[Hesgeth's statue] depicts a tearful, [voluptuous] enslaved woman, a “mammy,” cradling the child of her Confederate enslaver, supporting him as he departs for war. The monument portrays faithful slaves and kind white masters, a historical lie. Slavery featured legal rape, torture and selling husband from wife, child from mother.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5444429-racist-monument-arlington-cemetery/
@alisiacrafton, a Black Goddess wrote:
Black [People] united would rule this world with love, peace & prosperity.
[This is true bc Black People are the kindest of all. Proof: https://mastodon.social/@audubonballroon/114716394894281676 ]
Womanism is a feminist movement, primarily championed by Black feminists, originating in the work of African American author Alice Walker in her 1983 book In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens. Walker coined the term "womanist" in the
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@queenie4rmnola, a Black Goddess shared the text and image below:
Why did [white] people bring children to lynchings? To condition them to see Black [People] as less than human. Their suffering became entertainment.
@allyfromnola.bsky.social, a Black Goddess wrote:
Black [People] are intelligent, innovative, and creative. I love that for us
@blk_n_killinit, a Black Goddess shared the text and image below:
Palestine is a secondary concern of mine. [What’s] happening there is mind blowing. Primary is Sudan, Arabs are SLAUGHTERING the SOUTH SUDANESE
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@thebulwark.com shared the text and video below.
[ @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social, a Black Goddess says in the video below to @timmiller.bsky.social on Wednesday's Bulwark Podcast]
"[Trump]'s always saying that [Black People] are low IQ. Not that he has never said that about somebody who's not [Black], but he *always* says it about [Black People]."
@ajmrcommunitydavis
I have never been a Black [Woman], but I love Black [Women] unconditionally. I was raised in a matriarchal family... With that being said, I get... angry when I watch white and non-Black [People] attack Black [Women] unprovoked. These people aggressively go after Black [Women] while white men are telling [Black Women] they need to be barefoot, pregnant and to shut the fuck up. But you got smoke for Black [Women]…
@iammarenda, a Black Goddess said the below in the video below:
Numbers must be low if you gotta beg the evening news to let them know that you exist.
Audre Lorde says the master's tools will not bring about genuine change.
Voting is surely one of the master's tools.
If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
Maya Angelou
‘She Was A Girlfriend For 23 Years’: Natalie Clarice Shares Viral Story About Long-Term Relationships Without Marriage https://shinemycrown.com/she-was-a-girlfriend-for-23-years-natalie-clarice-shares-viral-story-about-long-term-relationships-without-marriage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LongTermRelationships #RelationshipGoals #MarriageDebate #LoveWithoutLabels #BlackWomen
Courtney has never surprised anyone with a gift this big.
‘Give Yourself to Yourself Before You Give Yourself Away’, Susan L. Taylor Urges Women In Powerful Video https://shinemycrown.com/give-yourself-to-yourself-before-you-give-yourself-away-susan-l-taylor-urges-women-in-powerful-video/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SelfCare #Empowerment #WomenInspire #MentalHealthMatters #BlackWomen
When I lived in the US, a Black Woman I fancied invited me out once. I think that she wanted me to date her daughter who was nearer my age. I could never date a woman knowing that I preferred her mom.
@datwystedvyxen, a Black Goddess wrote:
to be frank, stop asking Black [People], ESPECIALLY Black [Women], to give folks grace. we've BEEN graceful for CENTURIES.
"Each new hour holds new chances for new beginnings
The horizon leans forward offering you new space to place new steps of change"
...is sampled from the poem called "On The Pulse Of Morning" by Maya Angelou that was read at the 1993 US Presidential Inauguration by LTJ Bukem in his tracks Horizons and Love & Happiness.
Met a single mother who works 9am until 4am six days a week to meet her mortgage.
