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rp @iamrachelricketts: Let this serve as a reminder to all my beautiful Black bbs that being our authentic selves, in this fucked up white supremacist system, is a radical act.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Black trans, women, femmes, men, gender non-conforming, non-binary, genderqueer, agender, two-spirit and folx of all gender identities - let this serve as a reminder to be your whole beautiful self.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Black queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, curious, questioning, asexual, aromantic and those of all sexual and romantic inclinations - let this serve as a reminder to be your beautiful unique self.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Black ablebodied, disabled, neurotypical, fat, thin, rich, poor, highly educated, undereducated, religious, atheist, immigrant, refugee, citizen, old, young, multiracial, light-skin, dark-skin - to EVERY damn one of us let me remind you that your truth, your love, your EXISTENCE is a radical act.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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To all Black beings, living, loving and surviving in spaces and systems that were NOT built for us, that were built to DESTROY us, let me remind you that you have full permission to be YOUR Blackest, boldest and most beautiful self. Especially my fat, disabled, poor, old, queer and trans non-English speaking immigrant Black women, femmes and femme-passing loves living at the most oppressed intersections.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Our authenticity is part of our activism. What's your authenticity? Your activism? #blm #antiracism- #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

 

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