BLACK WOMEN AND MIRRORS
Aaliyah - Try Again (2000)
Beyoncé - Naughty Girl (2004)
Rihanna - SOS (2006)
Mary J. Blige - Just Fine (2007)
Chloe x Halle - Do It (2020)
“I think about my father being called ‘boy’, my uncle being called ‘boy’, my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called ‘boy’. So I questioned myself: “What does a black man have to do before he’s given the respect as a man?” So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T so the first word out of everybody’s mouth is “Mr.” That’s a sign of respect that my father didn’t get, that my brother didn’t get, that my mother didn’t get.“
Also if you wanna go a little further back My Wife and Kids replaced Jazz Raycole with Jennifer Freeman. In fact, for the promotion of the show after the new Clare was cast, they didn’t even bother shooting new pictures; they just put Jennifer’s head on Jazz’s body.
Starting on a designated day for an unspecified amount of time... Could it stop the police from killing us? Or at least persuade the government to intervene faster than they are with these protests??
It would really have to be all of us. Every single one in order to work. I know we need the money. I’m stay at home momming right now so all of this is easy for me to propose but I’m also black... so all of this is terrifying and I just want it to stop. Best idea I have. If the Montgomery Bus Boycott kicked off the civil rights movement... Why wouldn’t it work?? What better way to show black lives matter than to walk off the “plantations.”
“The tragedy of this country now,” Baldwin wrote in 1963, “is that most of the people who say they care about it do not care.”
I later learned that wanting to become “American,” for the immigrant, often really meant wanting to become a white American. “White,” Baldwin reflected in 1978, “is really a metaphor for safety and for power and that is why people are white.” Immigrant children know this truth even before they can articulate it.
This is such an important and genuinely terrifying post. I could completely go off on the rise of anti-science, but for now I’ll just add: it isn’t just boomers that get deceived. This is a warning to all of us.
Pay ATTENTION to what you are being told. If you think you cannot be deceived, you leave yourself open to deception. Question, doubt, research research research. Learn about your personal biases, dig up any subconscious cognitive dissonance. Keep an eye on your mind.
It needs to be stressed that biases, not a lack of intelligence, is very much the issue here. Being aware of the need to fact check yourself is key: Intelligence won’t protect you from bad or unhealthy mental states, or keep you safe from cults of any sort. Intelligence will just make it easier for you to rationalize and attempt to justify the malformed tools you’ve taken/been given to yourself and others. You need to be wise enough to challenge yourself.
Saw this on facebook and am keeping the momentum going. I’ve copied all the fundraiser links below, and here’s the link to the original post in case you’d prefer to look at the list that way.
Help me get home, please! $1,729/10,000 《《 high priority
Gender Fluid Human In Need Of Help $1,670/3,500
Adopted Trans Woman seeking safety & medical help $17,085/29,000
Shane’s Top Surgery $2,101/7,750 《《 this one has been up for over a year and he’s still waiting
Help J Remove Themselves from Toxic Household $1,372/2,500 《《 needs more contributions
Grace Mwangi’s Gender Confirmation Surgery $2,986/38,000
Nyne’s top surgery $2,943/8,000
Help Grayson start transition $1,201/2,000 《《 keep this going!
Skyler’s Transition Fund €458/3,000 《《 needs more contributions
Londynn’s New Life $8,828/15,000
NYIEMÄ’S GENDER CONFIRMATION FUND $8,770/37,000
Zoeys transition fund £4,224/10,000
Supporting Black Trans Elders cashapp $fakerapper $16,397/100,000
Top Surgery For Yadriel Acazio $1,817/11,000 《《 this one needs a boost
Coco’s Medical Transition Fund $3,430/15,000
Maya’s Transition & Recovery Fund $1,987/35,744 《《 needs more contributions
Help Create Corbyn $1,943/4,000
Flora’s Transition Fund $800/5,000 《《 needs more contributions
Amina Transition And Rent Fund €3,437/5,000
Help Guilly Get Top Surgery!! $3,070/7,500
Atticus’ homeless fund $5,598/10,000
HOUSING FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR $7,553/60,000
Ahren’s Top Surgery $3,961/7,500
Malakai’s Top Surgery $1,119/10,000 《《 needs more contributions
Top Surgery $7,675/8,000 《《 so close; let’s close the gap!
Phoenix gotta move! $987/45,000 《《 needs more contributions
Kiana’s Gender Transition $2,140/35,000
Jacobs top surgery $6,870/8,000
Skye’s Top Surgery $2,037/8,500
Hunter’s Top Surgery $4,805/12,000 《《 time sensitive, get this funded before September!
Alexandria’s Transition fund $3,562/40,000
Myles’s Tracheal Shave Procedure $2,980/8,450
Zeke’s Top Surgery Fund $4,469/9,000
help koo start a new life $1,154/25,000 《《 needs more contributions
Landon’s Top Surgery! $950/2,000 《《 it’s a small goal, but so vital to covering what insurance doesn’t
Donate to Myla’s Breast Augmentation $1,992/6,000
Vanessa L. Naisha needs support to seek justice! $14,588/15,000 《《 so close! Let’s close the final gap
Travis’ Transition Fund $15,435/30,000
Disabled Enby Needing Help For Top Surgery! $2,672/8,500 《《 NEEDS FUNDING BEFORE AUGUST 4TH
Tyler’s Transition Fund $13,285/30,000
Clarabelle’s Gender Affirmation Surgery $10,637/20,000
help deluca get top surgery ! $4,907/7,000
Help Black Trans Woman Transition $18,495/20,700
Wriply’s surgery/ continued living fund $8,642/26,520 《《 this one has been up since 2018. I found Wriply’s socials and she’s still active, still waiting. Let’s get this fulfilled
Help a black trans woman w/ advanced cancer in ATL $21,826/25,000 《《 keep the momentum going
Help Harmony, a Black Trans Woman Survive $7,676/20,000
Help a black trans-man get FTM top surgery! $6,069/15,000
Malikais Top Surgery $4,097/7,500
Finn’s Therapy & Wellness Fund $2,960/7,000
Kyo’s (aka Key) Transition Fund $13,514/25,000
Transition Funds for Dallas $6,790/15,000
Help a Black Trans Woman from homelessness $6,606/8,000 《《 let’s get this goal met asap
Bottom Surgery and Electrolysis $6,329/40,000
Noelle’s Breast Augmentation $11,155/13,000
Aeri’s Moving Out & Transition Fund $14,859/20,000 《《 more than halfway; keep it going
SAVE A TEENAGE TRANSMAN’S LIFE $4,520/25,000
Cody’s Top Surgery $2,628/7,000
Help Kit get Top Surgery $1,820/6,000
Help Erika Begin Her Transition $4,433/10,000
I will periodically update the progress amounts. As the goals are met, I’ll mark them as funded and change the colors from green to pink to make it clear. I’m also tagging the ones that could use more attention with red.
Been hearing a lot about “reparations” lately? Well, this is one way to start working towards that, since those in power certainly won’t.
This one has an urgent deadline, August 4th ⬇️
https://gf.me/u/x8y8ak
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