fellow #BrooklynNative @real_sharpton #DrRevAlSharpton #AlSharpton ( #thatwalkofftho!) lol) #makethemcallyourname #commencementspeaker at #MedgarEvers’ namesake #college, @MedgarEversCollege in #Brooklyn. some folks say #keepmynameoutyourmouth and some say #makethemsayyourname #saymynamesaymyname and some say #SayHerName. as part of Native & African Diaspora(s), we have nicknames, we name our Selves, because, you know why. historically, special names were bestowed upon us after Birth and as we grow, we receive/develop/get nicknames, etc. i stay namin’ Self. #SurvivingPreGentrifiedBrooklyn #survivingBrooklyn #graduation #classof2019 my Sister is the 1st, in my immediate Family, to graduate. my Mom passed away right before her own finals so she didn’t get to ‘officially’ matriculate (according to her college 🤨🤔), but shiiiit, it took her decades of work, raising kids in Bushwick in the 60’s to 90’s, retiring, and having a stroke, but at least she got her ring before she crossed over tho...we buried her with it on. so yeah, props to my Sis, my Ma, and to my lil’ Cuz, who is our other graduate in da Fam! 🎓 #MECgrad #MedgarGrad #MedgarMade (at Medgar Evers College, CUNY) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByaOo5jAWG8/?igshid=lkhs6wmd2ndb
