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just wanted to remind you that in 1995 your employee Zach was v rude to me and my mom (Martha) after I called the store for 9 straight days until The Mask was available
Hello, lovely summer children! This is Clarkisha Kent reporting for duty. I, like Groupon (thank you, friend!), am here to affirm that
#BlackLivesMatter
. But most importantly? ALL Black Lives Matter. All of us. Every last one of us.
It’s been a year since I tweeted “Groupon peen” and “a whole Pterodactyl” like it was a normal day. I really was on some shit last year LMAO what a time!
Thanks for encouraging my shenanigans y’all 😂
Atatiana Jefferson
Atatiana was a pre-med grad from Xavier University, who worked in human resources. She was also caring for her mother and nephew when she was wrongfully killed.
#SayHerName
Korryn Gaines
Korryn was a mother & hairstylist who was passionate about her rights as a Black woman to bear arms. She was also vocal about police brutality, and her loved ones remember her as a fierce role model.
#SayHerName
Breonna Taylor
Breonna was an EMT who worked at the University of Louisville Jewish Hospital and Norton Healthcare. And the University of Louisville Health. Her birthday is tomorrow, June 5th.
And she should still be here.
#SayHerName
Sandra Bland
Sandra was a graduate of Prairie View A&M University who studied agriculture. While there, she was a summer counselor, part of the marching band, and volunteered for a senior citizens advocacy group.
#SayHerName
Rekia Boyd
Rekia was a 22-year-old Black girl who had her whole life ahead of her before it was stolen by killer ex-cop Dante Servin, and the investigation was botched by disgraced state attorney Anita Alvarez.
#SayHerName
This will be my thread highlighting Trans Black people and calls for justice for them.
Despite all (yes, all) of our collective efforts to erase the lives and contributions of Trans Black people…
Her killers John Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove of the LMPD are still out there and haven’t been charged yet. Please sign this petition so we can all apply to pressure to make that happen.
Charleena Lyles
Charleena Lyles was a mother of three and pregnant at the time of her wrongful death. Lovingly referred to by her loved ones as “Leena”, she is remembered as being vivacious and adventurous. And she should still be here
#SayHerName
Aiyana Stanley-Jones
Aiyana was a 7-yr-old girl who lived w/ her grandmother. She too had her whole life ahead of her. She is the subject of J. Cole’s “Crooked Smile”, who dedicated both the song and the music video to her life.
#SayHerName
Tanisha Anderson
Tanisha was a student who had aspirations to be a broadcast journalist. Tanisha, like myself, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her twenties...which is not and SHOULD not have been a death sentence.
#SayHerName
Her wrongful death was particularly heinous as it highlighted the link between ableism + racism when it comes to police brutality. That’s right. At LEAST half of the people killed by the police are disabled.
#SayHerName
And contrary to popular belief, police brutality affects as well, and often in ways that combine our experience as both Black people & women. Or as queer Black feminist Moya Bailey put it: misogynoir.
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@TiffanyHaddish
. Check out our commercial for the Big Game.
#SaveLikeTiffany
But, I must pause here because this is making me weepy as hell. That said, the purpose of telling these stories is to implore you all to uplight Black women and Black girls. And to stop forgetting us in the struggle for Black lives.
There are more names that deserve to be said. To be remembered loudly & boldly. Malissa Williams, Darnisha Harris, Tarkia Wilson, Renisha McBride, Yvette Smith, and countless other people. Not just disembodied names or voices.
The lives of George Floyd & Ahmaud Arbery were stolen from us. But so was the life of Breonna Taylor. And the life of Tony McDade. And they were all taken in such a violent way that we can’t rest until they, their families, & we get justice.
I am Black. But many of you know I have other identities as well. Mainly being fat. Darkskinned. And queer. As this is the case, while I will be boosting (and posting) as many links as I can today, I will be focusing on the Black lives...
I’ll be making all sorts of threads and content for this purpose today, including graphics, links to bail funds, spotlights on Black businesses, Black creatives, Black media, and etc. So buckle up, buttercups!
Y'all, it's getting late over here, but I want you to know I will be returning! Again, this was Clarkisha Kent (from over at
@IWriteAllDay_
) and I’ll
#PassTheMic
on for now.
#BlackLivesMatter
, wash your hands, and remember that...watermelon still tastes like crunchy water!
I have more threads cooking. But I want to take this moment to say that everyone has a role to play here. For a good, say, third of you (*cough* celebrities *cough*), it will require you to open your purse and to only open your purse.
Because Pride was BORN out of the Stonewall Uprising, which was a fierce protest against, you guessed it, the police and their senseless brutality against Black and LGBTQIA+ people. So yes, you look goofy (and anti-Black) inviting cops to Pride.
No one understands better how interconnected systems of oppression are when it comes to Black people more than Trans Black people. And this should be stated plainly and without question.
It is especially important to say this during and AFTER Pride, as Pride celebration of the lives of LGBTQIA+ folx would not even be a thing without the bravery of Trans [Black] people like Marsha P. Johnson, Zazu Nova, Sylvia Rivera, and others.
Tony McDade
Tony McDade was a former pro boxer at the Quincy Fighting Tigers gym. And not only should he still be here, but he does not deserve to be misgendered after his life was stolen.
#BlackTransLivesMatter
Nina Pop
Nina was well-known in the town she lived in, Sikeston, Missouri. A town of around 16,000. She worked at a local fast food restaurant & her friends remember her as someone everybody loved. She should still be here.
#BlackTransLivesMatter