#BlackMastodon#BlackTwitter#IndigenousMastodon@blackmastodon@Tzipporah@IndigenousCreatives Almost let Native American Heritage Month get away without posting one of my favorite places for cold weather footwear. Check out: www.manitobah.com. and they have an artisans market as well. All Native craftsmen and designers. Finally, our local powwow raffles off Pendleton blankets every year. They help support American Indian College Fund https://www.pendleton-usa.com/
@ymasumac@blackmastodon@Tzipporah@IndigenousCreatives Not cold enough to wear those here. I have a Canadian goose down coat that I only get to wear about 2x a year.
> In a new HBO documentary, writer #CharlesBlow explores how moving to the south could lead to important political and societal change for #Black Americans
I do know that Atlanta's economic growth recently is radiating outward so there is change happening. Property values in my hometown about 3hrs away have gone up
African Americans have chosen to be aspirational in pursuit of freedom from oppression and injustice, as opposed to terrorism and deconstructionist thinking.
—R Wayne Branch, PhD
Race-based differences in illness-related deaths in jails are due to a variety of factors, including nationwide health disparities and the cash bail system, which “punishes the poor.”
They referred to her as “Moses” for guiding the enslaved from the South to freedom in the North. But, Harriet Tubman’s resistance to slavery extended beyond her role in the Underground Railroad. As a Union Army soldier and spy during the Civil War, she made history by becoming the first woman to lead an armed U.S. military mission.
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Please don't give your money to Amazon this week. Shop locally if you must shop, and support local businesses of color. If you live in the DMV head over to Shiloh Baptist Church for the 31st Annual BZB Holiday & Gift Show with over 80 vendors. Starts this weekend and runs every weekend until Xmas. 1510 9th Street NW, DC 202-550-7060 They have valet parking...cause DC - you can never find a space! Also accessible by Green line - Shaw Howard stop.
The second season of "High on the Hog," which charts how the momentous changes of the 20th century informed Black Americans' relationship with food, lands on Netflix tomorrow. Civil Eats spoke to co-hosts Stephen Satterfield and Dr. Jessica B. Harris about what the series covers, from food's role in the Great Migration to the Black Panther Party's free breakfast program for children.
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I was doing so well. Was very efficient getting all the grocery items for Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. All set up to start cooking tomorrow. Very proud of myself. Woke up this morning and realized I forgot to buy the dang TURKEY 🤯 Didn't put turkey on grocery list because who needs to write down you have buy a turkey...sigh...back to the store....
💛 “Gun Violence Comes from Mob Rule, Not Thug Life”
Gun violence and mass casualties are acceptable in the U.S. due to the country’s tolerance of mob rule and the hypocrisy of its disdain for thug life.
–R. Wayne Branch, PhD
Global investment firms buying up local properties are hurting Atlanta families – especially Black ones.
Brian Y. An of Georgia Institute of Technology writes:
“In the Atlanta metro area, these [Wall Street] firms own nearly one-third of all single-family rental properties. They’re even more concentrated in predominantly Black neighborhoods, where more than 10 houses in a row can be owned by the same corporation.”
💛 “Gun Violence Comes from Mob Rule, Not Thug Life”
Gun violence and mass casualties are acceptable in the U.S. due to the country’s tolerance of mob rule and the hypocrisy of its disdain for thug life.
–R. Wayne Branch, PhD
@BigAngBlack@blackmastodon@BlackMastodon I teach my kids about music, and his songs are some of the first ones that I remember really enjoying when I was a young person myself. RIP, George Brown 🙏
SAG-AFTRA's agreement with the AMPTP doesn't just deal with AI and compensation. A Hair & Makeup subsection states that principal performers should have appropriate hair and makeup products as well as qualified personnel. This appears to address the experiences Black actors have on set with hairstylists and artists who are unused to working with textured hair or darker skin tones. Allure has more.