December 2011
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artsysharlie:
hold on
SBTRKT ft. sampha
my...
youngbrownskin:
Blu - Spanish Winter
Make sure...
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“The argument that black women were matriarchs was readily accepted by black...”
– bell hooks in Ain’t I A Woman
although written in 1981, still painfully relevant today where a black woman’s strength = the alienation/ emasculation of black men (see Tyrese video here) & the reason for the deterioration of the “black family”/ the reason black women are single/ not wanted
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“There are many judges, doctors and clerics here, all receiving good salaries...”
– Leo Africanus. (1510 CE) Talking about Western Sudan kingdom. The Songhai Empire. (via fyeahblackhistory)
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“When you removed the gag that was keeping these black mouths shut, what were you...”
– Jean-Paul Sartre, Black Orpheus (via cultureofresistance)
“I play it cool
I dig all jive
That’s the reason
I stay alive
My motto
As I...”
– Motto by Langston Hughes (via daughtersofdilla)
right on time from my main man Mr. Hughes
Anonymous asked: I remember thinking of it before but never actually said anything... I find you interesting! (Or what ever part of you think blog represents) Just thought you should know:)
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I sample often bc I like to and i functionally and...
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Creation vs. Consumption
One of my favorite quotes in life comes from Assata Shakur. She says,
“The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.”
The part of quote that resonates the most with me is the “But to become free, you have to...
http://www.ifleague.it/cms/index.php?option=com_con... →
Here is a cool article 1 of my Italian friends sent me on facebook.
cresscross:
“Young, Black, and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D” : NYT Opinion piece written by Nicholas Peart, a twenty something black man from the city.
If there’s one this you read today, let it be this. The comment section is also worth looking through for more antidotes.
ladyblake:
“Levels (Sonnymoon Remix)” -Bilal
I...
the dopest ethiopienne: hey, fellow black folk! →
theblacknationalist:
ethiopienne:
you know you don’t get White People Points(TM) for saying that things aren’t racist, right? you know that even if you did get White People Points(TM), they’re not actually redeemable for anything that involves your self-preservation, right? you know that bashing other black people and separating…
SAY THAT!!!!!!
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