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liberalsarecool

Ownership meant a physical copy. Now you own nothing and can't find what you want across multiple streaming platforms.

Bring back headphones that plug in. Bring back expandable memory. Bring back owning media.

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jessehimself

REPOST: Anytime you hear someone criticizing black people for rioting, share this info with them.

FACT: Prior to the 1960s, rioting (or race riots), consisted of whites burning down and destroying black communities simply because they didn’t want them there. Mostly in major northern, western and Midwestern cities, where the population of black citizens grew tremendously due to the great migration. Blacks fled from Jim Crow south to seek refuge and to find jobs and homes. The competition was fierce, thousands and thousands of blacks flooded the cities resulting in “white flight”. White people were angry that blacks were taking over jobs and building their own communities. Even white soldiers that have been stationed away from home were furious when they came back to this “change”. This is how race riots started. Whites were not too happy about desegregation in their cities. With subliminal attempts to keep their city segregated, blacks were not allowed in the “white” part of town. Black homes and communities were destroyed and burned down by angry white mobs and countless deaths occurred. Here are ONLY just a few examples of race riots that took place in our country:

1921: May 30- June 1. Tulsa, OK. Black Wall Street Massacre 1922. May 6, June 9 Kirven, Texas 1923: January 1. Rosewood, FL Rosewood Massacre 1930: October 12-15 Sainte Genevieve, MO 1931: March Scottsboro, AL 1935: March 19 Harlem, NY Harlem Riot of 1935 1943: May Mobile, AL 1943: June Los Angeles, CA Zoot Suit Riot 1943: June 15-16 Beaumont, TX Beaumont Race Riot of 1943 1943: June 20 Detroit, MI Detroit Race Riot 1943:August 1 Harlem,NY Harlem Riot of 1943 1949: August-September Peekskill, NY 1951: July 11-12 Cicero County, IL Cicero Race Riot 1958: Maxton, NC Battle of Hayes Pond 1959: February Pearl River County, MS 1960: April Biloxi Beach, MS 1962: October Oxford, MS Uni of Mississippi 1963: September 30. Oxford, MS Ole Miss Riot 1963: July 11 Cambridge, MD Cambridge riot of 1963 1963: May 13 Birmingham, AL Bombings 1964: July Brooklyn, NY 1964: July 18 Harlem, NY Harlem Riot of 1964 1964: July 24-26 Rochester, NY Rochester riot 1964: August Jersey City, NJ 1964: August Paterson, NJ 1964: August Elizabeth, NJ 1964: August Chicago, IL 1964: August 28 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia 1964 race riot 1965: March 7 Selma, AL Bloody Sunday 1965: July Springfield, MA 1965: August 11-17 Los Angeles, CA Watts Riot

… only to name a few…. (Image: Race Riot in Detroit, 1943)

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Trini...👑🍫🥰🥹😍🍫❤️☀️✨🔥🔥🔥🔥📸

Beautiful.

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sunbookie

Victory....👑🐐🥊🏀🎤☀️✨🔥🔥🔥🔥💯✊🏿

sunbookie

Heavenly....

God Knows.

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knowledgeequalsblackpower

Valerie, the first Black female cartoon character on a regular Saturday morning cartoon.

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thisiselliz

Happy Black History Month

thighetician

The only post needed for the entire month

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If I could I’d reblog this every day

darkskinwomen

In 2026, Ilia Malinin made headlines for landing a backflip at the Winter Olympics after the move was officially re-approved under updated competition rules.

But this moment did not come out of nowhere.

In 1998, Black Olympic skater Surya Bonaly executed a one-foot backflip at the Nagano Winter Olympics, officials had deemed the move unacceptable at the time. She completed it, on one blade, in an iconic defiance of standards that repeatedly limited her innovation and expression.

What governing bodies labeled as “not allowed” in 1998 is now celebrated as history-making in 2026.

Bonaly’s backflip wasn’t a mistake or a gimmick. It was skill, athleticism, and vision, long before the sport was willing to reward it. And while rules may change, her contribution should not be erased or reframed as an afterthought.

This moment isn’t about taking anything away from today’s athletes.

While Ilia Malinin is being credited with making Olympic history in 2026, the truth is that Surya Bonaly made that history in 1998.

Her one-foot backflip was revolutionary then, and it remains iconic now.

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White mediocrity is alive and well