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asst prof. writing & thinking Black Studies north of the 49th. currently writing: Black Grammars: On Difference and Belonging. something worthwhile happens here

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@SamTecle
Sam
7 years
please, please, please stop writing you "gave voice" to xyz marginalized group. No you didn't, and you didn't "make space" either, you just started listening. that's what you did, sit down. be humble. listen better. listen quieter.
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@SamTecle
Sam
2 months
this is undeniably cool but i look at Caesar and can't help but think of the time when he told Black people to cancel him. And then, they you know, did 🙄
@thefader
The FADER
2 months
Daniel Caesar surprised Toronto fans with a free concert at Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday. The Scarborough-born singer-songwriter, joined by Mustafa the Poet, played guitar while sitting on stage, and thousands of people came out to watch. The pop-up show kicks off a
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@SamTecle
Sam
2 months
the door of no return is the portal
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@SamTecle
Sam
2 months
Gratitude is a must
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@westendphoenix
West End Phoenix
3 months
Private equity firms are targeting low-income apartment buildings across the city, buying them out, and renovicting tenants. The new rents are so high that they’re sending some residents to the food bank. Story by @emmapaling from the Gotham Issue https://t.co/YmAsTT24ur
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@SamTecle
Sam
3 months
"It's a playground full of mood swings/ Die for the colour of your shoe strings"
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@SamTecle
Sam
4 months
to who ever is taking down those automatic speed enforcement cameras across the city of toronto, y'all heroes man. keep on keepin on with this important work
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@SamTecle
Sam
4 months
which coffee shop in midtown TO got the best AC? trying to do some work and not boil at the same time...
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@SamTecle
Sam
5 months
sometimes when people say "community based research" it's just bullshit. and i think it's ok to say that. to them. to their face.
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@SamTecle
Sam
5 months
just fyi, this is what's happening in our schools. i don't pay for access to the Toronto Star but headline alone....is terrifying enough
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@JFAAP
JFAAP
6 months
📣 PUBLIC FORUM: What Toronto’s New Anti-Protest Bylaw Means for Us 🛑 What You Need to Know About Toronto’s “Bubble Zone” Bylaw 📅 Wednesday, June 4, 2025 🕕 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 EarlyON Centre, Jane Finch Mall Speakers: Desmond Cole & Aliah El-Houni All are welcome
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@SamTecle
Sam
6 months
courtesy of @JFAAP what kind of city are these folks attempting to imagine and impose upon us? refusal is our only option... 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 MAP: What could Toronto look like under the city’s new ‘bubble zone’ bylaw? https://t.co/m7SYLrj7Uf via @TorontoTodayca
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torontotoday.ca
TorontoToday mapped how much of the city would become a bubble zone if all 3,600 eligible daycares, places of worship and schools applied for the protest-limiting status
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@policingblack
Robyn Maynard
6 months
“The global counterbalance to settler apartheid is the transnationality of decolonial struggle for land.” ⁦@ztsamudzi⁩ - THE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE
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PHOTOS BY MPHO MATHEOLANE On January 23, 2025, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Act, 2024 that allows the state to expropriate land without financial compensation.
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@LMToyotaPrevia
Late Model Toyota Previa
6 months
“Whether making the enslaved dance through the Middle Passage, charm on the auction block, or minstrel to brighten the doldrums of white workers, Blackness is construed as irrevocably joyful, carefree, lascivious, and impervious.” Hartman, S. (2022). Scenes of subjection :
@Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan
7 months
A men's choir has just performed on the steps of the #MetGala, TALK ABOUT HISTORY!
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@daraghjgrant
Daragh Grant
7 months
More people need to read this essay. Rewards all the time you give to it.
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@NiaCentre
Nia Centre for the Arts
7 months
The Met Gala is around the corner, and to celebrate the cultural movement and style it's based on, we're doing our own fashion programming. First stop? This lecture with Dr. Cheryl Thompson on the legacy of the Black Dandy. Registration is free: https://t.co/JcoYt76Oq4
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@SamTecle
Sam
8 months
i want to very badly go to this
@RNB_RADAR
RNB RADAR
8 months
Teedra Moses pulls up to DJ AG ONLINE’s livestream and performs ‘Be Your Girl’ 🔥
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@SamTecle
Sam
8 months
all this patriotic nostalgia for Hudson's Bay, a company who traded in slaves, is very on brand for Canada
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@SamTecle
Sam
8 months
check this out if you want to read how tragedy can turn into inspiration. a decade of making it happen for young people in Toronto
@BethieGe
Beth
8 months
The Nahom Berhane Scholarship is marking its 10th and final year of supporting marginalized Toronto youth in pursuing post-secondary education. Read about a decade of impact! #EducationForAll #Scholarship https://t.co/izviJDhSGI
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@drcbs_
Dr. CBS
8 months
“Demand… that they dedicate themselves seriously to study, that they interest themselves in the things and problems of our daily life and struggle… learn from our people, learn from books, learn from the experience of others. Never stop learning.” -Amílcar Cabral
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