#blackbrilliance

[cozyboymayes]

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[ghost-37]

[blackmensmile]

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From Basquiat to Barack. From the Black Madonna to Ma’at. Black Brilliance is what I see. Black Brilliance is you. Black Brilliance is me. I AM BLACK BRILLIANCE. —- @blackboyartshow x @blackmensmile We’ve been working hard to create an experience you won’t soon forget. Join us for a celebration of Black Brilliance. 👉🏾Tix at link in bio —- #blackmensmile #blackbrilliance #blackart #blackhistory #shine #blackjoy #artinstallation https://www.instagram.com/p/CLx_DBngxym/?igshid=1kst3lbizy2kx

[chvckystoner]

Two moods

[dorrienray]

my real daddy mexican..

[mountainmic]

I heard it’s Black Botanists Week and I want to get in on the action. My name is Mountain Mic and I’m new to being a plant dad (because I don’t want the responsibility of a pet and/or child). I’m a hiker and avid traveler (I own a Hiking+Travel business). Say hey back 🙋🏽‍♂️ ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #blackplantlove #plantinteractions #bipocinnature #botanizingwhileblack #botany101 #blackbrilliance #idhikethat #blackproud #botany #nature #blackinnature #blackeveryday #diversityoutdoors #ncstateparks #blackhikersweek #togetheroutside #motherafrica #getoutandhike #wehiketoo #blackpower✊🏾 #sweatydirtyhappy #optoutdoors #blackispower #blackgirlshike #hikingwhileblack #botany101 #blackpeoplehike #seekmorewilderness #iloveblackwomen #blackpeoplewhohike https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUyePAJF-y/?igshid=mqe10bwc47ue

[thefreeblackwomanslibrary]

“Black women have worked hard to write a counternarrative of our worth in a global system where beauty is the only legitimate capital allowed women without legal, political, and economic challenge. That last bit is important. Beauty is not good capital. It compounds the oppression of gender. It constrains those who identify as women against their will. It costs money and demands money. It colonizes. It hurts. It is painful. It can never be fully satisfied. It is not useful for human flourishing. Beauty is, like all capital, merely valuable. Because it is valuable, black women have said that we are beautiful too. We have traveled the cultural imaginations of the worlds nonwhite people assembling a beauty construct that does not exclude us. We create culture with our beauty. We negotiate with black men to legitimize our beauty. We try to construct something that feels like liberation in an inherently oppressive regime, balancing peace with our marginally more privileged lighter skinned black women while refuting the global caste status of darker skinned black women. Some of us try to include multiple genders and politics in our definition of beauty. This kind of work requires discursive loyalty. We must name it and claim it, because naming is about the only unilateral power we have.” - In The Name of Beauty ⭐️👌🏿

Re-reading some of my favorite passages from the awesome book, THICK AND OTHER ESSAYS written by the brilliant Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom - in excitement and anticipation of this month’s meetup, which features the author, scholar and professor discussing her writing and work. Happening on Sunday, June 30th at MOCADA museum. The Free Black Women’s Library will be open from noon to 5, and our conversation begins at 2p. All are welcome to come check out and trade books by Black women and take part in the conversation. See you then!! I’m so excited!! 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿☺️☺️☺️☺️

[trascapades]

🤘🏿❤👏🏿🎶🎤#ArtIsAWeapon Happy 78th 🎂 to a true #originator, culture creator, #innovator #GeorgeClinton @yolikegeorge - still the funkiest man on the planet! #YallGonnaGetThisBlackExcellence #musician #CulturalIcon #composer #ParliamentFunkadelic #SirNose #UncutFunk #TheMothership #Funk #music #ChocolateCity #PFunk #BlackBrilliance #AintItFunkinKindaHardOnYou #MaggotBrain #BlackMusic #CapitalJazzFest #TraScapades #MusicIsLife https://www.instagram.com/p/B0PY486F2F-/?igshid=15fmqhx5ezm2d