Pro spankers be like: I sit down and talk to my child before I hit them. Then after I hit them, I hug them and tell them I love them. News Flash! This is called “trauma bonding.” Same behaviors displayed by domestic violence perps in adult relationships.

DMV Friends, come through this Saturday. I will be keynoting the Maryland Lynching Truth & Reconciliation Commission's 8th Annual Conference. My talk, "The Smallest Nooses," will focus on the history of Black child lynchings in Maryland and beyond. Registration information below.

“How can I be a good white ally?” “What do I do?” “How do I show POC that I’m one of the good ones.” Be like John Brown! John Brown didn’t ask enslaved people how to be an ally. So why do y’all keep asking us? The question itself is the violence. https://t.co/EUVjnzAmVW

The truth is, they’ve told us exactly who they are. They’ve told us exactly what they want to do to us. Our job now is to believe them — and act like we intend to live. https://t.co/HktLH5Ns6X

The leaked GOP chat didn’t expose anything new. It confirmed what we’ve known all along. The 'jokes' are the dry run for the racial violence. Read here: https://t.co/7UmHpQ4Hpt

"I will not hit my child. I will love my child like a REVOLT." These words ought to be a terrible promise to white supremacy, which requires the degradation of children to sustain itself, training them to obey, fear & internalize hierarchy before they can even speak its language.

Yes, people copy and paste my posts all the time. And yes, I see them. But thanks for letting me know, Y'all. @got_cake

Lmao I never thought I’d see a dog with dreads

Imagine being so deep in internalized racism you spend school resources to make a cartoon poster about baby hairs: ABSOLUTELY NO EDGES. The only edges St. Andrew High needs to worry about are the jagged colonial ones still cutting into Black girls in 2025. https://t.co/oPXvRMsq8m

Don’t get it twisted, Mayor Muriel Bowser is NOT a protector of Washingtonians. She is the concierge of displacement. She is the mascot of gentrification. And now, she is Trump’s handmaiden in the occupation of her own city. Read here: https://t.co/ORfiniJerL

When Trump threatens D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, NYC, or LA, it’s a spectacle for his base. But zoom out and you see an infrastructure quietly being built in red states: detention centers, deputized sheriffs, expanded contracts for prison companies. https://t.co/VEFBL9tmPj

White folks been starved for a pure, unblemished fairy tale. Taylor's Swift's engagement is cultural renewal and illusion that the fairy-tale blueprint still works: white girl, rich man, big ring, happily ever after. https://t.co/C6mE3dA0jm

My latest for @newsone: https://t.co/x3RrlHdsad

Today, Trump tightened his grip on D.C., by stripping away cashless bail. For decades, this policy has kept thousands of poor and working-class people, mostly Black, from being jailed while awaiting trial because they couldn’t afford freedom. https://t.co/JJtRcref65

The doors of the church are open! Nicole Collier turned the Texas House chamber into a sanctuary of resistance with nothing but a bonnet, a blanket, and a holy nap. Read my Sunday sermon here: https://t.co/eYZI6ezCYc

White folks in D.C. are going viral for yelling “Get out of our neighborhood!” at ICE while agents smash car windows & drag Latinos out of their cars. The clips rack up shares and trigger adrenaline, outrage, catharsis. But this is protest as performance. https://t.co/FeFkbvQxbO

I'm happy to report . . . So far, this week the Ida B. Wells Textbook Fund has helped 47 students between Morgan State and Howard purchase $7,834.00 worth of textbooks! Two students received new laptops. One one received funds for groceries. And we can still help many more!!!

F*ck James Dobson and every Christian pastor who tells parents to whup their children! The world is a better place when people like him DIE. Read here:

Thank you! Because of 377 amazing donors, the Ida B. Wells Textbook Fund raised $40,513 this round! The most ever in nearly a decade. That means 100+ students start this semester fully equipped & fully supported. I’m so grateful for this community. 🙏 https://t.co/uWeMTHBTSq

Closing hours! In just 10 days we’ve raised nearly $39K for our HBCU textbook fund. We’re just over $1K away from hitting $40K for the first time ever. This is enough to help 130+ students this semester. Let’s make history tonight:

The doors of the church are open. My Sunday morning sermon: https://t.co/Yu9zQpX3f4