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lagonegirl

Black women are so encouraging. This is simply magical!💖 #BlackGirlsMagic

bayareachild

This was the most amazing I love it

several-birds-one-stone

This is warmth to my black heart

ardnale

Black women are the center of life

philosophyunknwn

If watching this don’t make you feel good sum wrong wit you

6ixshitttttt

Wooooooooow :)

cultureunseen

Yellow Peril Justice or Else https://www.justiceorelse.com/ https://twitter.com/justiceorelse https://www.facebook.com/MillionManMarch20th

jessehimself

Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shows Us Why She’s Known As “The Godmother Of Rock And Roll”

Sister Rosetta Tharpe shows off her raw talent in this legendary clip from the early 1960s. At an old train station hidden away in the UK, this “Godmother of Rock and Roll” showed an audience of young beatniks, hippies, and college students just exactly where music was leading to.

On a cold British morning a television crew filmed this unknown (to the British) African-American woman who, dressed to the nines, danced, sang, and played the guitar in such a fashion that it managed to inspire a whole generation of singer-songwriters. Her combination of gospel with early rock and roll shows her as “the link” between two categories of music which, over the years, evolved into the very different styles that they are today.

When she returned to the states she was one of the first musicians to tour the country via bus; even though she was well known, most hotels wouldn’t house her or her backup band due to segregation. She had her tour bus fitted with cots so the band could get some rest no matter where they were.

Watching this amazing clip you can clearly see how much impact this woman’s style had on rock and roll, so it is certainly no wonder why she’s called “The Godmother of Rock and Roll.” With her ability to engage any audience, coupled with her legendary talent and singing skills; this woman truly earned her place in America’s history as one of the best of the best.

above text via http://rosetta.littlethings.com/didnt-it-rain/

i-am-america-deactivated2016121

Elvis wishes!

morninggggstar

On behalf of International Women’s Day I have to give a shout out to Sydney Freeland, Transgender Navajo (Dine’) writer/director. She is behind the short “Hoverboard” as well as the feature “Drunktown’s Finest”. Drunktown’s Finest has 36 speaking roles, 32 of which are filled by Indigenous actors. Additionally, women of color in film make up less than 1% of directors - what Sydney has done is amazing.

morninggggstar

Posting this yet again for Transgender Day of Visibility! Sydney is my sister and I’m nothing short of blessed to have her in my life as family. She inspires me and I know she inspires a lot of other people, especially members of the Native American LGBTQ community.

sovietcop

basically anyone who really shames people for buying their kids shoes or for buying themselves a manicure while poor doesnt understand poverty

poor people often have a lot of disposable income, more than you think, cause they live on cash

they often do not have any means of transforming that cash into assets or into longterm wealth

so yes i had a lot of toys and nice things as a poor kid because you can buy toys at the dollar store too

and like you can pay a lady 10 dollars in cash to do your nails professionally

but you really cannot scrimp, at least not anymore (maybe decades ago you could) to buy yourself a house or to invest in stocks or other things that guarantee financial protection

poor people are liquid- thats why they may have material goods including nice cell phones but they broke ass will always be broke

hell, even banks and financiers EXPLOIT the liquidity of poor people; cash advance places in the hood and the proven empirical facts that cash deposits from banks in low-income neighborhood go towards major investments and are used as liquid assets by big businesses

keeping poor people in cash and banks in poor neighborhoods are major transfers of wealth in this economy

so please spare me your policing of some lady who decided to get some shoes

kiriamaya

Always reblog

hoodoodyke

It’s back

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/business/economy/changed-life-of-the-poor-squeak-by-and-buy-a-lot.html

divine-noire

Dear White People,

THIS is how you ally. THIS is how you use your privilege to help us. THIS is how you earn our respect. The White college students in Cape Town, South Africa knew the police would not shoot or harm them so they created a human shield to protect the Black protestors. I’m crying. I’m crying.

vulcanscienceofficer

Repeat after me friends: Neurodevelopmentally disabled teenagers and adults are not children. They are disabled teenagers and adults. Mentally they are not children. Mentally they are disabled teenagers and adults.

itsokaytoshine

#gif

person: *draws a character as a POC* or *interprets a character as trans*

someone else: haha, cool headcanon, but uh, i dont think its canon... just so you know its probably not how the author sees it... yup... definitely not like that actually...

person: that's cool have you considered that the entire work isn't real and the sacredness of canon is dramatically overstated because ultimately all fiction is a reflection of the human experience for which there is of course no objective reference point and the process of reflection that occurs between the work and the viewer is ultimately no less valid than the process of reflection between the work and the creator