And see for me it’s not necessarily nationalism it’s just the truth of our, very complicated, identity. I don’t support a lot of the American government’s interests but I am American just as much as a Jamaican is Jamaican. It’s just a fact of where my heritage lands.
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The discourse about Beyonce and Kendrick’s performances has taught me one thing. There are people, on both sides, who are uncomfortable when Black Americans identity as AMERICANS. I think you should unpack that.
Black Americans have a reputation as a “homeless” people and we are not. This country has been our home for centuries and we have created its culture (the parts you like anyway). A country’s people are not its government, we understand that for everyone else but us.
It’s all your fault lol
😬😬😬 thank you
Thank you! Slow and steady lol
Thank you! You too!
Wow. I’m really 25k words into the first draft of my novel. A few months ago I shit bricks sharing my writing for the first time and now I’m literally writing a book. Lmaooooowtf
I’m just so tired lol
I wish yall never learned the word “propaganda” honestly
You don’t beat a narcissist by going back and forth. You beat them by ignoring them
Black outrage is profitable, not only financially, but energetically.
It’s true. Their unwillingness to reckon with their past is going to lead to their own undoing. It’s not my place to interfere. We just have to shield and protect our communities as much as we can while they learn their lessons
The yt supremacists are going to get a yt supremacy. The problem is yt supremacy sucks bc yt people are not supreme. Everything that they actually love, they did not create. The reality of this case study we’re all forced to live through is going to be rough for them to accept
America’s current, embarrassing ass collapse is an example of what happens when you don’t do your shadow work
I’m loving the resurgence of the Cowboy Carter analyses bc folks could’ve just said congrats and went on but now they’re showing just how much they don’t know about the genre they colonized. It’s never gonna be you babes.
Folks be begging to “come together” without any acknowledgment or accountability and that’s the problem.
This can be applied to multiple, currently relevant groups btw
American Requiem actually made me cry the first time I heard it. I’m not kidding. That song is haunting and beautiful. It is a masterpiece.
I know she deserved it looooooooong ago but her winning best country album AND AOTY off the album that already had them folks in a tizzy during BHM, that fascism tried to cancel…I just…this feels like waking up to the Montgomery Boat Brawl
Look! I would’ve cried real tears lol
Work on your relationship to convenience (speaking to myself as well). It’s nice but it is far from the most important thing. It may take an extra 4 days or cost $5 more. That’s worth it. Plan and prepare for it.
Exactly. You don’t get to use us to drive business and then refuse to support the people that are actually making it happen for you. Nope
I knew it in my heart but you never know in Texas
I feel you! Honestly their response pissed me off so I was personally done as soon as I read that lol
For me, while WE know it disproportionately affects them, we know the connotation and messaging around it was about US. Announcing your departure from DEI is about messaging regarding US. It will be used to actively discriminate against US.
Boycotting stores becomes a lot easier when you pair it with a focus on reducing your overall consumption, which is a good idea anyway
I hate the language being used regarding undocumented immigrants. “They pick our food and clean our homes”…They’re human beings and reducing them to their SEVERELY UNDERPAID labor implies that that’s the only reason they should be here.
When you think of a death row meal it’s literally your favorite meal. You’re desperate for it. It’s literally the last thing you want before you die. You pick at a charcuterie board while you drink wine. It’s just an appetizer lol
🗣️ treat these niggas like charcuterie
Pastor Meg said so 😂