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Heads up, Florida.

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

That moment when it’s your FIRST TIME seeing your own book at the airport!!! I’m so grateful to readers for their support 😘😘😘 #TheReformatory

submitted 9 days ago • 139 comments

The Wall Street Journal congratulated Bezos as its ideological "wingman in the fight." If that is what you are looking for, by all means, support WaPo. Instead, if you are looking for fearlessly pro-democracy news, analysis and opinion, support Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

submitted 10 days ago • 164 comments

What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't

submitted 12 days ago • 602 comments

NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer known for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' and other intimate hits, dies at 88.

submitted 13 days ago • 740 comments

Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) is so gifted at distilling key political themes. Trump 1.0 was "The Cruelty Is The Point"; this piece explains how the admin is now pursuing "The Great Resegregation." It captures so much of what's happening. READ IT! www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 14 days ago • 15 comments

Image Awards and Spirit Awards the same night. SMH

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

KILLER OF SHEEP ON CRITERION. OUT MAY 27. It was an honor to be a consulting producer on this release. I am grateful to be of service to Charles Burnett. I am thankful for my former colleagues at @criterion.bsky.social + @milestonefilms.bsky.social. more info: www.criterion.com/films/34233-...

submitted 23 days ago • 13 comments

They're trying to enforce actual race and gender quotas in the workplace, the thing they pretended to be against www.cbsnews.com/news/starbuc...

submitted 25 days ago • 60 comments

"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation." (gift link)

submitted 25 days ago • 335 comments

The Smith family owns 600 acres of land, which has been passed down since the 1920s. A superior court judge recently ruled that a railroad company could seize their property. They are now appealing the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court. capitalbnews.org/georgia-fami...

submitted 26 days ago • 19 comments

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

submitted 28 days ago • 909 comments

WOWWWWW - welp, The Between was my first book (recently reissued), The Good House is one of my scariest, and My Soul to Keep (followed by The Living Blood, Blood Colony and My Soul to Take) was my most popular for years. Hope that helps! 😘

submitted 30 days ago • 15 comments

Pete Hegseth isn’t DEI. Daniel Penny isn’t DEI. That’s not what DEI is. They’re just grossly unqualified for their jobs and add no value that any replacement legacy job applicant wouldn’t bring. So stop saying “it’s DEI” like it’s a clever commentary on the situation. It’s not.

submitted 32 days ago • 587 comments

"What does D.E.I. mean to the president and his administration? It’s the presence — in a skilled or high-status role — of anyone who isn’t white, male and able-bodied, regardless of qualifications or abilities," writes @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

We’re celebrating Black History month this year or else!

submitted 36 days ago • 27 comments

If aliens pull up…

submitted 37 days ago • 535 comments

Happy Black History Month 🌺 I have a book coming out in less than 3 mos. It's been endorsed by Kiese Laymon, Bridgett Davis, and Jason Reynolds. Anticipated by WaPo, People, TIME, and others. Pre-orders are important so if you have the funds, consider a copy? www.harpercollins.com/products/zea...

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

Paging Marianne Jean-Baptiste

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

submitted 39 days ago • 840 comments

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

submitted 38 days ago • 269 comments

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

submitted 39 days ago • 991 comments

Also, if you're a federal employee what's your confidence you're going to get the "buy out" for typing "resign" in the body of the buyout email since there doesn't seem to be any legal authority to make the offer?

submitted 40 days ago • 367 comments

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

submitted 40 days ago • 1246 comments

Hey, while we're talking about erasing history: In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun." The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen. So they refused to announce a winner🤡

submitted 42 days ago • 588 comments

It’s on. #boycotttarget

submitted 43 days ago • 783 comments

As Virginia prepares for its next round of elections, harsh new restrictions put in place by Governor Glenn Youngkin in 2023 remain in place. Bolts reported at the time on the Virginians who cannot vote due to the state's new rules. boltsmag.org/virgini...

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

Signing up for Costco immediately

submitted 42 days ago • 102 comments

Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)

submitted 43 days ago • 1197 comments

I hope you are understanding that these anti-DEI policies are simply about erasing any presence or value of people who are not white men. That’s what’s happening when the Air Force academy no longer teaches about the Tuskegee airmen or about female pilots in WWII. Do me a favor and STOP saying

submitted 43 days ago • 8 comments

I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is. Know your rights. Pass these around…

submitted 43 days ago • 684 comments

My God, the cowardice.

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

I'll note again: News orgs keep repeating Trump WH line that it's targeting "DEI". As most people understand these things that's false. They're upending anti-discrimination and anti-discrimination in federal contracting rules going back as far as the 1960s. Not trying to make a big point abt ...

submitted 46 days ago • 53 comments

Interviewer: “so what’s this gap in your resume?” “Oh, those were the years when they weren’t hiring Black people.”

submitted 46 days ago • 288 comments

AOC 🔥🔥🔥

submitted 46 days ago • 774 comments

as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination

submitted 46 days ago • 212 comments

Dalyce Curry, a 95-year-old Altadena resident, died in her home in the Eaton fire. Curry appeared in several films, including “The Ten Commandments,” “Lady Sings the Blues” and “The Blues Brothers.”

submitted 52 days ago • 110 comments

Companies with entire marketing campaigns explicitly targeted towards Black Americans should be facing far more outrage for unceremoniously discarding their diversity efforts. Instead: Silence.

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

I talked to the Black residents of Altadena who say they’ve lost everything but hope. “When you escape tragedy, you say, ‘it could have got me.’ It didn’t. So I’m going to keep on going,” said 83-year-old Walt Butler.

submitted 57 days ago • 184 comments

This makes me sick: “Rick Caruso, a real estate developer who lost to Ms. Bass in the mayoral race in 2022, said he had a team of private firefighters in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday night helping to protect a major outdoor retail space he owns.”

submitted 58 days ago • 7 comments

URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social

submitted 58 days ago • 42 comments

While LA firefighters were running out of water… Rick Caruso, the real estate developer and former L.A. mayoral candidate, hired private firefighters to save his upscale shopping center in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday night. The question is: did he use public water for this?

submitted 59 days ago • 1200 comments

For those evacuating with pets in LA: Hilton’s Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton, Tru and Canopy brands are all 100% pet friendly. Even cats! And a lot of hotels are waiving pet fees atm. Good on u Hilton! Pun intended: that’s hot.

submitted 60 days ago • 78 comments

“I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” - James Baldwin

submitted 70 days ago • 8 comments

The Holidays and Hoops. Nothing better…

submitted 76 days ago • 125 comments

I’ve been reading about Lena Horne & learned about the fact that she and her husband could not find an apartment to buy in NYC in the late 50s. Harry Belafonte faced the same issues so he ended up buying a building and inviting his friends to buy or rent apartments www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 76 days ago • 22 comments

Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, a 10-time All-Star and the MLB’s all-time stolen base leader, has died. He was 65

submitted 78 days ago • 50 comments

The CTA holiday train, complete with Santa in downtown Chicago…

submitted 82 days ago • 187 comments

I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated. We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.

submitted 86 days ago • 1222 comments

So Mexico

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments