LIVING LIFE

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I love being Black.

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Love

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Now You Know more Black History Facts. (Source)

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Phillis Whitely was not a servant. She was enslaved.

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ourafrica:

Stay updated with this latest dance from Nigeria called Skelewu.

Music Skelewu by Davido, Choreo by LipStik Bandits

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A Tribute to Women of Color in US Gymnastics (in chronological order)

Wendy Hilliard - First African-American rhythmic gymnast to make the US national team in 1978

Betty Okino - member of the 1992 bronze winning US Women’s Olympic team in Artistic Gymnastics

Dominique Dawes - First African-American women’s gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal and first African-American to win Olympic gold in gymnastics in 1996

Tasha Schwikert - member of the 2000 bronze winning US Women’s Olympic team in Artistic Gymnastics and the 2005 and 2008 NCAA all-around champion

Annia Hatch - Cuban-American gymnast who was a member of the 2004 silver winning US Women’s Olympic team in Artistic Gymnastics who placed 2nd in the Olympic vault event final

Gabrielle Douglas - First African-American gymnast to win gold in the Olympic All-Around and the first American to win both the All-Around and the Team competition at the same Olympics; still competitive

Elizabeth Price - alternate to the 2012 Olympic team; still competitive

Simone Biles - member of the US Junior National team; still competitive

And there are plenty more who are not listed here and with your suggestions they will be featured in future posts!

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There were no sex classes. No friendship classes. No classes on how to navigate a bureaucracy, build an organization, raise money, create a database, buy a house, love a child, spot a scam, talk someone out of suicide, or figure out what was important to me. Not knowing how to do these things is what messes people up in life, not whether they know algebra or can analyze literature.

William Upski Wimsatt (via truzi)

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Nicki Minaj. No extensions. No wig. No perm. Killing it.

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Nicki

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descentintotyranny:

Rania Khalek — Unarmed Man Shot And Killed By Houston Cop For Wearing A Hoodie While Black

Jan. 26 2014

Jordan Baker, a 26-year-old Houston Community College student and father, “took his last breath in a trash-strewn alley behind a Northwest Houston strip center” on Thursday, January 16, all because he was a black man wearing a hoodie.

Houston police officer J Castro, an 11-year veteran who was moonlighting as a security guard for the strip mall that night, was on the lookout for hoodie-wearing armed robbery suspects. Castro says Baker, who was unarmed, matched the description and he shot and killed him as a result.

The police version of events, as reported by the local ABC affiliate, follows the predictable “he wasn’t cooperating and the cop was scared for his life” script

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And hate on darker skinned women exists because of what?? These women are just a representation of the beauty that is overlooked within Black Women.

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Every little thing you do got me feeling some type away…When you gimme that thunder you make my summer rain

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this song is everything!!

[missjia]

ADORABLE little girl meets her daddy’s twin for the first time & gets CONFUSED! HILARIOUS!!!!!

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oh my god that little girl is so cute ;o;

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omfg she pounds it at the end omfg omfg omfg 

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sooo cute

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I love being black. Couldn’t have asked for better skin, a better smile or better hair. My black is just GLORIOUS.

chantier (via chantycole)

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Unpopular Opinion

Racism didn’t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. Racism didn’t end when Jim Crow disappeared. Racism didn’t end when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech. Racism did not end when Obama became president. Racism is still alive and kicking.