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I’m still shook tbh. WOW. I’m forever grateful to @HenryLouisGates, @CleveFoundation and @AnisfieldWolf. You have changed my life.
“I am overwhelmed for so many reasons….Thank you to the canon that I am so honored to find myself beside.” — Saeed Jones, 2023 winner for poetry #AWBA2023
Are there scholars who study music videos? I’d love to know about people who think deeply about music videos from the 90s and 2000s. 🤔🤓
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Imagine spending millions of your own money in Iowa…visiting all 99 counties in the winter… and signing every white suprematists deep cut from the last 40 years … only for your target audience to do a racism on you 😭
Ramaswamy's wife asked voters what they're hearing about why they're not supporting Vivek. One response: "I couldn’t even remember who said it to me, but they mentioned his dark skin and they think he’s Muslim."
Another voter asks her: "How long have you been in the United States, were you born here?" nbcnews.com/politics/2024-el… by @NnamEgwuon
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Someone got a campaign donation
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"One would have hoped that saving Palestinian children’s lives would be met with the same urgency to act and to provide protection granted to shipping lanes." - Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour at #UNSC
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Mahershala Ali is raising money for Mohammed al-Qudwa, a young Palestinian poet who is trying to get his family out of Gaza
lithub.com/mahershala-ali-is…
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Absolutely wow, I am speechless at the strength of the argument.
“This is the first genocide in history where people themselves are broadcasting it.”
“The world should be absolutely horrified, there is no safe space in Gaza. The world should be ashamed.”
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would love a clarification from Fetterman on whether he believes "stay on your own continent" is a general rule, or whether it specifically applies to people from specific continents, and if so, perhaps he could elaborate on that
John Fetterman clarifies his comments that South Africa “ought to sit this one out.”
The North American senator who has supported sending Israel more aid says that South Africa should instead focus on the African continent.
independent.co.uk/news/world…
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We need some roundtables with just Black actors and filmmakers. Idk, Essence? Somebody?
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It’s almost like every single American media entity is trying to gaslight the public.
TIME's new cover: Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the test of American leadership ti.me/3TThMri
ALT Photograph by Jared Soares for TIME
