health. Period.
This isn’t hyperbole. As more research continues being conducted, we know what the data show. BIPOC—who are already bearing the brunt of the pandemic—are more likely to be policed and punished for COVID-related orders. Criminalization is not a solution. communityresourcehub.org/resources/unma…
Dec 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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.
Dec 22, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I think... many people... don’t actually understand the Tuskegee Experiment.
Someone shared this but want to link again: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you…
I’ve listened and you won’t regret it.
Dec 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
And y’all wonder why I criticize the Democratic Party.
And y’all wonder why I criticize Nancy Pelosi and say she has NO business being speaker.
Electeds argued over $600 and then called it a “significant” amount for families in this country.
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.
Dec 21, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
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
Aug 21, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
[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.
Jun 29, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
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.
May 22, 2020 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
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?
Jan 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Tyler Perry has amassed wealth off of mediocrity, incredibly warped ideas of Black womanhood, tropes and caricatures, bad production, and ensuring that he’s the only one in the writers room as to not have his ideas challenged. Huge studio, huge ego.
Save the “he has employed Black people” for others who don’t have a low threshold for what Black liberation is. And especially save that if we aren’t going to discuss him ridding of Black writers who wanted to unionize.
Nov 4, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
White gays refuse to believe that Black people don’t want to vote for Buttigieg because he is *checks notes* bad for Black people.
But of course, don’t take advice from a Black gay man who lives at the intersections of racism and homophobia daily.
I’m so exhausted by some white gays & their problematic stances. The same ones who tried to blame Prop 8 on the Black community & attempt to force the idea that Black people are more homophobic than others.
