The Thing Around Your Neck

"Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded."

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BLACK PEOPLE LOOK GOOD. PERIOD.

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“out here wit these fuckboy police”

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forever reblog.

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MLK wearing one of those G-Unit tank tops

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Laverne Cox, Ralph Souffrant, Karen McDonald, and Grace Bol for IVY PARK AW17.

“The message for this campaign is to celebrate everyone’s uniqueness. True beauty and power are born out of strength of character.” —Beyoncé

“It’s like I’m dreaming. It feels amazing that I get to work with a woman who has been a huge inspiration to me.” — Laverne Cox

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BYrPoEVBw2N/

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New photo essay up on Vice with Antwaun Sargent covering this years Afropunk photos by Micaiah Carter

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“The Shame of Murrieta” by Jake Prendez  tweaked it a little and inked it in.

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@widnybazile

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”once, I saw a bee drown in honey, and I understood.” -Nikos Kazantzakis

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“If you don’t got no sauce… you lost. But you can also get lost in the sauce.” - Gucci Mane

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The Girl With a Bamboo Earring, Awol Erizku | Ethiopian American

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alton mason in ‘a new light’ by benjamin vnuk for hercules universal

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on the would be 69th birthday of fallen revolutionary, fred hampton, i want to repeat this rare story deminta frazer told during the combahee river collective and the black feminist tradition panel at socialism 2017.

*~*when frazer was around 15/16 she used to spend her mornings volunteering with the free breakfast program at the chicago chapter of the black panther party where hampton was stationed. she mentioned when she entered her teen years she was routinely cat called and harassed but hampton was one of the only men who totally respected her agency and would pull her to the side to ask her how she was doing. frazer said something along the lines of ‘he showed the love and respect that black men can show to black women’ and that influenced how she accepts the same treatment from every dude that comes her way.

when he was murdered in cold blood by the chicago pd with fbi cointelpro intelligence, she was devastated that a man who had such a profound impact on her understanding of solidarity was taken at the tender age of 21. *~*

i had the quotes from the panel but can’t find it atm. this is just based off memory but wanted to share bc i was deeply moved by her honesty and was really really REALLY happy to hear this about fred. once u dig deep with a lot of male iconoclast figures, their relationships with women can be sus to say the least.