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

#YourMorningTea Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life (but) by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. —Booker T. Washington

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rp @moemotivate: Right now, diet culture is so loud and pervasive that it feels impossible to escape it.

The messages are everywhere.

They’re in our inbox, text messages, social media, doctors office and so on.

The messages come with or without our permission and there’s no time to brace yourself.

All the message sum up to the overarching narrative that our value and access to every aspect of life is determined by how much we can measure up to the unrealistic and unattainable Eurocentric standard of beauty. The messages pressure us to believe that our our bodies are what define us and that our bodies need to controlled, manipulated and managed to get and stay as thin as possible.

Diet culture wants us to be obsessed with our weight and the size & shape of our bodies.

Not because it’s healthy, but because it’s oppressive.

The constant concern about managing our weight is not rooted in health but is instead rooted in diet culture which is rooted in white supremacy.

The pursuit of thinness is anti-blackness.

The more you unpack diet culture the more you’ll learn and discover its racist origins.

So if we want to dismantle diet culture we have to get at the roots of it and that’s white supremacy.

What if instead of trying to demonize and make carbs out to be the enemy to humanity, you actually worked to eliminate the real and violent threat to humanity...white supremacy.

What if you spent more time, money and energy on trying to eliminate racism and not carbs.

Carbs are great...racism is deadly.

How are you working today to dismantle white supremacy? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Because Nashville walking tours made up of high school kids are so much funnier. #KIPP and #UnitedStreetTours.

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#YourMorningTea The time is always right to do what is right. —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I’ve got some questions for you…

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Have you ever wondered why you feel comfortable and even justified in asking for the free labor and access to women of color, especially black women?

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Have you considered that not only do we not owe anyone anything, but that a way to redistribute power is to ensure that women of color are paid and paid well?

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Have you ever asked yourself why you believe you’re the exception?

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rp @ckyourprivilege: Change is possible on this journey, but it begins with unlearning, and self kindness in the process. At some point we realize we cannot begin healing from white supremacy racism until we do our own collective work. It is beyond double tapping images on social media, or listening and learning, theres a constant release that needs to happen. Releasing ideas, behaviors, relationships that we must sit with unpack and revisit. Naming the experiences, the people we've harmed, been complicit with. We've got to do this individually and collectively. We're unlearning hundreds of years of white supremacy racism, the healing and transformation can't be rushed. .. Healing from this isn't linear. How's your journey been? #antiracism #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @brenebrown: Taking an amazing group of leaders through Dare to Lead right now. Today I was reminded of this finding from the research and how important it is to lead from a place of self-awareness.

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rp @blackstory1619: Kennedy greets residents of the all African American community of Brooklyn, a suburb in Illinois, Oct. 3, 1960. He had not scheduled a campaign stop there. When he noticed a crowd had turned out with a brass band, he stopped and greeted many of them.

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rp @blklivesmatter: Apartheid was a political and social system in South Africa during the era of White minority rule. ... Under this system, the people of South Africa were divided by their race and the different races were forced to live separately from each other. Apartheid was brutal and fueled by white supremacy. Today we honor the work #NelsonMandela did to free his people. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Repost @absorbedinpages. What’s the definition of a ‘heavy’ read for you?

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For me, it means anything that can give me a visceral experience while reading whether it’s dealing with topics of slavery, abuse, or other topics. Also, it could be something that really challenges me when reading, or if the writing is dense⠀

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This will always be one of the things I love about reading — challenging myself and learning. Repost @absorbedinpages.

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Rp @lbooknerd. Clap 👏 When 👏 You 👏 Land 👏 by Elizabeth Acevedo is my favorite novel in verse this year.

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I'm calling it, and I still have about 30 pages to go. I wasn't planning to read it until next month, but I decided to take a peek last night and couldn't put it down. Even when I got a fever and my head started hurting, I was still trying to get in one more chapter. Elizabeth Acevedo: slaying her readers year after year after year. Grab this book when you see it. Update: ALL THE STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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rp @nmaahc: For survival and progress, African Americans developed diverse religious institutions, from the first independent congregations established by free blacks in the early 1800s to contemporary black churches, temples, mosques, and synagogues. These institutions served as centers of moral and political leadership and provided services and support to urban and rural communities. Spiritual beliefs and faith practices offered hope and comfort, the will to resist oppression, and the values of self-determination and pride.

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#RP @theblackdetour To be a negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. -James Baldwin

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#YourMorningTea He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. —Muhammad Ali

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There is no form of protest against racism that is acceptable to racists. RP @berniceaking

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rp @blackstory1619: A young Panther poses for the camera in 1968. The beret was an important symbol of militancy and political consciousness. Berets were first adopted by the Black Panther Party in 1966.Photo credit, Bob Fitch.

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rp @blackstory1619: June 15, 1963, mourners march to the Jackson, Miss., funeral home following services for slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Several events were being held to remember Evers, the first Mississippi field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was 37 when he was assassinated outside the familyís North Jackson home on June 12, 1963.

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rp @blackstory1619: American poet and writer Langston Hughes poses, his jacket over his shoulder, on the steps in front of his house in Harlem, New York, New York, June 1958.

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rp @wearepushblack: In 1983, Walker made history when her famed novel “The Color Purple” won both The National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making her the first Black woman to receive either award.

Walker’s books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. What are some BIPOC authors who made you rethink, learn or question?

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rp @antiracismdaily: It’s been over 170 days since the death of Breonna Taylor and she still has not received justice. Want it for her and others? You have to work for it. It won't be easy. Be antiracism everyday. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @teachfortheculture: Read that again...

and then again ...

and then think about the implications it has on your work with children and youth! — Systemic issues like these have to be disrupted and dismantled at every level, because it impacts more than the individuals who are directly affected... it trickles down. - So just imagine the impact on the students you are there to teach!!

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rp @eliana.chinea: Yes we aspire for unity when exclusion has been the reality for hundreds of years, but don’t use it as an excuse to not unpack the realities of this time and place. While you have your bbqs and blast your fireworks there are children in cages and Puerto Rico is still colonized, all funded by your tax dollars. For 200+ years this country has celebrated liberation on the backs of brown and black bodies. Don’t like the truth? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Stop celebrating a false narrative. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Rp @lbooknerd. "Enslavement was not destined to end, and it is wrong to claim our present circumstance - no matter how improved - as the redemption for the lives of people who never asked for the posthumous, untouchable glory of dying for their children."_ Ta-Nehisi Coates #buyblack #WhiteAlly #reparations - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @ckyourprivilege:Change is possible on this journey, but it begins with unlearning, and the practice of self kindness in the process. At some point werealize we cannot begin healing from white supremacy racism until we do our own liberatory work. It is beyond double tapping images on social media, or listening and learning. There's a release that needs to happen. Releasing ideas, behaviors, relarionstions that we must sit with unpack and revist. Naming the experiences, the people we've harmed, been complicit with. We've got to do this individually and collectively. We're unlearning hundreds of years of white supremacy racism, the healing and transformation can't be rushed.

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rp @changecadet: Just because it isn't on TV or your timeline doesn't mean it's not happening.. What's going on that you know of that's not on the news? - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @blackstory1619: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr being escorted from car after his vehicle was pelted with eggs when he was arriving to speak at Salem Methodist Church, in Harlem date June 1963. Photo Credit, Klytus Smith.

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#YourMorningTea If there is no struggle, there is no progress. —Frederick Douglass

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#YourMorningTea One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.—Franklin Thomas

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Repost from @moemotivate. What was the defining moment for you?

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When did you realize that sitting on the sidelines and observing wasn’t enough? When did you decide that saying “I don’t know where to start” was no longer acceptable for you?

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When did you decide that you actually want to be a part of the solution and be on the just and humane side of history?

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When did you decide that you can actually do something about racism and that you don’t have to have all the answers?

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When did you decide that starting right where you are and with what you have was better than not starting at all?

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What was the defining moment for you? Maybe you haven’t had a defining moment and you’re still sitting in the background...what will it take for you to see that you have a big responsibility in changing the world around you?

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What might it take for you to see that this work is for you too? This month the enrollment for the next round of the Unity Over Comfort program opens up and I’m switching things up a bit in this round. Repost from @moemotivate.

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rp @moemotivate: Do the Black folks in your life know how much you tokenize them in an attempt to excuse yourself from doing this work?

Have you told the Black folks in your life that when folks discuss matters of racism that you respond with telling folks about the presence of Black folks in your life?

How many times have you told the Black folks in your life, “hey, to avoid the discomfort & responsibility of this work, I use my relationship with you as an excuse and a shield. So I basically exploit our relationship for my benefit. Much like my ancestors did when they would enslave Black folks & exploit their labor for their benefit. I hope you don’t mind. But if you do I’ll just blame it all on you & carry on to the next Black person I can exploit”.

Have you told them this?

Probably not. But this is what you’re doing.

This is what you’re doing even when you’re not saying it but when you’re thinking that bc you have proximity to Blackness that you can’t be racist & therefore don’t need to engage in anti-racism.

But this couldn’t be any further from the truth.

In fact, the closer proximity you have to us should motivate you even more to do this work bc you realize the great possibilities of harm.

But because y’all are too concerned with your ego & your comfort, you bypass the work & carry on believing you’re “woke” because your bestie is Black.

Meanwhile, your bestie has never told you about the racism you’ve engaged in towards them—not because it hasn’t happened but bc they don’t feel safe to share.

And maybe they have shared but you’re not doing the work so you responded poorly & caused more harm—now things have changed between you.

If I knew a white person in my life used their proximity to me as an excuse to avoid this work I would feel betrayed & I would cut them off.

But so many of y’all do this with no regard to the feelings of the person your tokenizing.

And what’s even worse is that you’re going to cause more direct harm the closer you are to Black folks if you’re not at least attempting to do this work.

Stop making excuses to avoid this work & stop exploiting your relationships with Black folks to bypass the responsibility of doing this work.

Do better. Do the work. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @workingclasshistory: 19 September 1793, during the Haitian revolution, 600 British soldiers sent from Jamaica landed at Jérémie, Haiti. They were welcomed by the white French property owners, who had signed a secret accommodation with Britain. In exchange for their support, Saint Domingue would become a British colony. Slavery would be reinstated, people of colour would be stripped of citizenship, and the conditions of Britain's economic policies would favour the colonists. They fought for five years until eventually defeated by the Haitian revolutionary forces.

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rp @woketeachers: Reading literature provides us with an opportunity to look at things from a different perspective and helps us #staywoke. Speaking up provides us with an opportunity to expose, and educate each other and the oppressors. helps us fight for #change and #staywoke as well. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

Rp @ibramxk “Thug” is a racist word in this context. Another way of calling demonstrators the N-word. “Riot” is a racist word in this context. Smears demonstrators as wild and ignores the protest nature of their violence. “The violence is senseless” is a racist phrase. #BlackLivesMatter - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

rp @workingclasshistory: 9 August 1956, 20,000 women in Pretoria, South Africa marched against pass laws: apartheid laws curtailing freedom of movement for Black and Indian people. The Federation of South African Women-organised demonstration delivered a petition against the laws with 100,000 signatures and the participants sang "Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo" meaning ‘Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock’.

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rp @workingclasshistory: 19 September 1868, the Camilla massacre took place in Georgia, US. Several hundred Black Republicans had marched in protest at Black and biracial elected representatives in the state legislature being expelled. White racists opened fire, killing around 12 and wounding more. The massacre was only eventually acknowledged by the town in 1998.

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rp @sincerely.lettie: Take action on the things you're seeing, sharing and posting. If it breaks your heart so much, makes you angry, can't stand it anymore.... why not make a change? Why not speak up? Do the work! Start now. Walk your walk with us. Talk that talk with us. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems