Black and Indigenous history is tied to the colonization of this land and our liberation is inherently tied together, that is why Black and Indigenous solidarity is essential. TW/CW: mentions of state-sanctioned murder, chattel slavery, and genocide. By Red Dawn Foster and Miski Noor On July 3, the Lakota people stood at the base of...
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Mall of America’s Black Santa is Collecting Jars of White Tears
In this episode of White Fragility Weekly, it appears that white folks are having a meltdown over Mall of America’s first Black Santa Claus. Larry Jefferson, retired U.S. Army veteran from Irving, Texas, was scouted at a Santa convention in Missouri last summer. Out of 1,000 Santas at this convention, he was the only one...
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Lavish Reynolds Speaks After Released From Police Custody: “The Police Took Over My Facebook” [VIDEO]
Following the shooting of her boyfriend Philando Castile, the 34-year-old Minnesota man whose officer-involved shooting death Wednesday night was recorded in real-time using the Facebook Live feature, Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds spoke publicly for the first time early Thursday morning after she was released from police custody. In a Facebook Live video uploaded by one of her friends, Reynolds spoke among friends...
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Facebook Deactivates Account of Woman Who Livestreamed Boyfriend Being Shot and Killed by Minnesota Police
UPDATE: 7/7/2016: After being released by police custody around 5am Central time this morning, Diamond ‘Lavish’ Reynolds spoke publicly for the first time. According to Reynolds, St. Anthony Police Department were responsible for deactivating her Facebook and pulling the video. Read the full story with video of Reynolds speaking here. — Before Black America even has...