“Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year—it is the struggle of a lifetime. Be persistent and consistent. We shall overcome.” REST IN GLORY
#JohnLewis
#GoodTrouble
🙏🏽
Until you have survived generations of inequality without relief or retribution, you may not lead the conversation on what an appropriate response to inequality looks like.
This is a pic of the day I met
@MichelleObama
. I was 21 & an asst. on the set of her
@EBONYMag
cover shoot. Today, at 31, I’ll be moderating a convo with her in DC for
@BetterMakeRoom
on the importance of pursuing higher education. Full circle! Tune into the livestream at 11:15a!
Smug. Combative. Disrespectful. Angry. Whiny. These are the virtues of PRIVILEGE. No woman & certainly no BLACK woman) could ever get away with such bad behavior at this level. Not even under the most extraordinary circumstances. The double standards on display are sickening.
5.10.20 ❤️💫 Some things only come around once in a lifetime. This love. That day. Our moment. Too divinely aligned to let it pass us by. Let this be remembered as the day LOVE. COULD. NOT. BE. CANCELLED.
Story by
@voguemagazine
Photo by
@micaiahcarter
Black Americans are murdered for jogging in white neighborhoods—meanwhile white Trump supporters have just raided THE WHITE HOUSE and everyone is still standing. THIS IS AMERICA
Do not condemn what you do not understand. Do not condemn a people’s response to pain you’ve never had to feel. Do not condemn a fight that you are not a part of.
#BlackLivesMatter
When switching jobs or careers to escape burnout, remember your bad habits are as transferable as your skill set. Consider resetting boundaries part of your new job description — any external change requires internal work.
If you are still unsure what part to play in times of protest, try NOT appointing yourself judge of a people whose constant pain you’ve had the privilege to ignore.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A MOVIE. IT IS A MOVEMENT. IT'S ALSO BLACK HISTORY IN THE MAKING. I saw it today and cried my eyes out. For so many reasons. If you love film. If you love fantasy. If you believe in chasing the light during times of darkness...BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW.
Breonna liked to write down her goals on sticky notes that she posted on the walls of her home. This was going to be HER year.
#BreonnaTaylor
#SayHerName
“Your real job in life is to figure out what you are called to do. And you use a job to figure out what the calling is...until you find out what it is that gives your life purpose and meaning.” -
@Oprah
When you find yourself existing in the space between dreams realized, parts of you will feel too big for where you are, while other parts of you will feel too small for where you’re going.
Go anyway.
Question for those who called
#BLM
activists terrorists. Thugs. Anarchists. All for peacefully protesting injustice in America. What should we call the Trump supporters raiding THE WHITE HOUSE right now? 🧐
“If you like me, you don’t have to hate her. If you like her, you don’t have to hate me.” -
#MeghanMarkle
shutting down divisive rhetoric that pits women against women
Had a dream that I met
@Oprah
. Then I woke up shook because...guess what y’all? I AM GOING TO INTERVIEW OPRAH TOMORROW at the
@WrinkleInTime
premiere!!! What do you want me to ask THE QUEEN?
6 month marriage update: We’re going GOING back BACK to Cali CALI Cali!! After getting married on our beloved Brooklyn stoop and surviving lockdown in less than 1,000 sq ft—we decided to move across the country (in the middle of a pandemic 😅) because space and sunshine calls...
“Do you understand what self deprecation means when it comes from someone who already lives in the margins? It’s not humility, it’s humiliation. I put myself down in order to seek permission to speak. And I will simply not do that anymore.” - NANETTE
@netflix
Until your son/husband/dad has been brutalized by an authority you pay for his protection. Until you’ve watched a cop car ram into a crowd that includes your child. Until you’ve fought alongside them fruitlessly, you may not offer critique from anywhere other than the battlelines
"Being a queer black woman in America... someone who has been in relationships with both men and women – I consider myself to be a free-ass motherfucker." - Janelle Monae💫⭐️✨YESSSS.
@JanelleMonae
is THE ROCKSTAR WE NEED RIGHT NOW. CONGRATSSSS, YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL. 👏🏽👏🏽
When I wake up in the morning to
#BlackOutTuesday
posts, I want to know that everyone is doing the WORK offline to arrive at deeper understand and tangible solutions to a crisis Black people have been fighting alone for too long.
WHAT DOES YOUR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE & YOUR ATHLETIC PROWESS HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR CHARACTER, YOUR INTEGRITY, & WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE EVER BEEN SO INEBRIATED THAT YOU TRAUMATIZED A WOMAN FOREVER?
#KavanaughConfirmationHearings
Letting go. Letting God. And having the courage to keep opening doors, leaving space for miracles to happen—without any attachment to outcome. ✨✨my mantra for 34✨✨
We are at an inflection point in our country. What you say and do in this moment will be remembered as a reflection of the value you place on human life.
The question right now is not whether or not you or I condone violence and mayhem. The question to ask is what you and I have done to actively prevent this outcome?
A war has been waged on Black life in America. And it’s been building over time right in front of our eyes. Now that we’ve reached a tipping point, a different kind of
#TimesUp
movement is underway that is calling white and non-Black people into ACTION to save Black lives.
If our votes didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be trying so hard to take them away.
Today is
#NationalBlackVoterDay
and I’m here to tell you: WE CAN SWING THIS VOTE—IF we all exercise our civic duty to rally our families, our friends, and our communities to make a voting plan NOW.
Black people all over this country are demanding that our white and non-Black colleagues, friends, and neighbors step up, speak up, and join the FIGHT WITH US.
.
@DrBiden
is an educator, the daughter of a war veteran, a mother who “put a broken family back together,” a fierce sister, an honorable former Second Lady...her story reflects so many resonant American touchpoints that make Joe Biden’s story more compelling
Watching
#Kavanaugh
read off his list of what he has done for women is deeply triggering and wildly uncomfortable. NONE of this excuses or disqualifies him from the claims made against him.