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rp @woketeachers: Having conversations about race with students benefits EVERYONE. 🎨: @sylviaduckworth

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rp @blackhistory: Slaves on a South Carolina plantation planting sweet potatoes, circa 1862.

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Fast forward to, December 19, 1865. Following the Civil War and emancipation, many freed black people in the South remained beholden to their former white masters.

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In South Carolina and other former slaveholding states, many freed people continued to reside in the same communities, sometimes on the same land, working for whites who had previously purported to own the men, women, and children as property.

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Black stories have power. Repost @absorbedinpages.

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rp @refinedtherapy: Pathologizing Black peoples attempts to be free dates to slavery. “Fugitive Slaves” were considered to be mentally ill. Yep! Drapetomania was a mental illness that a white physician, Samuel A. Cartwright theorized as the cause of enslaved Africans fleeing captivity.⠀

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This still shows up today. When Black people flee toxic/oppressive work environments, when we demand equitable pay, when we increase our boundaries and restrict white people’s access to us, when we advocate for basic HUMAN rights, we are viewed as being “abnormal, difficult, rageful, unsettled, ungrateful, the symptoms go on and on…..⠀

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The fact that someone seeking what is inalienably theirs leads to pathologizing should make us all really question who has been historically mentally ill.⠀

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Keep fighting for what’s yours despite how long you haven’t had access to it. Freedom is yours! ⠀

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Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

RP @blackhistory. Three women from Guadeloupe in 1911. Portraits from Ellis Island, photographed by Augustus Sherman.

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Ellis Island is a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years until it closed in 1954. #blackowned #FemaleEntrepreneur #feminist - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

#WokeBeautyLive was so much fun but what made it even more special was everyone and the positive energy. I was super honoured that my "mentors from afar" @erycafreemantle and @kymmenziesfoster were both able to attend. I met both women on the same day in 2016 when I entered the beauty realm and after over 10 years as a pharmacist it truely is amazing how much they inspire me. Eryca gave me the biggest hug when I first met her and I still remember that. Always willing to share their knowledge. I have only met them both 3 times and every time I learn so much. Another brand that has been super supportive is @kitoko_makeup. It really shows we can work together and empower each other. @_shemaliah @deebeautebydolly @keishadesvignes and @beatswithbrushes are some of the MUAs whose work I really love. Thanks for coming out ladies. Hope you had lots of fun

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Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @blairimani: That conversation NEEDS TO HAPPEN. And yes, it’s going to be uncomfortable. But who else is going to rise to the occasion and change Aunt Theresa’s harmful white supremacy beliefs?! Maybe Aunt Theresa won’t change, but you better know for sure.

Sometimes the best way to fight for justice is to stay in your lane. It’s much easier to tell someone else to clean their house instead of tidying your own. That’s what’s been going on for a while but enough is enough.

Recognize your sphere of influence:

Are you most helpful talking to strangers online? That’s what I do.

Or, are you most helpful talking to the people in your life? Maybe its both. Luckily, I don’t have racist relatives so I don’t have to pick.

If you can do something about this horrible racist world, why not give it your best try?! I believe in you.

Try. Exhaust ALL possible avenues and if your best doesn’t work, move on. But you MUST TRY! - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Calling out racial ignorance despite backlash

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Imagine you took a civil war tour.

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You’ve met a fantastic group of people, and they’ve invited you on a private tour. Turns out it’s at Fort Negley, the best and most historical place to learn about African Americans who built the fort. Could there be a better place?

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You’re excited about your evening so you arrive early. When the tour guide and the group arrive, you notice something different about the tour guide’s shirt. Your smile wavers slightly as you get close enough to see the little confederate flag images decorating it.

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You decide to give the guy a chance and not be too quick to judge. With a huge smile, you participate in introductions. But then you notice that the tour guide shakes all the white people’s hands but skips yours. Maybe he didn’t see it, cool. You let it go and look forward to enjoying the tour.

It turns out, he’s not too happy about the black history at Fort Negley and vocalizes it by degrading the black legacy.

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This is racism that I experienced. As antiracist allies, how would you have stood up for me if you where there when this happened? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

ITS ALL ABOUT THAT BASE

The path to flawless wedding day skin now in the current issue of @asianatv.

We are so excited to share this double page spread featuring our Flawless Filter Foundation from Left to Right in #Kolor60 #Kolor50 and #Kolor90.

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“Stop being strategically naive.” Stop excusing your racist uncles and cousins. Start making the energy around you so #antiracist that when your #racist family members and community members see you, they get shook. What’s the energy like around you? Are you an ally of convenience? Are you a vocal antiracist? Reevaluate your #vibe. #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Repost from @moemotivate. I can’t emphasize this enough. Anti-racism is a lifelong practice. It’s a daily quest to learn and unlearn. It’s a on-going commitment. It is not about being a good person or feeling good about yourself, it’s about doing the right thing.

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It’s about centering the pain and progress of Black people and people of color. It’s about identifying and eliminating racism from attitudes, beliefs, systems, structures and culture and redistributing resources equitably. It’s about humanity.

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And therefore it’s a life long commitment that has no destination, just on-going growth and progress. It’s not an identity or a achievement...it’s a daily practice of choosing to dismantle white supremacy, identifying and relinquishing white privilege and breaking down these structures that dehumanize us.

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It’s about coming to a place where we can all live freely in our full humanity. Thus it’s not something you are or become, but it’s something you actively choose to do—daily. So I ask you, what are you doing TODAY to prioritize anti-racism? Repost from @moemotivate.

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Comment ‘Amen’ if you agree.

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Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @novareidofficial: If our work is not erased, it's undermined. Not seen as credible. Because we’re not seen as leaders, but submissive vessels in service of others. If you are inspired by black women’s work, GREAT - please credit it & that includes mine. When you erase my work & that of other black women in this sphere you are erasing history & us Brits have been erasing history for too long. But perhaps even more pertinent, by continuing to erase the contributions of black women you are participating in wh*te supremacy & it needs to stop.

Join the dots, understand the bigger picture. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @theveryblackproject: Thank you for living with courage and showing us how to really #WinBlack. You leave behind a legacy of excellence in the fight for racial justice. We can and will continue fighting for you and the fellow people you fought for and with. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @blackhistory: Linda Brown (front row, right) and her sister Terry Lynn (far left row, third from front) who, with their parents, initiated the landmark Civil Rights lawsuit ‘Brown V. Board of Education,’ photographed by Carl Iwasaki in their classroom in Topeka, Kansas, 1953.

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Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @blackhistory: On June 4, 1915, Modibo Keita, the first president of Mali was born in Bamako, Mali. Keita was trained as a teacher in Dakar and entered politics in his country.

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RP Askew Michael. Yall gotta learn how to NOT engage 👥with these racists and just block em! Why argue?!

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1. What about black on bla‍♀️... BLOCK!

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2. He shoplifted when he was eigh👼...BLOCK!

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3. I mean why didn't he just🏃‍♂️...BLOCK!

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4. All Lives Ma👫..BLOCK!

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5. Make America Gre🇺🇸... BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK!!! Some people want to be better people and some people simply want to distract you. .

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Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @wearepushblack: Bond was a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to activism and educating the public about the history of the Civil Rights Movement and the struggles of Black Americans.

He was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960 and helped found the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in 1971. He also served 11 years as Board Chairman of the NAACP, ten years in the Georgia House, and six terms in the Georgia Senate. ✊ Another moving, dedicated and motivating individual to see the light and know change still needs to be done.

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Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @blackstory1619: The black community of Coconut Grove gathered together in front of Commodore Ralph M. Munroe's boathouse in the 1890s.

The story of Miami’s birth begins long before Julia Tuttle and Henry Flagler ever set foot on the mouth of the Miami River. Since the mid-1880s, pioneers, both black and white, had been settling into Coconut Grove.

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rp @blackwomenradicals: Ann Petry (October 12, 1908 – April 28, 1997) was a Black American writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. Her 1946 debut novel “The Street” became the first novel by a Black American woman to sell more than a million copies.

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Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

rp @blackhistory: On August 5, 1946 Shirley Ann Jackson, physicist and the first female and African-American president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was born in Washington, D.C. She was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate degree from MIT.

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RP @blackgirlthatreads The writing of this book is super simple and perfect for someone that doesn’t consider themself a “reader”. I’d suggest it for someone trying to get back into the habit of reading.

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Black girls must die exhausted is something that 33-year-old Tabitha Walker has heard her grandmother say before. Of course, her grandmother (who happens to be white) was referring to the 1950s and what she observed in the nascent times of civil rights. #UnitedStreetTours #blackhistory #Allyship - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @eliana.chinea: When it comes to privilege we need to fully understand what that means, because we all have it just some more than others. And if that privilege goes unchecked you will fall prey to doing this work centering the oppressor rather than uplifting the oppressed.

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One example can be seen as paying hundreds or thousands of dollars for social justice or anti racism courses run by white folks who earn a profit off your coins rather than volunteering their time for a BIPOC leader to be amplified instead.

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There’s a reason whiteness centers itself in this work, and literally everything else, and there’s a reason bias justifies you to pay them and not the BIPOC leaders who are more effective and have a lived experience guiding them.

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There’s also a reason why Latinx and Black women only have $100 in wealth on average as compared to the average white woman who has $40k in wealth. And there’s a reason the most truly diverse companies are the most innovative as well, but not the ones who tokenize diversity and just hire brown and black folks for lower level positions. It’s the companies who create equity for BIPOC and pay them equally for upper management roles, including them in decision making and amplifying their contributions.

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So, what do you say we stop playing games and we start dismantling oppressive systems by creating equity for the oppressed?! - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner

Photography by Bellamy Shoffner