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A vote happens later this week to create a fund for descendants of the 272 slaves sold by the Jesuit university 181 years ago. It could be a model for other schools.

Some more background on this memory.

#public art #landmarked #community art #socially engaged art #monuments

blackfilm

The Secret to Selling the Negro

“The Secret of Selling the Negro Market is a 1954 film financed by Johnson Publishing Company, the publisher of Ebony magazine, to encourage advertisers to promote their products and services in the African-American media. The film showed African-American professionals, housewives and students as participants in the American consumer society, and it emphasized the economic power of this demographic community. The film, which was shot in Kodachrome Color, featured appearances by Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and radio announcer Robert Trout. The film had its premiere in July 1954 at the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was shown on a non-theatrical basis. ” via

#vacation whitepeople beach

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In Lawton, Oklahoma, Christina Tahhahwah was arrested by police at her grandparents house. She lived with bi-polar disorder and stopped taking her medications which led to her family calling the police to aid in taking her to the hospital for medical care. When she refused to leave the property, the police arrested her for trespassing and took her off to jail instead. The following day on November 14, she was “found” unresponsive in her cell. She was in cardiac arrest and was transferred to the hospital, where she later died. Her family was not notified of her heart attack until they received a Facebook message from family friend, who works at the hospital. When the family arrived at the hospital they received reports from fellow jail inmates that Christina Tahhahwah had been tasered for refusing to stop singing Comanche hymns.

getting ready for the week

#egyptian lover 80s

I am Black, bisexual, and non-binary femme deeply rooted in the excellence of Black womanhood. My identity is considered…

interesting perspective, i know i wasn't going to the #justiceorelse rally to find some gender nonconforming folks on the stage.. but it is completely impossible to unpack everything that went down during justice or else rally in 5 internet legible short points.. no one and nothing is monolithic.. so here is a short critical reflection .. #readingrainbow

#million man march #justiceorelse

#poetry #poet #poem #blackart #black art #performance art #art #babylon #tongo eisen-martin

Any woman who counts on her face is a fool

Zadie Smith, On Beauty

#message #truth #zadie smith #beauty #woman #women #melanin

naijaboi

Reel Sisters & Brooklyn Museum Present

Seyi Adebanjo (Celebrating Queer & Trans Pride)

1. Reel Sisters & Kumble Theater Present Pride and Gender:

A Film Conversation! June 4th

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series and Kumble Theater will celebrate LGBT Month on Thurs., June 4, 2015,

6 pm‐8 pm, with an amazing line up of films!

Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa! (Brooklyn Premiere)

Seyi Adebanjo- Director/Producer/Editor

Yoruba Richen- Executive Producer

The documentary follows my journey as a Queer Gender Non Conforming Nigerian returning home to connect with Òrìṣà (African God/dess) tradition, and follow a trail back to the powerful legacy of my great grandmother, Chief Moloran Ìyá Ọlọ́ya. This personal and political story vibrantly investigates the heritage of command, mythology, gender fluidity, womyn’s power and the hidden truth behind the power of indigenous Yorùbá spirituality. As I encounter obstacles of a national strike and anti-gay marriage legislation to find the roots of the practice, will I be able to find affirmation for myself as a person between genders/ worlds and take on this inheritance?

The documentary illuminates the lives of Òrìṣà Ọya (Warrior Goddess), Chief Moloran Ìyá Ọlọ́ya and Seyi Adebanjo while interweaving Yorùbá mythology, poetry, performance, and expert interviews. The documentary is lyrical, interwoven with cultural nuances, ritual, interviews, chanting and narration.

The screenings will be held at the Kumble Theater

One University Plaza  Flatbush Avenue,

between Dekalb Ave. and Willoughby St. 

Brooklyn, NY, 11201

For film schedule and updates visit www.reelsisters.org or call 212.865.2982.

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2. Brooklyn Museum First Saturdays Presents

June 6th, 2015

International LGBTQ Pride

Seyi Adebanjo

Film 6 p.m.

Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles

Excerpt of Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!

A powerful and intensely moving document of a community vigil for Islan Nettles a transgender Womyn of Color.

A talkback with the filmmaker follows.

Free tickets (25) at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway 

Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052  

on racism in media..

it is so obvious that the way that most united states media outlets spun the story in baltimore was rooted in racism.

it was also a method to distract people from the grassroots organizing that has been going on in baltimore for years now.

contrast this with the ways that the united states media is depicting the white gangs in waco texas, and i am sure the way that the police force is dealing with the situation there, and one can argue that the united states of america is working the way it was supposed to...

the news coverage about baltimore over the last few weeks was absurdly sensationalized. instead of talking about why thousands of protesters went in the streets for weeks to ensure that police violence in baltimore ended, most media outlets talked about black youth as thugs and rioters. many young people in this city are hungry. many young people in this city have resources that are so limited that they can not afford clothing. but that as a digression. the issue of inequality was rarely discussed in most media outlets, and instead they focused on spinning a narrative that continued to paint the picture of young black people as villains. and private property and corporations (mainly cvs) as victims. this narrative is sickening and a further reflection of what a backwards society we live in. people are never placed over profit.

all if this is not new. but it is particularly alarming to me because last week the state approved to put $30 million dollars into a youth jail.

as an educator in a public school, this is particularly appalling to me. because while the state is investing all of this money into criminalizing poor black youth, they are taking away $35 million dollars from public schools.

i wonder how much these decision makers get paid to keep systems of power in place. because i don’t know if i would be able to do that. there is no amount of money in the world, i would take to ensure that the cradle to prison pipeline continues to flourish.

this type of disinvestment in the future of young people in baltimore city is not surprising, but it is still so disgusting to me.. but it is one part of a larger issue.