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Talk to the righteous elders and the ancestors. They will guide us.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

A lot of you all won’t follow me after this but my work as a theologian is about the liberation of oppressed people. This sermon contains the kind of harmful rhetoric LGBTQ people hear every Sunday. Attacking sex workers and trans people is the dirty work that supports white supremacy.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

At its root, Project 2025 seeks to build a nation run by wealthy white men with a sprinkling of people from other contexts. They have no concern for competence. Therefore, what is being established is a kakistocracy that effectively threatens our national economic, medical & military security.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Maine’s Governor Janet Mills is a real one. It’s the body language for me. Look at how she sips water after she coolly tells him, “See you in court.” Then when he tries to scare her about her future in politics she just waves him off as if to say, “Boy please! I’m not thinking about you!”

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Malcolm X was assassinated 60 years ago. Actor Ossie Davis called him, “our Black shining prince.” White people at the time tried to do what many white supremacists continue trying to do: demonize him. Yet his legacy and Black peoples’ love for him remains strong.

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What Trump is exhibiting is not dementia. It’s called “the will to ignorance.” Folks calling him “clever as a fox” have missed how stunningly ignorant he has been for decades. Q: How does he get away with it? A: His sycophants who don’t have a GAWDDAMN spine.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

My new writing goal is to be published by @haymarketbooks.org. May it be so.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

We can’t afford describing this political system with niceness and ambiguity. Call it what it is or shut up.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

In my best southern ebonics: Sumtymes, I jes get curious ‘bout what folks be wearing. No criticism. No jealousy. Just curious. Serena Williams Superbowl 2025. Now…Y’all can leave me and my little Apple Watch alone.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

I hate to see Black people play into the hands of racists who have never accepted us as human beings. I’m sure he had his reasons, but I wish he had a proper team of consultants who would have warned him about the consequences of making that commercial. And during Black History Month! WTH!!!

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

It’s one thing that folks voted for a felon but them bitches voted for a senile felon who walks like he forgets to change his diaper.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Emancipation as a Presidential proclamation didn’t end slavery or bring freedom for enslaved Africans. Calling something “freedom” doesn’t make it so. The material conditions of life must change. Amerika has never been a site of full freedom for my people. ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/sho...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Long thread but..1/I couldn’t quite put my finger on it until this morning. People are outraged by companies pulling back on DEI work. I think we should be outraged. (Some of you will dismiss the previous sentence based on my next sentences)

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

1/Today I'm thinking about the "lot of good" formula. It goes like this: A person does some good things for their community but also serious harm that affects minor parts of the community. The fact of the harm they do is - according to this formula - offset by the "lot of good" that they do. 🧵

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Ok. READ. THIS. CAREFULLY. - - I've already spoken appreciatively of her and called her sermon a good sermon. But...I didn't agree with everything though I know she was genuinely lovely in her concern. 1/🧵

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

The holiday travel ritual begins. Are there anymore “cousins” like this on this app? If so, post a picture or video of your deep cleaning ritual.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

I can never place trust in a country that planned and carried out an execution on its own citizen. Fred Hampton should still be alive.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Every time I hear Trump’s voice on the television. My thumb dexterity improves daily. #Mute

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Chile, the bots and trolls simply don’t read profiles. 🤷🏽‍♀️

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I’m not thirsty for followers. Another one reported and blocked. This person is impersonating Dr. Charles Boyd. Beware.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Before sociology, I was a psychology major (for undergrad). One thing that stayed with me is how people need to make meaning out of things they don’t understand. As a theologian, I don’t believe God harms us to get us to do right. But if that is what helps people (Jaime Foxx) survive, so be it. 🧵

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

As much as I like this site it is not without bots and trolls. Here are a few impersonations that you should block. One is actually using a picture of a friend of mine.

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

I’ve been working in my own community. Neighbors decided they wanted to put up a block club sign (often done here in Chicago) but didn’t want it to be a proscriptive policy. Instead, they came up w/words they feel convey how we want to be known. Not perfect but I’m happy w/how we worked together.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

I got up “fo day in deh moanin’” as my parents called it. Cleaning up and listening to Aretha Franklin “Amazing Grace - Live.” The Spirit touched the Baptist in me and I almost tore my kitchen up. #BlackSky #GospelTruth

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

My girlfriend flew in today, so we’re just starting to cook our meal. My first job is to smoke these turkey wings. I’m gonna accompany these smokes with some type of liquor. Which one do you think will go best?

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments