For those of you who don’t know, Cuba’s largest export isn’t tabacco or sugar, it’s doctors. Life expectancy in Cuba is greater than life expectancy in the U.S, and they have more doctors per capita than *most* developed nations (three times as many than the U.S).
It’s kind of hilarious how often drunk girls exchange Instagrams and just never talk again. I met this girl at a bar five years ago and I’ve seen her graduate, get married, have a baby 😂
I want everyone to divorce themselves from thinking that waking up at a certain time is the cheat code to success. The truly superior life hack is paying attention to when you’re the most productive, maximizing your effort during those hours, getting enough sleep and eating well.
my mom told my brother if he wanted to learn how to cook more traditional dishes he could ask me and homeboy said “I’m not learning from the intern” and this is exactly why it’s on sight when I see him 💀
A plane carrying mostly Mormon missionaries brought
#COVID19
to Kiribati — one of the last places without any outbreaks.
Passengers tested positive after arrival on the island nation, which closed borders for 2 years, despite being vaccinated. Cases there are now at least 181.
A company that’s worth $850 million asked to use some of my content for social media in exchange for “tagging” me, and when I asked for additional compensation they stopped responding. If you’re a Black creator/influencer, stop letting corporations use your stuff for free.
I’m not friends with cheaters, absentee parents or abusers. I don’t care how nice you are to me as a friend if you have questionable morals in other aspects of your life.
the girl who does my lashes rescheduled my last appointment three days in a row. i forgot my appointment was today and she kept my deposit, said I’d have to pay another deposit, and an additional squeeze in fee for a last minute appointment. never blocked someone so fast 😭
my mom bought a scratch off and didn’t win so I joked about her losing money and she said: “just like your little crypto” and now I’m finna fight her in the garage bc why would you say that?? lmao
Chet H*nks called his ex-girlfriend a “ghetto black bitch,” verbally and physically abused her for months, threatened to kill her then kill himself & says the n-word. We have to stop giving white folks who love our culture but hate our people a platform because they’re “funny.”
A bunch of chicks decided that if they straightened their hair and got almond shaped nails they could be mean and classist to other black women who don’t fit their aesthetic and rebrand it as being “luxurious” & I’m not going for it. What is high class about running your mouth?
I was kidnapped purely for the color of my skin. I was kidnapped for being a “Blanc”.
Can’t give any more detail till I’m home, but all I will say for now is - Glory be to God. Released between Good Friday & Easter, Christ is King.
When you’re kidnapped in the middle of the…
I think people like fake sh*t, whether they acknowledge it or not. Those “morning routine” TikTok’s are a great example. Y’all are not running 10 miles, making tea, reading, saying affirmations, doing yoga & saving children from a burning orphanage before your morning meeting.
any time I interact with kids I always tell them how cool and fun and interesting they are and that I love their clothes and their hair and the way they think and do things. build up the youth!
People Say The NBA Let Magic Play With HIV. U Can’t Contract HIV From Shaking Hands, Hugging, Coughing, & Running Up & Down The Court. COVID U CAN. HIV Is Transmitted Thru 🩸(💉Or Unscreened), Birth & Unprotected Sex. If Players Were Havin Babies, Sex Or Sharing 💉 U Had A Point!
Christina Ponthieux, 13, is fighting to maintain Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, like her parents, who could face deportation under Trump. Her parents, both nurses, have lived in the U.S. since 1999. "Terminating TPS would affect all of us, especially kids like me."
having immigrant parents will humble you. i was talking to my mom about taking risks, & she said “you want to talk about risks?” and proceeded to tell me how she woke up, decided to get on a boat to America, and nearly sank on the way here because their boat took on water.
I got my 4th degree and was the first women or person of color to graduate from my program. I also walked across the stage with a job offer from the state of Indiana waiting 🤝🏾
I met a woman today who had been married for 18 years, and what struck me the most about watching her interact with her husband was how enamored he was simply just watching her be herself. They had two, veryyy distinct personalities and you could tell they were just so in love.
I was in an abusive relationship for three years. When my mom found out, the first thing she did was tell my ex she would hunt him down every day until the day she died and if she killed him she was beating the charge.
Guess who left me alone 😂
A lot of men like to claim the reason they can’t get women is because they’re not tall or rich enough but I want us to have the honest conversation that some of you are just losers, and that’s okay!
lmao I said what I said. Juneteenth is not for Africans, West Indians, Afro-Latinos, none of that. While the diaspora as a whole was affected by slavery/forced migration, that does not make us all descendants of chattel slavery that happened in the U.S.
Afrobeats and Caribbean music is taking over the club scene because folks actually dance to that type of music. I’m not tryna listen to y’all scream about opps & money you don’t have 😭
I’m honestly not interested in consuming content about how horribly people were treated by their significant others. And more importantly, I don’t believe that constantly being bombarded with information about people being wronged by friends & partners is good for our psyches.
It’s always so odd to me that people who call themselves your friend will like, comment, scroll through & watch everything you post, but never text or call. It’s almost like social media has made people feel as though watching your life is the same as actively participating in it
The Columbian flag was actually designed in Haiti, because that’s where Simon Bolivar was while planning his country’s independence. Bolivar went to several other countries trying to free Latin America from colonial rule/slavery, and Haiti was the only country that helped.
The mortgage on on a $450,000 house after a 20% downpayment at current interest rates is a $2900. If you’re following the rule of your housing being no more than 1/3 of your income after taxes, you’d need to make $8700/mo or $150,000/yr+
for anybody who follows me who has bought a house. what’s one important thing you learned / a piece of advice you’d give to a younger person looking to be a home owner?
I used to be so afraid of how people perceived me, my goals and how I carry myself and now I just simply do not give a damn. I refuse to lose any more time worrying about the opinions of people who weren’t trying to get to know me in the first place.
I read an article about the “end of the subsidized millennial lifestyle” wherein it discussed the fact that platforms such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash etc were only cheap due to being subsidized by investors + favorable market conditions, but now those platforms need to turn a profit
Cuba makes over $10 billion every single year “leasing” doctors & healthcare professionals to foreign nations. Almost every major humanitarian crisis since the Castro regime has involved the participation of doctors from Cuba.
This is a great time to discuss the fact that cash bail disproportionately affect marginalized groups of people. Over 70% of people arrested will sit in jail awaiting their court date because they can’t afford to bail themselves out. Abolish cash bail & abolish prisons.
Young Thug and Gunna bailed out 30 inmates from Fulton County jail this past weekend.
Most inmates were booked on minor offenses but couldn't get out because of bail money. 🔥🔥
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@wsbtv
I think the idea of Black Americans/descendants of chattel slavery in the US not having to pay taxes for 434 years (the duration of slavery + Jim Crow) as a form of reparations is actually super interesting.
Y’all did this with Miami, Tulum, Dubai— the list goes on. Your real issue is that everyone being able to do what you do ruins your ability to create the illusion of wealth and add some mystique to your instagram feed.
if I had to give any advice to my younger self, it would be that potential is a trap. anyone who can’t commit to themselves, can’t commit to you & you’re better off finding someone who values finishing what they start in all aspects of life.
I flew to Japan just to eat Wagyu from the source. Last week I was in Australia eating kangaroo and fish from the Great Barrier Reef. I order the entire menu because I feel like it, and I go to Michelin star restaurants in my free time. Let’s not discuss what I can “afford” lol.
So while we should be commending the Cuban people at this time, it’s worth noting that most of the money being made by the care they provide doesn’t go directly to them, and they are often forced to work under conditions that violate international forced labor laws.
Doctors serve as a means for Cuba to circumvent political and economic isolation. However, it’s worth noting that plenty of countries use the low cost of Cuban doctors to avoid addressing their [lack of] infrastructure & crisis preparedness.
building your platform on actively encouraging people to lie during the hiring process is not only disgusting, but giving hiring managers and recruiters ammo to crack down even harder on certain demographics they already feel don’t belong in certain spaces is even worse.
All my girls are finesse queens.💅🏾 Imagine making $65k+ EXTRA in salary all because you put that you have a lil funky degree on your resume and you made that degree in Canva or Adobe.
I’m screaming!!! 💀💀
Black people from across the diaspora decided that what Emmanuel Acho said was so incredibly stupid and uneducated that we have no time to fight amongst ourselves today and we must ban together to cook this nigga instead. Beautiful.