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rp @novareidofficial: This is Dion Diamond. He started doing these “sit ins” from just 15 years old because he got sick of “whites only” cafes and being relegated as a second class citizen because of the colour of his skin. It wasn’t without consequence though, he was put in jail many times & guards told white inmates if they gave him a hard time, they’d get time off their sentence. Imagine that . Swipe right, he’s 78 now. Some find it hard to imagine this level of segregation was in our lifetime and seem to think it was a long time ago.
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RP @blackgirlthatreads. Y’all know I’m a huge fan of Dr. Daina Ramey Berry!
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Since meeting her in Houston about two years ago, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this book. She’s one of the few historians that no matter what they put out, I’m going to make sure I support it. So here we are!
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A Black Woman’s History of the United States, co-authored with Dr. Kali Nicole Gross, offers an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African woman who arrived in what became the United States.
Their goal in writing this was not to offer a comprehensive history of Black women in the United States, but instead they wanted to offer a vivid introduction that celebrates our diversity and inspires readers to seek out more on their own.
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I’ve made it my goal to slowly read this over the course of the month so stayed tuned for bits and pieces that stand out to me!
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I was being stealth, so this photo barely shows how many of these super-spreaders had suddenly surrounded me.😷
James Lawson. When James Lawson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. met in 1957, King urged Lawson to move to the South and begin teaching nonviolence on a large scale. Later that year, Lawson transferred to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and organized workshops on nonviolence for community members and students at Vanderbilt and the city’s four black colleges. In March 1960, Vanderbilt expelled Lawson because of his involvement with Nashville’s desegregation movement. To learn more, join our mailing list (link also in bio): unitedstreettours.com/get-in-touch-with-chakita/#UnitedSt... #WalkUnited #blackhistorytour
rp @teachfortheculture: Quick fixes and patches are not it. - Just picture the visual of someone using a straw to blow bubbles into a well and then saying that well is now a jacuzzi. —- It is similar to a teacher adding a new book to their classroom library, or a new lesson to the curriculum and saying the classroom is now “anti-racist”. 👀 - Is that well now a jacuzzi because you blew some bubbles into it? naw. - Is your classroom now “anti-racist” because you added a new lesson? naw. —- Lets keep building. - Ya can’t just blow bubbles in the old and then call it a different thing .. It’s STILL a well!!
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As a black woman, I believe that white privilege is both due to a lack of awareness and an act of conscious choices. Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, “white privilege” referred to legal and systemic advantages given to white people such as the right to vote and the right to buy a house in the neighborhood of choice.
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Today, legislative bodies, corporate leaders and educators are still disproportionately white and often make conscious choices (laws, hiring practices, discipline procedures) that keep this cycle on repeat. White privilege also persists because it is psychological—a subconscious prejudice perpetuated by white people’s lack of awareness that they hold this power. One of the first steps to dismantling white privilege is through education that increases awareness. What do y’all think?
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rp @wherechangestarted: Antiracism work is self work, y’all. Period. No matter how diverse your surroundings are. Internal YOU practicing antiracism is what makes you antiracist, my friend. Nothing more. And you know internal you better than anyone. Stop kidding yourself and let that person know that it’s time to stretch and grow.
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Stay honest. Get uncomfortable. Do the work. Be antiracist everyday! Comment if you feel this, learning this, know this. #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @nmaahc: in 1921, Constance Baker Motley who would grow up to be an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and future State Senator was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Motley attended Fisk University and transferred to New York University where she earned a degree in economics. From there, Motley became the first African American woman to be accepted into Columbia Law School in 1944. In 1946, she started working for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund where she argued cases concerning school desegregation and civil rights protests. Between 1961 and 1963, Motley won nine out of ten cases and during this time she was the first African American woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Motley to the U.S. District Court becoming the first black woman to hold a federal judgeship. Her legacy contributed to monumental changes and impact of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Let’s talk about the Angry Black Woman trope. As Dionne Grayman explains, the “angry black woman” trope is a powerful tool that’s been used to dehumanize and silence black women for decades.
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The dangerous stereotype of the black female as an angry, finger-snapping, emasculating, neck-moving, “oh no you didn’t”-spewing being has done deep harm.
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Our anger has never been viewed as legitimate or warranted due to unfair treatment; instead, it’s been twisted into a pathology.
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White women’s rage is given prominent position as a healthy exercise of power acquisition. It is their right to be angry in the face of their oppression. Given the same consideration, though, black women’s anger has to be tempered and detached from the fire and fury of white women to make other people feel comfortable. White women get to be mad and are not asked to explain why. Our anger has to pass the smile test.
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As a result, black women have been limited in how we can forcefully and convincingly advocate for the issues that matter to us. Our female fury is seen as threatening, not radical ― as disconnected from reason, devoid of any intellectual underpinnings. The weight of being viewed as angry, often by white women, has prevented us from demanding an equal seat at the policymaking table.
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Trust me: Black women have been in a legitimate rage for decades ― and invisible and silenced for just as long.
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The story being told and sold about us as angry women is so pervasive it’s accepted as a cultural norm. Part of the problem and the reason why this trope persists is a lack of understanding regarding black women’s experiences. That is why this week in our Antiracist Everyday community on Patreon, we’ll be discussing how to respond when you see this trope being used.
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Comment “We got each other” below if you believe in being antiracist everyday.
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Artist Credit: Ricardo Chucky
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James Baldwin was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, essayist, poet and activist whose writings explored themes of race, sexuality, and class.
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He moved abroad in his early twenties to distance himself from American prejudice and spent most of his life living away from the United States. Fleeing the racial oppression of America gave Baldwin the distance to examine his homeland - and his identity within it as a black, gay man raised in the impoverished neighborhoods of Harlem. ⠀ ⠀
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Despite his distance, Baldwin and his work remained deeply American. He frequently returned to the United States as a speaker and activist during the most tumultuous years of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Baldwin also maintained close relationships with civil rights leaders living in the U.S. and other literary heavyweights like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. As a journalist, he reported on significant historical events, particularly in the South, and he attended major marches, including the 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. Whenever he was called upon to do so, he lent his presence and his voice at various types of legal proceedings. Equally as significant, he met with lawmakers at the highest levels of United States government to help eradicate racial segregation and violence.
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RP @colorofchange. #TamirRice's life was cut short by police who refused to see him as the child he was. The lack of justice that followed has not been forgotten. As we honor and remember his life, we'll continue to fight for #WinningJustice to hold police accountable. #UntilJusticeIsReal #changingthenarrative #inclusion #love - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @rachel.cargle: As with many times over American history Black women are grappling with the pain & vulnerability of our existence while remaining the bedrock for homes, families, churches, neighborhoods, workplaces, and more.
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@theconsciouskid @dereckapurnell Black parents have to have “the talk” and prepare our kids from birth. White and non-Black parents: what steps are you taking to counter anti-Blackness in yourself and your kids?
We want to hear what you’re doing. If you’re having conversations, are you taking any actions? What areas we can provide content in to support this.
Tweet: @dereckapurnell [image: tweet by @dereckapurnell that reads: “its just... I am so sick and tired of the sensational question to Black parents: "What will you tell your black son to protect them from dying?" when nobody asks white parents: "What do you tell your white children to stop them from killing?"] #BlackLivesMatter #Parenting #GeorgeFloyd #AmyCooper #Antiracist - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
Perfectionism is a blessing and curse.
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rp @moemotivate: White supremacy limits your growth & disconnects u from ur humanity & that of others.
This is why I say all the time that white supremacy harms white folks too, y’all just reap too many “benefits” from it to want to do anything about it.
But this pursuit of perfectionism doesn’t just harm the person internalizing it. Your internalized perfectionism is perpetuated on us.
Perfectionism is the oppressive pressure & dehumanizing expectations placed on Black folks, especially Black women to police & control Blackness to assimilate & measure up to Eurocentric standards.
We’re expected to be experts at the beginning & never is there any room or grace for us to learn & grow in our humanness.
Not everything is a mistake, sometimes it’s just our humanness being lived out in a world that dehumanizes us & expects perfection from us.
Black humanness comes w/death sentences.
While white folks have the benefit of the doubt bc of white supremacy we have no such thing.
In fact the opposite is true of us.
We are expected to do everything without fail & when we don’t, our humanness is used as further justification for the oppression & abuse we experience.
Perfectionism strips us of our humanity & bc you’ve internalized perfectionism too, it feels normal & socially acceptable to demand it from us.
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Photo cred @lbooknerd. If we can open up a little bit more to each other, and share our stories, our real stories, that’s what breaks down barriers.
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But in order to do that you have to believe that your story has value. Be vulnerable, dare to be vulnerable. We’re at a crossroads where we have to think about who we are as a nation? I remain hopeful that people want better. If not for themselves but for the next generation and that is my basic joy. - Michelle Obama
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Comment “Yes, I’m ready to listen” if you are open to hear the stories of POC.
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rp @djalibc: Black people, Brown people, Latinx people, Indigenous people, Immigrant communities: whether or not we have the tools to articulate it, we thoroughly understand and have been intimately acquainted with racism and the toxic -isms that still plague nations established on the bases of colonialism, enslavement, and exploitation. For generations, we’ve invested into our self preservation; our histories are ones of determination, resiliency, and strength.
In a word, we been doing the work. Everything that is happening today wouldn’t have been possible without the foundation laid down by our foremothers and forefathers: from the ancestors (un)known to the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, American Indian Movement (AIM), the Young Lords, Brown Berets, and the hundreds of thousands of grassroots movements we’ll never know the names of or faces behind.
Ergo, it is truly up to our white counterparts to continue doing the work. Continue engaging in anti-racist initiatives. Continue calling out your family members and friends. Continue sitting in discomfort. Continue un- & re-learning. Continue listening. Continue reading. Continue taking accountability. Continue asking questions without fear. Continue checking in on your BIPOC friends. Continue taking the step in the right direction.
Sustain your participation in the movement and don’t fall back into the comforts of complacency. Always remember: the most difficult conversations are the most important ones to have.
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RP @rachel.cargle. The institution of academia — made up of a large percentage of PWI’s (Predominantly White Institutions)— presents knowledge to us in a way that suggests white people are the knowers and everything and everyone else is to be known, explored, studied and scrutinized under their white gaze and white perspective. That the knowledge produced by white researchers and intellectuals holds more weight in the cannon even moreso than the peoples they are studying (most often people of color and other “exotic” communities around the world).
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*cancels subscription to white centered academia* Whiteness is not the default of existence. Whiteness is not the root of knowledge. Whiteness is not the only type of minds from which critical development can come.
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✊Decolonize intellect. Honor the intellect of people of color
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Tag the academic you love (whether they are affiliated with an institution or not as both are valid!) to let them know you see and honor the work they put in, the knowledge they create, the genius they hold.
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rp @sincerily.lettie: ...They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” -Audre Lorde, 1984
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Timely words—from a fierce Black woman—to remind you of the depth of racial and social justice. The first time I came across #AudreLorde was in undergrad. Her words blew me away and started opening my eyes to what Black feminism and Black feminine identity really were. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
See those 🎧? That's me both reading AND listening to The Covid Safety Handbook by Violet Blue - who designed the shirt you see me wearing!
You should get them all rright now!!! 📖😷
RP @blackculturenews_. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his daughter. If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. -Muhammad Ali #feminism #antiracisteveryday #nashvillehistory - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
rp @blackhistory: Thousands of Klansmen gather in 1921 for an initiation ceremony on a farm near Lake Zurich owned by Charles Weeghman, who had owned the Chicago Cubs.
The procession there began in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood.
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On December 24, 1865, a group of former Confederate soldiers established what would become the first chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, in Pulaski, Tennessee.
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rp @soyouwanttotalkabout: Right now, as we face nationwide civil unrest in response to never-ending police brutality against the black community, it is important to familiarize yourself with what it is to be antiracist. It's never too late to start, but sooner the better.
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rp @blacktory1619: Black exchange students from Lincoln University, Missouri at a Black Panther solidarity rally in the University of Frankfurt, Germany 1971.
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#flashback I admit it.
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Walking into the big empty room, I contemplated if I had enough guts to sit in the front row. But not for long. I wasn't gonna let imposter syndrome win!
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Even though my business was really new and no one knew who I was, I confidently strolled down each step and secured a seat in the middle of the very first row. “The hot seat!”
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As the room filled up, the conference attendees avoided the front row like it was the stinky pot. I asked myself, “did I make the wrong decision?” Sure didn't!
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Eventually, the presenters came and made their way to the front row beside me. So, I spent my time meeting and interacting with them before they went to the stage. “Power moves!”
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You see? Most people avoid the hot seat. It’s the place in the room that makes you feel the most uncomfortable. Typically, it’s a place where you feel like everyone will be judging you (and they probably will but so what). Or it’s next to someone who looks different.
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From today forward, instead of avoiding that spot, identify it. And then walk to it like it was specifically reserved for you.Why?
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Because that’s where the opportunity lies.
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rp @blairimani: Marginalized people — LGBTQIA+ people, religious minorities, disabled people, Black people, Indigenous people, People of color, refugees, those living at the intersections of these identities — do not have the luxury of “losing interest” in liberation.
We don’t have the luxury of moving throughout life without being constantly reminded of our people’s present and historical oppression.
We don’t have the luxury of going “back to normal” because “normal” was a time when the most privileged people could continue carrying on as if they didn’t care. And hell—maybe they still don’t?
At least it looks bad if they don’t do the bare minimum of speaking up. At least we are having a conversation about police abolition and police defunding. At least there’s financial support coming in for important initiatives. At least we have more people that give a damn.
We will continue fighting regardless. #blm #antiracism - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
#Flashback Staring at my computer in complete shock, I had to reread the line to force myself back to reality. “Mayor David Briley is pleased to appoint Ms. Chakita Patterson to the Historical Commission.” Me!?
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This past year has been incredible. It’s amazing reflecting on how far I’ve come and realizing this is only the beginning. I believe in the power of manifestation and generational prayers. Hundreds of black people sacrificed so that I can have these opportunities. So every single day, I manifest success.
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Today, I woke up with tears in my eyes. I’m honored to use my strength of creating awareness of the historical impact of race on people of color to advance racial equity and to influence government. Over the next few posts, I’ll tell you how it happened.
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I’ve worked with companies big and small to implement antiracism practices but these are the types of emails that give me hope for a better future.
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Don’t wait until racial trauma or a race-related crisis happens before you bring in an antiracist educator to help you. Make antiracism a priority from the very beginning. The pandemic won’t last forever, reach out to Black women in the antiracism space to start the conversations now. As many greats have said, if you are not antiracist, you are racist.
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As @moemotivate has shared, the goal is not to be an “ally.” In fact, stop asking me how you can help and how you can be a better ally. Stop! Here are some questions (with some sub questions) to reflect on now.
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In what ways are you going beyond what is easy, comfortable and free to engage in anti-racism? This work is deeply rooted in the economical repair and growth in the Black community. You can’t believe that only freely consuming content on IG (and Facebook) is doing your part to redistribute and invest money and resources into the Black community. Free ain’t enough!
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And examine why it bothers you that we refuse to work for free. Why do you want us to engage in forced, exploited and free labor just as our enslaved ancestors were forced to do? Why does it anger you that you can not have free, total and unlimited access to our time, energy, work and labor? Why does it bother you that we charge for our services and our work? Why do you expect this to be free? (Why are antiracist educators rates to share our stories, experiences, trainings, and action steps to make your company better not in the budget?) Or are you hoping that simply resharing a post will do it? Hint...it won’t.
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These are questions for you to process on your own..not in my comments or DM.
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How are you actively searching for ways to invest in the work of Black women? What you can share in the comments is how are you investing in my work and the work of other Black women? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
Rp @equalitylabs This is a time where we are calling in South Asians to reassess how they have not done the work around prison or police abolition, caste abolition, gender and religion based oppression, and now shout #DefundThePolice. Yes, we must divest from the police and invest in Black communities —- but Savarna organizations and people can’t erase their history of complicity in anti-Blackness, their history of pushing for more brown police rather than against police, or for normalizing Hindu fascism. Now is the time to reflect. See you in our conversation next week. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems