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Sparrow J @summergirl505.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is 🔥, y'all. Ghana. Upcycling all that used clothing sent over there. It's not the answer to the problem, but man, I love Black creatives! 🩷
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ᗩTᒪᗩᔕ🇿🇦 @atlascage.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Words for every day thought & reflection… Reminds me of being Black on this planet. Listen to Jay Jay Douglass speak on it❣️
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ᗩTᒪᗩᔕ🇿🇦 @atlascage.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
‘You can be picked, but that doesn’t mean that you were chosen’
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CounsellorNYC @counsellornyc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I’m with her … We need to be preparing for the absolute worst case scenarios given all the bullshit that’s happening !!! It just seems frivolous for me to be spending money on anything I don’t “need” !!! #BlackSky
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
"Black people made up half of all births in D.C. but accounted for 90 percent of pregnancy-related deaths between 2014 to 2018...white people constituted 30 percent of births but did not experience a single maternal death." @urbanbushwoman9.bsky.social for @51st.news 51st.news/study-shows-...
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Study shows Mamatoto Village’s culturally relevant care can improve birth outcomes for Black people
The non-profit's home-visiting program, Mothers Rising, brings maternal and infant care to the doorsteps of underserved communities.
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🖤 #WAWG @sirvonchilds.blacksky.app · 29/01/2025
Texas State Representative Gene Wu said in an recent interview to the Latino, African American and Asian American communities that we all come from the same oppressor, stating that without the Civil Rights Movement, for example, 22 million Asian Americans would not exist without the “black blood”.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/01/2025
The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.
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Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
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DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review
DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’
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Is it really a safe space? @kevymichael.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
A Virginia landlord has been sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for harassing Black tenants with racist slurs, stealing their identities to obtain COVID relief benefits, and then evicting them
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Racist landlord headed to prison for stealing identities of Black tenants to get COVID benefits
He primarily rented to poor Black tenants who had nowhere else to live. The homes were in awful condition with holes in the ceilings and walls, leaks and rodent activity.
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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
PART #2
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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Pay close attention to the White woman in the middle; I assume this is the entire White expression across America as white Americans get told they are lazy—we tried to tell you, but ya’ll are hard-headed. 🍿 PART #2👇🏾
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Frontlining the 'huge' Indo-US issue in the premier broadsheet in India, rn. It's ever so slightly more complex than what a binary reading imposes. Some thoughts in thread (12 posts) below 1/
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
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‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
"These are white people issues. I’m just gonna sit here and mind my black-assed business."
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Rachel Wales @rachelwales.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
So these are the people who will direct policy for Americans? This is so racist and disgusting.
IAmYesYouAreNo: There are over 330 million people in America. Surely there must be enough among them to build your ultimate team? Why would you deny real Americans the opportunity by bringing foreigners here?

Elon Musk: Your understanding of the situation is upside down and backwards.

Of course my companies and I would prefer to hire Americans and we do, as that is much easier than going through the incredibly painful and slow work visa process.

However, there is a dire shortage of extremely talented and motivated engineers in America.

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This is not about handing out opportunities from some magical hat. You don't get it. This is blindingly obvious when looking at NBA teams, as the physical differences are so obvious to see. However, the mental differences between humans are far bigger than the physical differences.
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The Washington Informer @washingtoninformer.com · 27/12/2024
Spreading Kwanzaa Cheer with the Community We Serve! For 60 years, we’ve proudly been the DMV’s most trusted Black news source, and this year, we’re honored to share in the joyous celebration of Kwanzaa with you all. From our family to yours, wishing you a very Happy Kwanzaa! 🎉
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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
The Black Christmas Boycott in Greenville, NC, was a non-violent protest in late 1963. Facing job discrimination due to Jim Crow laws, the black community boycotted Christmas products from businesses with discriminatory hiring, avoiding gifts and decorations, and later adopted a Christmas blackout.
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S I R B L E U @sirbleu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Love this!!!!!
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Chris Cruz @yochriscruz.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
@alyssamerc.bsky.social returns to Rolling Stone with a fantastic interview with Compulsion Games, developers of Xbox's 'South of Midnight,' about how they crafted a world that's true to the game's Deep South folklore and the Black culture that's at its core. www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
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How the Creators of Xbox's 'South of Midnight' Made a Southern Gothic Fantasy
'South of Midnight' is an Xbox Games Studios' fantasy game steeped in Deep South folklore
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
"Black men born between 1951 and 1970 accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population. This disparity is worse than in any other jurisdiction in the data analysis." @51st.news 51st.news/opioid-overd...
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Opioids are killing older Black men in D.C. at some of the highest rates in the country
Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population.
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kion ♊️ @mrflyyyguyyy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This was GENIUS!! Doechii tapped Issa Rae for the culture!! 😍😍😍
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/12/2024
Why do Black women consistently vote Democrat?
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Why do Black women consistently vote Democrat?
No other demographic has maintained the level of voter loyalty for a party as Black women have – experts tell us why For decades, Black women have been the most ardent supporters of the Democratic party. Most recently, in the 2024 election, they voted…
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Je’lon Alexander, M.A. @jelonalexander.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Unpopular opinion: We deserve a Frozone Spin off film or TV Series on Disney Plus man 😭
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Tarik Moody @tarikmoody.com · 06/12/2024
Meet Eugene Bullard: The Black Swallow who soared past barriers as the 1st African-American combat pilot. Flying for France in WWI when the US wouldn't let him serve, this pioneering aviator, boxer & jazz musician's incredible story is captured in "All Blood Runs Red" (2019) by Keith & Clavin.
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Tarik Moody @tarikmoody.com · 04/12/2024
“In Black neighborhoods with large shares of homeowners, homes were undervalued by 47%, compared to similar homes in white neighborhoods with no Black borrowers.” www.phillytrib.com/commentary/b...
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Biased appraisals drain $150B from Black home wealth
For most consumers, buying a home is the single-largest investment of their lifetimes. But for Black America, home equity — the increase in market value from the time of purchase
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/12/2024
worth reading this if only to observe that every one of these guys is a fucking loser www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
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Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
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reverend mutha. @griotdamone.blacksky.app · 03/12/2024
Couple, San Francisco, California, c. 1979. 📸: Trent Kelley. "Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay of Afro-American Male Couples."
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Chablis Jasmine @msblis.blacksky.app · 24/11/2024
OK, I’m here to help y’all understand how BlueSky works… now I’m not doing this to be patronizing… I just wanna show y’all how this side of the Internet works because it is not like Twitter at all. It’s got Twitter vibes from like 2013 or 2014 but it’s not Twitter FRFR…
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Marlon James has a show on HBO! If you know his brilliant books, and his endlessly enjoyable conversations, then you know this is the show to watch next. GET MILLIE BLACK www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/a...
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Slavery’s Ghost Haunts a Booker Prizewinner’s First TV Show
Marlon James’s new HBO detective series, “Get Millie Black,” draws on Jamaica’s colonial history as well as his family’s experiences.
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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Benin to offer citizenship to "people with an African ancestor deported as part of the slave trade", with applications due to open in December
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Benin to give nationality to descendants of those deported as slaves
In Benin, the government has voted through a law offering nationality to "people with an African ancestor deported as part of the slave trade", with applications due to open in December.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/11/2024
New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's @brianmannadk.bsky.social mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.
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Reporter Journal: A sunrise trek through wild solitude in New York City
New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.
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