I’m tired of the perspective that we, as Black Women, aren’t allowed to our anger. Eff that; we’re entitled to be angry after 500 years of molestation, abuse and anything else, and we’re still here and still strong.

Yeah - anger is a survival strategy sometimes and if anyone needs to employ it, it’s the more vulnerable among us.

The day will come and hopefuly not after they pass, both of their thoughts will come out in this whole election and whitehouse life. I am just afraid that there grace, will prevent them from really putting it all out there. Its selfish but I wanna know.

Then again, I’m getting pretty surly towards the selfish haters that create so very much unhappiness.

And what haws SH said about Trump’s latest attacks on civil rights icon, John Lewis? Has SH called Trump out about his blatant racist attacks on President Obama, from birther to illegtimacy, to questioning his academic credentials? Has SH said anything on those topics?

“After much reflection I have decided to remain in New York to pursue other opportunities

And “historically disenfranchised” doesn’t even really touch it. This country was built on the blood, sweat and tears of African-American ancestors, and built its wealth from their suffering. This is to say nothing for modern toils and tribulations. America’s — and the South and the Midwest in particular — ability to…

“All we’ve ever wanted was equality and empathy as the historically disenfranchised citizens that we are, in a nation that we’ve contributed to just as much as anyone else who calls America their home.”

Yeah, this is a guy that is most certainly NOT attending the inauguration, had he been alive (and a Congressman) today. This is the first part of the “I Have a Dream” speech that white people seem to forget:

During a interview in front a religious crowd when asked what he’d asked God for forgiveness for he thought for two seconds and then basically answered that he’d never asked God for forgiveness for anything, because he truly believed he never did anything wrong.

There are very few things more entertaining online than a deeply ignorant phony-intellectual with an inflated self-worth and incredibly thin skin.

You would never think this was Slash, would you? I can’t find the first version I saw of it, which was actually a live recording, but this is the song. Gave me a whole different perspective on him.

Sometimes when driving past a horrific auto wreck, it’s easier to get distracted by the glittering shards of glass than to focus on the tragic loss of life happening before your eyes.

Is it bad that this is what springs to mind when I think of her?

“The average PhD is nothing but a transfer of bones from one graveyard to another.” - J. Frank Dobie

Her basis is of love.

QF you’re knocking them out of the park today!

Donald calls it a “kazoo?”

Right? John Lewis is a living, breathing Civil Rights icon and look how that interaction turned out. This is a photo op and chance to show how much he cares about “The Blacks” and nothing more.

They sure can be if you make them a certain way. That’s what that link to the Are Smoothies Healthy? article is for :)