#UnitedShades heads up Appalachia and I’m live tweeting so we can all learn together.

We was outside for real on this one. Let’s start with a few ground rules. Appalachia is much bigger and much more diverse than previously knew.

It spans 13 states and has over 26 million people (2.5 million black people) and is over 206k square miles.

#UnitedShades

y'all ready to learn about inequality?

Unc @wkamaubell, @CNNOriginals and @ZPZProduction take us to South Carolina to see what decades of inequality can do to communities and show us some folks doing the hard work to protect those who need it.

#UnitedShades "Only in America do you have the opportunity to go broke from healthcare bills or getting educated."
-- @wkamaubell

I’m tired of badly edited images of black and brown people. Poorly exposed frames with recycled presets slapped on has got to stop. It doesn’t help tell the stories of black and brown folks. #equitythroughediting #madewithlightroom what sort of action is needed?

I could go on forever. But what I want to focus on how bad editing has robbed so many black and brown subjects of being truly seen.