Denise Oliver-Velez 💛
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Feminist, Activist, former Young Lords Party & Black Panther Party member, Iyalorisha Yemaya,#KHive https://t.co/vo1iPFEUEO
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Joined August 2008
I’m black. Black is my culture; black is my “racial identity” here in the United States, even with all its negative baggage; and, much more importantly (to me), black is beauty.
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I’m black. I’ve been black, and proud to be black, my whole life. My parents raised me like that. They grew up as ‘Negroes.’ They had to drink at water fountains labeled ‘colored.’ They lived long...
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I should have been clearer: the progressive left has a Black candidate problem, full stop. Remember they were yelling as early as 2017 that Harris, Booker, Patrick were unacceptable and still speak about Obama - the most popular living Democrat by far - as if he is George Bush.
The progressive left has a Black women problem, that is clear. More venom for Harris and KJP than the Republicans actually in office.
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White people are willing to be collateral damage so long as Trump hurts "the others" That's why it's gotta hurt this time...no Black people coming to the rescue...white people need to feel this pain in every corner of their lives. ...maybe then...
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‘Leave us alone': Jemima Pierre on Haiti's struggle for sovereignty: “The crisis [in Haiti] is not home-grown but the result of two decades of United States, United Nations and Western intervention that dismantled Haitian democracy and sovereignty.” https://t.co/5C01sdsTMQ
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Marc Lamont Hill speaks with scholar Jemima Pierre on Haiti’s crisis, foreign occupation and fight for sovereignty.
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🚨 9 DAYS TO GO. #VIRGINIA Dems need to keep control of the legislature and regain the Governor's office. Massive #NoKings protest turnout won't mean ANYTHING unless people also VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT. Donate today! #Blue25
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💯 Women have to knock this shit off. Let other women fall short if that's what happens. Coach John Thompson had a quote abt freedom to learn, grow, make mistakes, etc. "All I ever wanted was the right to fail." And pushing out a woman who helped other women run is just cruel.
@StatisticUrban And i think it is her choice and why you want to jump in here & dismiss her is so very *white woman* of you. When do you ever just support women and their right to chart their own course? No one encourages women more than Harris. No one!We need so much more of this in our world
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@Gardenia_Guyana Yes! Not to pivot too much, but I see a lot of trending women (athletes, reality stars, and ofc politicians) who are being attacked just for having the nerve to think more of themselves than people think they should. They want them head bowed and shoulders slumped.
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@HopeisaBison As MVP often says, don’t be constrained by other people’s limited expectation. That’s their problem not yours. Kamala will “eat no for breakfast” and make her own decision.
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Let’s get one thing striaight: Literally everything Kamala Harris ran on policy wise in 2024, was for the working class. Bernard’s definition of “working class,” is straight white men. If it’s not just for a straight white man, he doesn’t want it.
💥 @BernieSanders dials up his criticism of Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign on The Axios Show: "I think it's very hard to say that Kamala Harris ran a campaign that spoke to the needs of the working class."
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This is the mugshot of Carl Braden, sentenced to 15 years in prison for buying a home in his name for his Black friend, a U.S. veteran, after a real estate broker refused to sell to Negroes. In 1954, Braden and his wife Anne, white journalists from Louisville, Kentucky,
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Legends. Soul singers Lou Rawls and Sam Cooke. Rawls and Cooke made enormous contribution to soul music internationally and had strange coincidences dominate their lives. The month in which Cooke died (December) is the month in which Rawls was born, and conversely, the month in
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All of this. That's why I'm so annoyed with "Kamala should have said ____" from people who are determined not to listen anyway.
@bernal_vin46624 @AshariExpresses She campaigned at union halls where she showed them on video what Trump said he will do. She contrasted that with her support for collective bargaining, expand apprenticeships, ensure safe work environments, employ gov workers by skill not college degree.
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Proof that the U.S. government social media accounts are in fact white nationalist propaganda accounts, funded by our tax dollars. You’ve got to see this…
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🚨 9 DAYS. I've also created a SECOND NJ page focusing on the REDDEST districts in the state. Most of these Dems likely won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force NJ Republicans to defend "safe" turf. Donate today! #Blue25
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And Kamala Harris (who often pivoted to economic issues by saying things like "oh, you want to talk about women's issues? I'd love to talk about affordable child care, paid family leave, and equal pay.") was nimble enough to frame abortion as a granular working class issue.
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Black people have been saying this since the beginning. But maybe now that a white man speaketh it, the rest of y’all will pay attention wake the fu@k up! Unless, of course, you really don’t care. 🤔
Gavin Newsom: “All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black, period, full stop.”
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Did you all see what Elon is about to do to Twitter? AI will read all posts and determine what gets spread based on .. Elon’s whims like now.
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Racism. Next question?
How did a country of 330 million mostly honest, hardworking people end up with so many corrupt "leaders" who are robbing us blind?
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SoCal Registered Voters Poll dropped. After Hearing About Platner Tattoo🗳️ 🔵👵 Janet Mills - 59% 🌹💀Graham Platner - 29% I made this in light of it. Wishing the Maine Democratic Party a spirited primary. You got this.
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