2026-04-19T04:30:59Z https://yabu.me Andrea is Qualifiedt https://yabu.me/npub1pmaf7ka89v7mr7a6d88dpyd609twgkxycekxcpv8gl0eyffd70astuk7ha https://files.blacktwitter.io/accounts/avatars/109/340/137/142/645/934/original/09c9b832bac07b2d.png https://files.blacktwitter.io/accounts/avatars/109/340/137/142/645/934/original/09c9b832bac07b2d.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxdfhtnatkxdjckcnaktyftsqql3896dz77kmgddtyvl34xqzll2szyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkhzw3mt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2q3nu7xkn77jtp433xnr2z4rz764llafdef5mtyfug306kzu6cwggnmtjl'>nevent1q…mtjl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here ya go. Hope this helps! Again, read the *entire* thing before mentioning me again. Or just don&#39;t. Mention me, that is. :) <br/><br/>&#34;The same people who are demanding answers from us are the same people who have historically ignored them, watered them down, voted against them, or called them “too extreme” the minute they required actual sacrifice.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/10-things-white-liberals-can-do-now?triedRedirect=true">https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/10-things-white-liberals-can-do-now?triedRedirect=true</a> 2026-03-30T17:46:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxr0pfrk9rdvek0y4j8v2hs3f2xv98sq26a0tvs5c64vyyr347thqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkry3948 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsygz86fp5hcwrp6j6wglvh53pqe64guvr7hl43zfayrqkkcc9nlnsfl3ffn'>nevent1q…3ffn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you read the whole thing? Also, I am an American and it&#39;s not discouraging. If you find it so, please interrogate why suggesting consistent movement building would be discouraging to you. Hope that helps!<br/><br/>edit: If you really want to help with encouragement, help bail out some people from Memphis who were arrested yesterday. <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/@thiswomanswerk/116315430683087774">https://blacktwitter.io/@thiswomanswerk/116315430683087774</a> 2026-03-30T00:23:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2w5pkmt0c2xch0wn25z0jxrm33tcydx23uhwckx4pnjx058tgvqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkau39wk Dr. Stacey is once again giving a WORD #NoKings #USPol #Protests<br/><br/>&#34;Because the body leaves thinking something has shifted when structurally, nothing has. The policies remain. The institutions remain. The power dynamics remain intact. What changes is the feeling. And for many people, that feeling is enough to get them through another week, another news cycle, another wave of outrage, until the next protest. This is where it becomes dangerous...&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/no-kings-no-risk-no-change-the-protest?triedRedirect=true">https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/no-kings-no-risk-no-change-the-protest?triedRedirect=true</a> 2026-03-29T23:21:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2m544x9wf0zqs72ttet29zrasn80xmtw6vfhnqn5pcrn6q4xz09szyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk7qw6eq I think the unemployment numbers for US Black women are even higher now, maybe close to 600k <br/><br/>We make up 25% of the poor, disproportionately high numbers compared to other race-gender demographics. Also important to take into account things like immigration status, disability, transness...all of these identities attract economic penalties and we&#39;re fucked if ya can&#39;t acknowledge that 2026-03-29T19:43:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd7xfr8lfrmyv4qe0fw88m5rw8quhjaj86h6ma6hm6303lhldndlqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk886yv2 Dear White #anthropologists: y&#39;all gotta start citing more Black people and especially Black women in your work. We (black women anthropologists) are disproportionately undercited (Smith 2021). Also, a lot of y&#39;all are kinda bad about half-reading us (I have had several white male anthropologists *egregiously* misquote bell hooks and Audre Lorde to me, hoping for a pat on the back, I suppose). Read, and cite, BW deeply and faithfully. <br/><br/>-a black grad student who is already tired of academia! 2026-03-08T06:53:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrryptnvtxvjj5xpjzyn33gkvqk346xxczff3q7g8nwdmcjnhvugzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkxjhfun casual reminder that there&#39;s no such thing as objective science. Science is social knowledge. Objectivity is a social constructed concept that humans can only hope to aspire to~<br/><br/>argue with helen longino, not me 2026-02-26T04:50:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wjx3z4g9vceedhmjrl6hwvq2jvnghz6ervwzvatse9y728xxddszyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkc05nwm Hey!!<br/><br/>Is anyone on here a Black birth worker or know one?<br/><br/>For my research, I am seeking to interview as many Black midwives (and other Blk birth workers, but midwifery is the central focus) as possible and get connected to birthing centers employing Black birth workers, esp. in the US South. <br/><br/>If you are/someone you know is interested, pls DM me! Thanks for reading! <br/><br/>*pls boost!!*<br/><br/>#BlackStudies #ReproductiveJustice #BlackWomen #BlackBirthingPeople #Midwifery #Doulas #BirthWork #MedicalAnthro 2026-01-27T02:18:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6l29c6z9vvnc40ehey6pjte8h9y55fnqmyj73f9nu9vnvrvre7szyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helks9sx7w wait, is it not common knowledge by now that the FBI had MLK Jr murdered? <br/><br/>y&#39;all need to get to duckduckgoin 2026-01-20T02:31:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd65e2ves9d62xyp993fcuqddeunhwaaqtjf26jl4addpav26x55czyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkf5hsfv Dear White People: Renee Nicole Good - Your &#34;Ah-ha&#34; Moment is Nauseating <br/><br/><a href="https://substack.com/inbox/post/184958514?r=6xdhop&amp;triedRedirect=true">https://substack.com/inbox/post/184958514?r=6xdhop&amp;triedRedirect=true</a><br/><br/>#ReneeGood <br/><br/>I think a lot of (maybe most?) whites #OnHere should read this. 2026-01-20T01:54:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9r4akzggmxz7g6memsft3snyyww2qy7u7xta0ksk8aaa9hnke0cczyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk0u4a8u life is short. use the cute journal with the fancy paper 2025-12-23T05:15:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspx7j82r05aknws8re8qun8ptncn38sezk6jf8aywtk5vwy6afr7qzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkp5wh4l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs223k7g20z32puak23ce2j7tzqzevu3j8ljfme33ykjn558g6ryngxpwsh2'>nevent1q…wsh2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>some of the most long-suffering black women i&#39;ve met--I&#39;m talking school desegregators, former prisoners, ppl who have endured hardship after hardship, often preach a doctrine of love for humanity. <br/><br/>So tft ppl among the most privileged, insulated among us are inclined towards a doctrine of hatred? I think this does say something about human society, and I think it is echoed in many religious doctrines--not the fascist kind, but the kind that prescribe asceticism...greed causes suffering. <br/><br/>2/2 2025-10-21T16:30:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs223k7g20z32puak23ce2j7tzqzevu3j8ljfme33ykjn558g6ryngzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helka502nm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspa9tf4jx97xjsgwd6uyqps0ueckam8pn8caeqhkdagkmnfg4qfvsp7ge7n'>nevent1q…ge7n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>just some more thoughts on this. I have encountered many men, especially white ones, who have claimed some variation of &#34;humanity sucks irreparably.&#34; Which is so very interesting, because our society writ large is constantly centering white men and capitulating to their needs, wants, and fragility. <br/><br/>yet you mfers are not satisfied and humanity sucks, in your eyes<br/><br/>not to say that i&#39;ve never encountered women and/or poc with similar misanthropic views but ime the number is much lower. 1/2 2025-10-21T16:24:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspa9tf4jx97xjsgwd6uyqps0ueckam8pn8caeqhkdagkmnfg4qfvszyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkvkrw96 a misanthropic white man? groundbreaking 2025-10-20T20:28:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3f0njvqac45hye4kaygv6p8uupvz6v4jf4vkw6rsmzv8kcjfy8czyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helknrhns9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstp6nay4n3pl946h5krssvzr7cknva0e65vhjl0raktvhe8r86etqv28krc'>nevent1q…8krc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The people on here who raised all that money for Harris, someone who was already funded by AIPAC? Give some of your money to Justin Pearson. Someone who comes from south Memphis. Intimately knows what it means to attend a underfunded school. Dared to stand up for basic gun control in a state gov so cowardly it rec&#39;d armed grandparents in schools to curb shootings. <br/><br/>This is a big deal. Cohen has had that house seat for decades. It&#39;s time for a fucking change. Dare to be for fucking real. 2025-10-08T18:26:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstp6nay4n3pl946h5krssvzr7cknva0e65vhjl0raktvhe8r86etqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk397yck In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4q6he0tnaux54xc8lqpslyj4sr9x5uglqa8yf266055ghnpfhpqduja75'>nevent1q…ja75</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This right here is what I&#39;m talking about. Pearson recognizes what many dems refuse to: what we have is not sustainable, and has been untenable for a significant portion of the population for a long time. <br/><br/>Establishment dems such as Cohen, the incumbent, have had the privilege to hold their positions while shortchanging their constituencies amid clamors of &#34;vote blue no matter who,&#34; regardless of the crumbs offered, underserving black and brown people as a matter or course.<br/><br/>1/2 2025-10-08T18:14:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy4q6he0tnaux54xc8lqpslyj4sr9x5uglqa8yf266055ghnpfhpqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk8lhtxw &#34;For too long, our district has been told to ‘keep going’ with the same leadership and the same outcomes...Poverty persists across neighborhoods and we’ve seen significantly less federal investment compared to other communities in Tennessee.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;We can’t afford more of the same,&#34; Pearson said. &#34;It’s time for a new vision — one that matches the scale of our challenges with the urgency our people deserve.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/tennessee-three-legislator-justin-pearson-launches-primary-challenge-l-rcna235918">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/tennessee-three-legislator-justin-pearson-launches-primary-challenge-l-rcna235918</a><br/><br/>here for it 2025-10-08T18:03:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszynhvnmu9qa9r9lkpk2uq4lanu9c5unvqh3t0axu9c37x2yu5d0szyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkspvv97 With US Black History Month arriving soon and the generally sorry state of affairs in this cosmic joke of a nation, I want to start another Black‐centered #mutualaidthread. <br/><br/>If you are informed you may know that in the wake of the LA fires Black ppl&#39;s gofundmes have recieved less attention and fewer donations than white ppl&#39;s.<br/><br/>So if you&#39;re Black and interested, pls comment this thread with ur gofundmes/kofis/whichever fundraising method u use 🖤<br/><br/>Others, pls boost + donate. 2025-01-28T14:04:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgxqghffqwjyflz2sqw5spyyzl7vea6gsyslsksnr0n24dqj5rrrczyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk66qg57 Some may have a hard time understanding that the United States was a fascist entity before Trump was ever involved. Questions for you:<br/><br/>What do you think &#34;manifest destiny&#34; was? <br/><br/>What do you think Jim Crow was/is? <br/><br/>What do you think snipers on top of university buildings is?<br/><br/>What do you think children in cages is?<br/><br/>What do you think mass incarceration is?<br/><br/>What does police brutality support? <br/><br/>How and why does the US have imperial holdings such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, hell, its own mainland? 2024-11-05T16:31:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp5ehss4qgztqkvvp46pnxn630gvcxhpmljd5ut3m5q07tku3scuqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk7uxyjy The more I think about this, the more insulting I find people who try to make the opposite point. It&#39;s violent, honestly.<br/> <img src="https://files.blacktwitter.io/media_attachments/files/113/387/398/565/081/728/original/10d9045e02019be4.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-28T22:32:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqp25qe9rlensvyczr5xxv9a6rf3l6zykhm7ef8aj9cwlhwar69rszyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkdmr4uy Man I wanna be friends with a crow 2024-10-19T13:46:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvysmqj67yh0stfyry49mmhm432lnsww5ckak5j39lka3mv54mdhszyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk7w9t33 Personally I find it very funny whenever boomers refer to millenials as the &#34;participation trophy generation&#34; or whatev as if they themselves did not manufacture, determine the criteria for, and hand out the trophies. 2024-09-27T20:52:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyl3sxk3vunz4xd2jw3xm7jfg7ey23gt68xtjzrnxzl72l4zqkh9gzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkay6vy0 &#34;gyatt&#34; <br/><br/>a rip off of AAVE that especially loses its magic, used as a noun to refer to a nice ass. Also possibly an acronym &#34;Goddamn your ass too thick&#34; which honestly would have been better suited to the BAE/THOT era of the 2010s. Kinda tired today tho imo. At least it&#39;s gender neutral? Yawn. <br/><br/>Rating: F 2024-09-23T21:04:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrnf5ggetetvrycx2mkmfalmsn7v0hejmrmg48mdr8agj5g332aqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkhyl47l Y&#39;all <br/><br/>The state of Missouri is set to execute an innocent man next week. DNA evidence proves Marcellus Williams&#39; innocence but he is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24, for a crime he did not commit. <br/><br/>Call Gov. Parson and urge him to stop the execution before it’s too late: *(573) 751-3222*<br/><br/><a href="https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-marcellus-williams-an-innocent-man/">https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-marcellus-williams-an-innocent-man/</a><br/><br/>***pls pls pls boost and share.*** 2024-09-17T20:08:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqcypaphzvufn6gl8ldzv4v0pdxwawp5eav5rufz4lmxus2u7aa5gzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk3v0c0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlmmndxmdhxalw3ckp9fakrf2kkdp9zmeqng7m7c3pwspwt80jzqvhakgg'>nevent1q…akgg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More facts about Haiti (and no shade but this was really easy to look up and I won&#39;t be answering any more follow-up questions from this thread) <br/><br/>Prior to the revolution Saint-Domingue was the most lucrative colony on the planet, outperforming the entire Spanish empire in the Americas in terms of profit. 1 in 8 French people made their living through the trade system that flourished on the backs of enslaved Haitians. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/exhibitions/remember_haiti/economy.php">https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/exhibitions/remember_haiti/economy.php</a> 2024-09-16T19:15:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fg279rw93xr7kagyaz82sk37f2gh8tyyauvzz92x4eyjhh6vfsgzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helky9pec5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlmmndxmdhxalw3ckp9fakrf2kkdp9zmeqng7m7c3pwspwt80jzqvhakgg'>nevent1q…akgg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The *first democratically elected president* Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who calculated and announced the total sum owed in 2003, was deposed the next year in a coup that was enabled by you know who (the US and France). 2024-09-15T21:55:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstlmmndxmdhxalw3ckp9fakrf2kkdp9zmeqng7m7c3pwspwt80jzqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk75vasf Periodic reminder that France owes Haiti something like 20 billion francs for the unpaid labor which not only enriched France but the entire fledgling economy of the West. <br/><br/>There is no West without Haiti. 2024-09-15T21:54:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswuncx57ccp88mf03ntmkeamm0d9ss6wxuz3xcn0cn7gplrqevwaczyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helky5w0ak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsym404l8wwf6p50eh7e5g94x0xw8ra0a49qauzgxamkvmcqzhxlls77zqr6'>nevent1q…zqr6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It enraged me, the audacity of her to tell me that I should &#34;wait&#34; for fair treatment, after all the &#34;waiting&#34; my elders and ancestors have already done?<br/><br/>If I wait on an anti-Black society to start acting right I&#39;ll be waiting my entire life and that&#39;s what fascists want: my passivity and inaction. <br/><br/>Because the truth is that we never waited: we fought and we still fighting. &#34;Waiting&#34; is accepting the lie that the rich fucks dominating us globally will eventually just...act right?<br/><br/>2/3 2024-09-15T20:55:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsym404l8wwf6p50eh7e5g94x0xw8ra0a49qauzgxamkvmcqzhxllszyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helkrvqxdk Perhaps one of the most insulting racist moments I had during my time in KKKnoxville, TN is when I was told that I need to wait for change. (This was in light of literal klan activity in the town!)<br/><br/>First of all: no shit? Time brings change? <br/><br/>Second: waiting is passive. You really just want me to shut up. I won&#39;t :)<br/><br/>Third: MLK JR literally wrote the book, /Why We Can&#39;t Wait/ and many others since and before since him have intoned the same urgency. So also you&#39;re factually unbased. <br/><br/>1/3 2024-09-15T20:34:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd6mwcwxn2y5y6lxmt9545ellk4ny372rnymxtm659p36zxk9d2jczyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helktgqz8q If you&#39;re one of those one here who call twitter a nazi bar, but you&#39;re still federated with eris or similar bitches then you may want to watch where you throwin stones cause your house is glass<br/><br/>#MassaDon 2024-09-10T14:36:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29ftg0ctgl0dh9hwsw8n089h825kl3nl2uxglg0zhu0wnap9m5cczyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk5g2xd2 Pretty fucking miffed about Cori Bush tbh. Y&#39;all love to say you&#39;re pro-Black women but it&#39;s really only if they light-skinned and do things that make you feel comfortable and nice so you can make your little hashtags and feel like you voted for Obama a third time 2024-08-07T13:48:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyajhgplugkf738ulmcww637dqnv8h3q6z7fjwxt2pfj68rlzdvqzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helk84uxh4 This is a friendly reminder that instead of offering hand-wringing messages of sympathy (which many times are themselves microaggresive) to Black users facing racism on here, money is 1000% more useful and desirable.<br/><br/>There are plenty of Black ppl&#39;s #MutualAid requests and threads floating around including the Juneteenth one pinned on my profile. Pick one or some and boost and donate. Folks are trying to live.<br/><br/>*pls boost* 2024-08-01T15:12:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstj3g3enp75cd9suec3hy6yv0gees8cgjfnfkewz26rrzgnwsm6dgzyq80486m5u4nmv0mhf5ua5y3hfu4dezccnrxcmq9saraly399helked6wc7 It disgusts me to see the relative silence of the &#34;political violence is bad! 😡&#34; crowd now compared to when a rapist got scraped on the ear. The hypocrisy is blatant and nauseating. This express lack of regard or concern for Palestinian lives is political violence in and of itself. <br/><br/>Rest in peace and power, Ismail Haniyeh. You and all Palestinians deserve so much better than what this world has offered. 2024-07-31T18:42:26Z