I will always support dark skin black people and speak on the problem of colorism in the black community HOWEVER some of y'all really gotta chill with this mentality that if a light skin black celebrity speaks on issues pertaining to the black community that it’s not just as valid as a dark skin person speaking on these issues. this fake “woke” pov that you’re not supporting a light skin celebrity advocating for our community downright makes no sense. I’ll be the FIRST to speak about colorism but at the same time if a light skin black celebrity is using their platform (eg: Amandla, Zendaya, Jesse) of course I’ll support them. let’s not play this game like most of y'all favorite dark skin celebrities (particularly the men) are speaking on these issues.
Brooklyn mami
“You thought it was all you?”
The influence each of them had on the music industry is and will forever be unmatched 🙌🏾
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KINZI CREATIVITY.
After 12 years working as an engineer for a Fortune 500 company, I quit my management job to become an auto mechanic. I traded high heels and an air-conditioned office for boots, Dickies and grime-covered hands. The reason was simple: I was tired of feeling like an auto airhead and getting scammed by the male-dominated car-care industry. ~ Patrice Banks
Girls Auto Clinic (GAC) is a woman owned and operated business run by Patrice Banks, engineer and automotive technician. Patrice, a mechanic that caters to women, started GAC to educate and empower women through their cars!
What a FANTASTIC idea! I hope she has great success.
Wow so inspirational, I’m so glad I saw this today. 🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️
- Never being happy with your level of success because “couldn’t you have done better?”
- Constant need for validation from partners, work or other authority figures because you’ve been conditioned to see that as your aim in life
- Struggle to feel like an adult; never fully convinced you’ve actually reached that point in your life
- Struggle to train out you knee-jerk judgemental attitude as you’ve always been taught to judge and improve relentlessly
- Can’t help but search for the meaning in everything - feel guilty in small pleasures unless they serve an “adult” purpose
- Regret experiences you feel you missed out on because you were busy “doing more important things”
- Flinch (perhaps just internally) even now when someone raises their voice, even just to laugh
- Struggle to function when angry because when you were growing up anger was “not acceptable”
- Blame all your failings on imagined laziness, poor etiquette or planning because that was always the reason when you were growing up - it can’t be anyone else’s fault, oh no, “how will you ever cope on your own?
greg-you-are-in-so-much-trouble:
On the outskirts of Philadelphia this is what we’re learning in high school History class.
I also did a presentation that was assigned to me about the Chicago Race Riots and damn that is way too relatable to Mike Brown wtf…..We also we’re learning about queer history earlier this week and i wrote down queer history for the first time ever in a class and I felt so good.
YES!!
the idea of this “baddie” fashion trend in which popular white girls on instagram and tumblr wear what black girls in the hood have and were literally wearing since 1995 and getting paraded for it irks my fucking soul. being bowed down to for being “thick” and wearing skintight leggings (that only seem to be in khaki or olive green?) with Adidas or Nikes and our bomber jackets that the little hood fashion boutique store on the corner loved to sell and overlined lips and overfilled faux thick browns and the big hoop earrings and our cornrows (boxer braids??) jesus christ? black girls and latinx girls too have been getting called ghetto for all of this for YEARS and somehow it managed to turn into 2015-2016′s top fashion trend without us getting an ounce of credit for it
THIS IS SO ADORABLE!
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday announced the resignation of the city’s police chief following the fatal officer-involved shooting of a 27-year-old black woman.
Under Chief Greg Suhr’s leadership, Lee said issues related to officer-involved shootings and community distrust of police had not been resolved quickly enough.
“We will be pressing forward with new accountability measures and oversight of police use of force,” Lee said at an afternoon news conference.
Deputy Chief Toney Chaplin will fill in as acting chief while the city and police commission consider a successor, Lee added.
On Thursday, a 27-year-old black woman in a stolen vehicle was fatally shot as officers attempted to arrest her, the Associated Press reported. The shooting came days after a hunger strike by community activists who were protesting other instances of police use of force while calling for Suhr’s resignation. Four of the city’s supervisors joined the protestors, asking for Suhr to leave the department along with other changes.
A racist text messaging scandal last month also rocked the department, which could affect hundreds of cases.
Suhr is a 33-year veteran of the department, becoming its chief in 2011.
“He’s a true public servant and he’ll always have respect from me,” Lee told reporters on Thursday.
Chaplin has most recently led the department’s professional standards and principled policing bureau. Lee commended him for his experience working with diverse communities.
And i heard she was pregnant? Im glad this 🐖 is out and ed lee should resign too.
I’m so glad he’s finally out omgg