NEWSFLASH: Some of us have always found Noam Chomsky’s creep-cringe-factor far too high to be revered as intellectually elite.
If you hadn’t brought him up, I wouldn’t have either. Chomsky rendered himself irrelevant to be cast into history’s dustbin.
#TalentedTenth
Ralph Lauren’s Oak Bluffs ad isn’t liberation.
Bootstraps don’t work when your people were barefoot.
Check out my latest poem: medium.com/@LaurenMB284...
#BlackElite #OakBluffs #TalentedTenth #AbolishRespectability
W.E.B. Du Bois believed 10% of Black Americans could uplift the rest—but was that a blueprint for liberation or a dangerous elitist trap?
🎓✊🏾 Follow @SmartBrownGirl for more untold Black history and political breakdowns. Full story on Substack—link in bio. #BlackHistory #WEBDuBois #TalentedTenth
It's more like you jumped in where you didn't fit in with #facts.
I’m not your “dear.” I’m not here to make friends or enemies.
Check my record. I’m here to share #facts, verifiable #data, and #truth — nothing more or less.
Have a nice day. 😉
#92Percenter
#TalentedTenth
#BlackSky
This is #BlackExcellence.
We gathered in support of our sister earning her PhD.
The people in this picture represent over 100 years of combined military service. We encompass the dreams of our ancestors.
#Doctorate #Veterans #TalentedTenth #BlackSky #Smart #Important
#BookerTWashington may not be remembered as well as #WEBDuBois, but his ideas remain influential even if not as well branded as Du Bois' #talentedtenth. Washington valued stability & believed in incremental progress, securing it one step at a time. #thepracticalprogressive #practicalprogressive
