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queerism1969 · 1 year

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#red states #gop #us politics #iowa #child labor #education #social justice #colonialism #activism #human rights #black lives have always mattered #black lives are beloved #black lives fucking matter #black lives are precious #black lives are human lives #black lives count #black lives movement #black lives murder

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nintendylan64 · 10 months

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#why we need feminism #feminism #social justice #fuck social norms #black lives are precious #black lives are human lives #blacklivesmatter #happy pride 🌈#lgbtq positivity #lgbt pride #human rights #civil rights #lgbtpeople #lgbt activism #feminist

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raging-guanche · 1 year

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remember this fucking face

be careful googling his name, he's Filippo Claudio Giuseppe Ferlazzo.

He murdered in the streets, in daylight, a disabled black man called Alika Ogorchukwu who was just trying to sell his products.

Alika said to Giuseppe's fiancee if she could give him an euro or buy him any clothing, this garbage of human took that as harassment for some reason and took it as reason enough to murder and rob him.

Alika was knew by locals, he was kind and a hardworking father and husband, not problematic or a bad person, just a typical father of family.

Alika Ogorchukwu, Nigerian disabled man murdered.

this happened on july 2022, in Italy.

this is heartbreaking.

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this post has way more information about what happened, sorry, my English is very chunky and i was very mad while writing this post, i didn't know how to explain.

#blm #blm ally #bipoc issues #black lives matter #black lives are human lives #black lives still matter #blacklivesmatter

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thebastardgerard · 10 months

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So, after applying at least 3 times for disability, I got another letter saying I haven’t worked enough to get it.

I wonder why I haven’t worked?

(Hint: It’s because Im disabled)

The fact that people have to fight constantly with Social Security is bullshit. We are people too, we deserve to be able to afford basic necessities and not have to fight to live.

#disabled #disabled people are people #black lives are human lives

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writeranon69 · 1 year

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happy bhm

#black history month #black history 2022 #blm movement #black lives are human lives #black lives matter!#lgbtqiia+#dx #soulles dx #dumb memes #tumblr chaos #pls reblog this #i beg

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amandagr3 · 8 months

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#class privilege #tumblr problems #protest #racial justice #racial bias #black lives are human lives #black lives matter #racial equality #racial issues

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woobosco · 1 year

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Afro Culture (My Culture)

@woobosco

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fluffytimearts · 1 year

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Happy Black History Month pt 2 🖤♥️💛💚

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kittycatlukey · 2 years

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If no one loves you, I do; even if I don’t know you, I love you. I adore you. You deserve everything and more. Do good things, and good things will happen to you. Be patient, stay kind, think positive thoughts. Thank you for being here. This is a sign that you deserve to be here, and things are going to go your way. Sending everyone that reads this positive vibes.🍄🌻🐚✨🌈😘✌️

And remember, if you need to talk, I’m here for you always☺️

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rancidpancakebatter · 1 year

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This Post is About BLM and Tyre Nichols so Buckle The Fuck Up

I am a black person. I come from a small, rural town with two stop lights run by a railroad tycoon and "footloose" university. (It's a Christian school and among their vast restrictions is a rule that you can't dance unless at a wedding- hence "footloose"). In my experience growing up, I was the only Black American I knew who wasn't adopted by a rich white family.

My father entered my life when I was thirteen. Before then I was being raised solely by my very gentrified Mexican mother. I knew that I was black but not because I recognised that identity. It was because that is how everyone labelled me. I was not Mexican, I was not white, I was black. Anytime I celebrated my heritage people would grow uncomfortable because why would a black kid speak Spanish? Why would they bring homemade tortillas to lunch? Why would they have a quiñceanera? You are black, act like it.

Since having my father in my life- having his influence, seeing our culture, not through the characterized lens in the media but his- I would say I feel black now. That identity now comes from me, not others. But unfortunately, that growth, that journey, is seen as irrelevant.

I first learned that I was black on the playground in the first grade. A little girl asked me why my hair looked "that way"? At the time I had an afro. I told her I didn't know, it wasn't something I had thought about. She continued to question my appearance: my nose, my lips, my skin. When I wore box braids, years later, for the first time I was chased around that same playground. The children pulled at them; they told me I looked like Medusa. They had created a game in which they would freeze anytime I looked at them. This applied at recess, in the gym, in art class, during lessons, at lunch, in the halls, etc.

That is a very minor form of racism spurred on more by ignorance than hatred, but I have suffered from hatred as well. What I mean to say is I am no stranger to racism. So when I say that as a citizen of the US, I am afraid, I don't say that lightly. I have been stopped randomly by police late at night. I have been unjustly blamed for an altercation just because I was there, so I must have "aggravated the situation."

But the fear I feel is not for me. At the end of the day, I am perceived as a weak woman and I am really good at "white-passing" with my language and mannerisms. However, my father isn't. And he shouldn't have to be. He dresses like a "stereotypical thug" with sagging pants, chains, and durags. He looks nice, I think he looks rather handsome, but I have watched WASP moms cross the street as we walk past them.

It doesn't matter that he is the sweetest man alive. It doesn't matter that he is so crazy in love with his wife and posts every craft she makes on Facebook to brag to all of his friends and family. It doesn't matter that he looks at me like I single-handedly hung every star in the sky. It doesn't matter that he asks for screenshots of my ios theme every week when I change it just so he can tell me it looks pretty. It doesn't matter that he still makes sure that he makes enough food for all of us and freezes my portion so I can have it when I visit. It doesn't matter that despite being a boomer he has a trans son and a queer, non-binary "daughter" that he loves and supports with everything in him. What matters is he's black, and he's dangerous.

Black men are killed every day in the US at the hands of cops. This upsets me of course, but it hurts me personally as well. How many others have nightmares where they get a call from their mother to tell them their father was killed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time? How many others see the headline "Cops killed another black man" and hold their breath as they scroll to see if it was their brother? How many others make sure to keep their hands in their jeans pockets and their hood off so they don't look as threatening. How many others were taught what to do when pulled over in a car before they learned how to turn the car on? How many others live in this reality?

I see the conversation around Tyre Nichols and it breaks my heart. He was nine years my senior with a wife and child. He was active in his community. He liked to skateboard. He was a lot like me. And he was brutally beaten and murdered. That's insane. That could have been me. That could have been my brother, or his. It could have been my father. And my heart breaks for his family. I respect them for the spotlight they are taking. The justice that they are demanding.

Recently one of his family members posted a video of him. They said that when the body cam footage was released that it was going to circulate. That his death was going to circulate. And they wanted to share a video of him living. And I think that's really beautiful. Often times we get swept up in our anger, our fear, and we forget momentarily that their life was not just this one instance. Tyre Nichols existed before this.

I will always be afraid of when I will have to do the same thing. When I will have to beg people to remember that my father, my brother, were so much more than just victims. My father is a chef, he is a kind neighbour, he is an amateur gardener. My brother is loved, doing well in his transition, a shoulder to cry on, and the life of the party. They are such beautiful and important people.

So, I beg you. Be angry. Protest. Riot. Make your voice heard. Help this family try and right a wrong that can never be brought to true justice. But don't forget who they're fighting for. Say his name. But also share his story. Not just the ending.

#black lives matter #black lives have always mattered #black lives have value #black lives are human lives #black lives count #black lives are precious #black lives are beautiful #black lives are important #black lives are beloved #tyre nichols

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queerism1969 · 1 year

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#black lives are precious #black lives fucking matter #black lives are beloved #black lives are human lives #black lives have always mattered #african american #african america history #woke #woke culture #wokeness #liberals #woke people

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b-m-s-c · 10 months

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kurokrisps · 2 years

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Tw: genocide, white supremacy

I know this is sudden to say but black people and followers, even passerbys here on this blog, I just wanna say we need to be safe and rely on each other in this time of crisis. Recently there have been more reports of shooting and hate crimes by white supremacists and those who carry out their ideologies, especially on the basis of this "great replacement" or "white genocide" nonsense.

We can't just be "getting ours and leaving" or saying "sucks for you bye" we need to look out for each other! This is an active genocide on black people as a whole! So when they messing with one of us they're definitely going for all of us! I'm not saying throw yourselves into danger or become martyrs but if you can do something please find it in yourself to do so.

I'm always so angry at this country for everything it's done, everytime I hear the news it's like someone is trying to take us back to Jim Crow. It's set us up to fail and yet it preaches to us about hard work, we cannot let it do that. We can't ever let it break us.

Please please stay safe.

#tw genocide #tw white supremacy #tw shooting #black people #spread awareness #black lives are precious #black lives have value #black lives are human lives #black lives matter #black lives fucking matter #kuro talks

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thebastardgerard · 10 months

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Recently, after reading my friend @metalheadsforblacklivesmatter ‘s posts, I thought it was finally time to share my own story experiencing medical racism, transphobia and sexism.

TW: MEDICAL TOPICS, RACISM, TRANSPHOBIA, SEXISM AND EDS.

Somethings about me and disclaimers:

For those who don’t know me, hi hello, what’s the dealio? My name is Kuco, I’m a two-spirit black-indigenous mixed person. I am light-skinned, but most people can tell I’m mixed or assume I’m Latino, to the point where my medical documents mark me as Hispanic despite myself telling them to change it. I’m also AFAB.

While my experience is bad, it’s not unique to just me. Other people who are apart of the BIPOC community have faced the same or much worse. Regardless, please listen those in the community with darker skin. They often face much worse. If you’re only comfortable listening to those with lighter skin and feel more comfortable while claiming you’re an ally, you’re wrong and need to do better.

My story:

In 2021, I was experiencing nausea and vomiting after I ate. After a week of this continuously happening while working, I went to see a doctor who sent me to a surgeon, who sent me to a gastroenterologist to see what could be done without surgery.

This doctor was a cis white man in his late 60s who was apparently “retired.” After pointing out my symptoms and how they were getting worse, he looked through my medical history and noticed I had anxiety. He immediately went to the conclusion of a “brain-to-gut” connection, saying it was often found in woman. (Shock to no one, that wasn’t the case. Also, the issue was not my anxiety. My anxiety has progressive gone down and was at the lowest it had been in YEARS. My therapist at the time even confirmed this himself.) During this time, he also repeatedly referred to me using she/her pronouns, despite that my medical record points out that I am transgender and went by he/him pronouns at the time. (Despite me pointing this out, he continued to ignore this.) He gave me medications that were supposed to help, a doctor’s note (as I worked at the time) and sent me on my way.

Things only got worse. After 6 months of my symptoms getting worse and worse (to the point I could not eat solid food and started vomiting liquid) and several tests, he still believed it was a brain to gut issue. I had lost a lot of weight, to the point my own family noticed.

One of the last appointments I had with this doctor involved what’s called a gastric emptying test. For this test, a radioactive isotope (which isn’t harmful to humans) is put into some eggs and ingested. Pictures are taken of your stomach to track how long the isotope stays in your stomach after 2 hours, 3 hours, and 4 hours. Normally, your stomach is meant to empty at the 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hour mark. (By what I was told, mind you.)

My stomach emptied finally at the ladder end of 4 hours. This was considered on the way lower end of normal.

Once my doctor got this result, this was his response: The test says that your empty is at the lower end of what was normal, so that’s normal. Just keep taking your meds. It’s more common for Caucasian (white) people to have more serious gastric problems. Just so you know, I’m not writing you another note for your work, it’s not what I do.

This is what broke the camel’s back.

I called my primary care doctor and let her know that I wanted a different doctor who was a woman to see. I told her that he wasn’t listening to me nor taking me seriously and I refused to see him again. I also let her know that he was refusing to write me anymore work notes, despite the issue not being resolved. (A small time after this, my job let me go due to not having a return date. They said I was allowed to reapply afterwards, but I didn’t for different reasons. That’s another story for a different day.)

My primary care doctor sent me to a different doctor who was a woman and also happened to be a POC.

I had an appointment a week later, in which I told her all my symptoms and how I was barely able to eat it drink anything without being nauseous and vomiting. She listened to me while looking at my previous results from previous tests, in which she saw my gastric emptying test.

Her response was: Your test says your emptying is on the lower end of what’s normal, but by what you’re saying, it’s only gotten worse. Why didn’t he give you anything? I’m surprised you’re even talking to me right now.

I told her that he had said that due to my anxiety, it was a brain to gut issue, which was common for “woman” and continually insisted on that, as well as his other comments. She concluded I have a condition called Gastroparesis, or delayed gastric emptying. This is a condition that affects the stomach muscles and prevents proper stomach emptying. While there isn’t a certain idea of why it happens, it’s thought that those who previously suffered from EDs and have diabetes contract it more. (I had suffered from EDs when I was younger and have a history of diabetes that runs in my family, which is where I believe my causes came from.)

I suffered 9 months with this condition without proper treatment, in which my symptoms were prolonged, got worse, and almost passed, all because if ONE doctor.

While I got better for a time, I’m still battling with this condition, as well as other conditions that came along.

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When those in the BIPOC community tell you we don’t trust white people, especially doctors, it’s because we’ve been shown time and time again the complete disregard for our care and safety.

Use your allyship for good and protect us.

I would like to thank my friends for your help, but especially with my partners and my friend @metalheadsforblacklivesmatter . They helped me so much through those 9 months, and even now continue to help and support me. I love you guys so so much. 🩵🩵🩵

#bipoc stories #black lives are human lives #afro indigenous #indigenous #black lives matter #black lgbt #lgbtqplus #two spirit

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personal-blog243 · 6 months

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#black lives matter #blm #elijah mcclain #r.i.p.#rip Elijah McClain #blacklivesmatter #black lives have always mattered #black lives movement #black lives are beautiful #black lives are important #black lives are precious #black lives have value #black lives are human lives

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puppyboyumi · 1 year

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(TW: violence, descriptions of dismemberment, racism, hate crimes)

Rasheem Carter, a 25-year-old Mississippi black man, called his mother in a panic, stating that a group of white men in three pickup trucks were chasing him as they yelled racial slurs. That was the last time Carter’s family heard from him. He was reported missing the next day, on October 2, 2022.

A month later, authorities found his remains in the woods of Taylorsville, Mississippi. Carter had been decapitated and dismembered, with his spinal cord found detached from the rest of his body. NBC News states, “It's unclear what prompted authorities to search the wooded area or what led them to determine initially that foul play was not suspected. The Smith County Sheriff’s Department did not reply to requests for comment.”

During the press conference (at about 4:30 on the video), Carter’s mother reads aloud a chilling text from her son expressing concern about an employer: “Me and the owner of this company are not seeing eye to eye, Mama. If anything happens to me, he’s responsible for it…he’s got these guys that want to kill me.” She received the message on October 1st, the day before Carter’s disappearance. Despite all of this, the Smith County Police Department released a statement asserting that they “had no reason to suspect foul play.”

Also worth noting, during the most recent protest in Taylorsville for Rasheed Carter, a demonstrator wrote “Rasheem’s life mattered on the street.” After the protest, Gabe Horn, Taylorsville’s chief of police posted a Facebook photo of the message in chalk being power washed off with the caption “Little clean up!!! 👋” (seen in the picture above).

My two cents: this is nothing but a lynching, with the police covering it all up. I’m not a detective, but it doesn’t take a fucking rocket scientist to tell that this was a murder. This is one of the most obvious cover-ups I’ve ever seen. And they wonder why we don’t feel safe with them, why we don’t trust them. White supremacists have been embedded in American law enforcement since the damn slave patrols in the south. Fuck the entire department and everyone involved in this horrific, disgusting act.

Here’s the Carter family’s GoFundMe. Please help if you can.

JUSTICE FOR RASHEEM

#im so fucking tired of this shit #just let us live #rasheem carter #justice for rasheem #police corruption #amerikkka #kkkops #acab #fuck the police #racism #hate crime tw #blacklivesstillmatter #black lives are human lives #support blm

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