STILL WE RISE...Unapologetically Black. Jazz enthusiast. Passionate about #food, #poetry, #film #politics, #books, #writing. #blackmastodon #uspolitics #socialjustice
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Sept. 17, 2024 - Javon Givan, Age 29 - New Mexico #blackmastodon #blacklivesmatter npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita John Davidson chose to use a slur on Black men. Haven't read him using offensive terms towards anyone else that night. He said what he said, and it is neither acceptable or appreciated. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Did his brain pick and choose who would receive slurs? Why not call women bitches and whor*s? Why not call folks with Jewish names dirty Jews/kikes?, etc. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita What is the association with seeing Black men and shouting ni**er? Why that word? Why not Blacks or something else? I have no excuses for the man. None. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita a secret racist? npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Rest in Power Rev. Jesse Jackson. 🕯 US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84 - live updates - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c394g14n3rzt #blackmastodon #revjessejackson npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita I'm muting all of them. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita And you, brother. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Happy Black History Month 2026, we still thriving.👊🏾 #Blackmastodon #blackhistorymonth2026 https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/115/997/906/382/954/889/original/83ec36007ae963b2.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Trinity Rodman Is The World's Highest-Paid Women's Soccer Player After Signing Record Contract That League Initially Rejected - Blavity https://blavity.com/trinity-rodman-contract-highest-paid-womens-soccer-player-in-world #blackmastodon #soccer npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Imagine a world leader threatening the invasion of another country because he didn't receive an award. "You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone." npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita They will do whatever they want to do if there is no pushback. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita https://afro.com/roxanne-brown-usw-president/ #blackmastodon npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita If you believe law enforcement's use of "reasonable suspicion" to stop and harrass folks and/or demand to see their papers does not apply to you and yours, ask yourself why. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita The US loves white women who claim their privilege has been threatened. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita #dailyhaikuprompt - frost Whoosh - wind blown leaves fall in spins and swirls onto the newly frosted ground https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/115/311/167/999/390/591/original/5e5a40f98e6e8f69.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita "The Gift & The Legacy: African American Philanthropy as Power, Purpose and Promise, Taroue W. Brooks reframes the conversation, reminding us that philanthropy is not confined to financial contributions but encompasses time, talent, ties, testimony, treasure, and trust." By Staff Heart &Soul Magazine 9.16.25 https://www.heartandsoul.com/culture/the-heart-of-philanthropy/ #bookstodon #books #Blackmastodon #BlackFedi https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/115/259/419/203/080/270/original/9481f848b392183f.webp npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita His nose should reach outside the building, and he just started talking. 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Victoria Mboko, National Bank Open Womens Champion- Montreal. #Blackmastodon #Blackfedi https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/990/294/644/241/071/original/3b92894f55f449f0.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Black Facts. On this day, August 5, 2023, the city-owned riverboat Harriott II, was prevented from docking in its designated docking space at Riverfront Park on the Alabama River in Montgomery, AL, by a privately owned pontoon boat. A FAFO beatdown was rained down on pontoon boat owners who physically attacked riverboat crew. #Blackmastodon #Blackfedi https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/976/647/024/538/623/original/ee28dfb91623ddec.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Hmmm... ”Today the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to seize firearms from lawabiding citizens or prevent people of certain faiths from gathering to worship.” - Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissenting opinion on whether lower courts can issue nationwide injunctions on the president's executive orders. #SCOTUS npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Older people, too. It's time to make that change. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Happy Juneteenth! Juneteenth endures even as the rest of Black history is under attack by Trump and GOP. Here's why. By James Pindell, Boston Globe 6.19.25 https://archive.ph/rkO71 #Juneteenth https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/710/402/226/470/558/original/0ae124a11ef7f41e.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita dropping bait crumbs. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita IMO, it is not a yes or no answer. Latinos are not a monolithic population who all share similar views, culture, and values. Know your people. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita In agreement with what statement? npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita It goes like it goes - Jennifer Warnes ... Yeah, it goes like it goes like the river flows And time keeps rolling on And maybe what's good gets a little bit better And maybe what's bad gets gone. #Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse #USAProtest https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/654/621/207/382/997/original/4d7aaf28f4f345f2.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita It will never be used as "Air Force One." Tax payer dollars will be used to upgrade the plane. When he is out of office, it will be ready for his personal use. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita He thinks that because he didn't place his hand on the Bible, the oath doesn't mean anything. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita They so badly want Black folks to respond in a violent manner to the nonsense so they can declare martial law. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Article is under a paywall.What are they investigating her for? npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Eww npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita IKR. WTH! npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita #dailyhaikuprompt - mulberry leaves for worms to weave and sweet berries-wonders of the mulberry tree npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Happy Spring 🌱 https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/195/139/735/136/598/original/319da1423cfd380a.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita What ingredient did you add to make them so moist? npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Don't expect folks to get out and fight to get back to normal when normal wasn't working for them. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita #Blackhistorymonth June 30, 2015 - Misty Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal ballerina in American Ballet Theater's (ABT) 75-year history. (Photo credit: Brad Trent) #Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/076/121/547/351/034/original/8791f40058133d24.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita "The Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, has terminated an exhibition of works by Afro-Latino, Caribbean, and African American artists after the Trump administration allegedly withdrew the show’s funding amid crackdowns on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs." https://hyperallergic.com/992061/show-on-artists-of-african-descent-loses-funding-amid-trump-dei-crackdown/ #multiculturalism #Blackfediverse npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Mood: "The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up... None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing." -Toni Morrison npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Issac Hayes III's Fanbase Emerges as a Creative Haven in a Sea of Misinformation. By Stacy M. Brown. The Washington informer https://archive.ph/G8xXk #Blackmastodon #Blackfedi #creativesofcolor npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Then, as now... "Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., August 28, 1963, at the March on Washington. #MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay #Blackmastodon #BlackFedi npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Habari Gani! Happy Kwanzaa Day 2! Kujicagulia (Self Determination) By Sha Be Allah - The Source. December 27, 2024 https://archive.ph/tKgr1 #kwanzaa #Blackmastodon #Blackfedi npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita So, no different? npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita How is it different from any other type of gambling? npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita The evening sky is showing off. https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/113/613/806/824/204/748/original/0fab8091a96128b6.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita #dailyhaikuprompt - quilt community plus family form a tightly woven armored quilt npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita 🍂 #autumn https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/113/437/013/824/050/390/original/17ab8d6275a0bf79.jpeg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita The WP slogan is "Democracy Dies in Darkness." They have succumbed to the darkness today. "The Washington Post has decided not to make a presidential endorsement for the first time in 36 years" - Will Lewis, Publisher and CEO. #Washingtonpost #EditorialBoard #Blackmastodon npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Love your rock garden. Looks so peaceful. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita My FL family is making evacuation plans, so I know the upcoming storm is not to be played with. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita YES. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Asking for a friend... npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita I was born in upstate NY not far from the Adirondacks. It is so beautiful there. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita #uspol White woman interviewer: What is your response to the suggestion that you just discovered you are a Black woman? Madame Vice President: Same shit, different day. Next question. 🔥🔥 npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Members of the Central Park exonerated 5: Dr. Yusef Salaam, NYC (Harlem) Council Member, Activists Kevin Richardson, Corey Wise, and Raymond Santana with Rev. Al Sharpton at the DNC on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty) #dnc #Blackfriday https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/113/011/436/328/856/584/original/48854242a7d67e3e.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita Only the very wealthy in the US can be considered financially secure when a catastrophic illness can happen to anyone at any time. Even with 'good' insurance, an illness can wipe out a family's financial security. npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/112/984/632/494/717/165/original/e1f7af23b1470d0e.jpg npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita I just heard a TV commentator say that if Josh Shapiro is chosen, there would be 3 Jews in the Whitehouse. I don't know if he was quoting someone else but. WTH? npub1uy5a2ljnvk2vwcvpgxyudct42wyw60c3hyvqm78r3y0l257s90ksgc9aq4 Venita #HashtagGames #WorstInventions Brazilian Wax