Torraine Walker
@TorraineWalker
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Digital Storyteller. Advocate for Black Men. Content, opinions and information backed by deep research + data. ✊🏿📱📝🎙️🎥
Joined September 2014
Every day, Black men and boys are misunderstood, overlooked, and disrespected. It doesn't have to be this way. I create content and share information to take back control of our narratives. Your support is crucial to this work; help me to help us. https://t.co/37L8ldAfV5
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I knew this movie would get nominations like crazy.
Michael B. Jordan reacts to Ryan Coogler’s #Sinners nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay: "To see him get nominated for something original, for something that means so much to him and that’s been inspired by his Uncle James and his passion for blues music, and
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really been digging these talks
Dr. Tommy J. Curry on how black people who separate their identities from Black men and boys are seen as more acceptable to the white liberal system. From Ep. 4 of #BlackMaleStudiesSessions, sponsored by (@official_amhis.) Listen to the full discussion: https://t.co/plmDpbC9w1
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Philip Bailey. He sang whole songs in falsetto, the other brothers dipped in an out of that range.
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I push back against misinformation, miseducation, and anti-Black misandry using written, video, and audio storytelling backed by data. If you want to help support this work, click the link below!
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Torraine Walker helps people overlooked by mainstream media to be heard via digital storytelling,
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Did you know B.B. King was a legit computer nerd? 🎸💾 The King of the Blues owned a Commodore 64 in the early 80s and fell completely in love with the Commodore Amiga starting in 1986. He had at least two Amigas on the road and a souped-up one in his Vegas studio. He called
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Please tell me the studio mascot was named Rocket!
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Two things that every exploiter in America fears are: 1: Black American people gatekeeping our sociopolitical and economic foundation. 2: Black American men having standards in relationships. Every other culture here (except us) understands the vital importance of both.
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This is exactly what Dr. Curry and I discussed this week.
There is a “Universal Black Boogeyman Theory” that many POC and black opportunists will endorse if it means social approval and career advancement in white America. From Episode 5 of the #BlackMaleStudiesSessions. Click the link below to hear the full discussion:
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The suffering of our ancestors will not be mocked without some spiritual or physical retribution visiting the mocker. Oh well. He should've been arrested for that "Slave Play" bullshit.
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris has been in the custody of Japanese authorities since last month after being arrested at the airport in Japan on suspicion of smuggling illegal drugs into the country (it was .78 grams of MDMA). Why are we just hearing about this now? Full Story:
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The Dehumanization of Black Men and Boys Is a Cornerstone of the United States. From Episode 5 of the #BlackMaleStudiesSessions, sponsored by the African American Men’s Historical Society (@official_amhis.) Click the link below to hear the full discussion:
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This is actor B.D. Wong (@wongbd) who made a vile racist joke about a Black male animal educator (followed by the usual fauxpology.) The irony is Wong is an advocate for Asian-American & LGBTQ representation in media. The lesson? Some POC & LGBTQ are still anti-Black despite
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There is a “Universal Black Boogeyman Theory” that many POC and black opportunists will endorse if it means social approval and career advancement in white America. From Episode 5 of the #BlackMaleStudiesSessions. Click the link below to hear the full discussion:
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does audio, video and written storytelling!
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Dr. Tommy J. Curry on the Forced Feminization of the Black Male. From Episode 5 of the #BlackMaleStudiesSessions, sponsored by the African American Men’s Historical Society (@official_amhis.) Click the link below to hear the full discussion: https://t.co/zwBzRknsqd
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Real men don’t fear single mothers. Weak men do.
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STILL bad!
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Studies of Holocaust Survivors show that trauma can be passed down to their descendants. Dr. Tommy J. Curry on how Generational Racial Trauma affects Black Americans. From Ep. 5 of the #BlackMaleStudiesSessions sponsored by @official_amhis. Click to hear the full discussion:
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