Charity Thomas
@cheeski74.bsky.social
BK Storyteller, writer, USA 829 ADC. From Chi-town, DC (HU!) media literate blackity Black Black Leo watching & discussing old movies as my natural state. & Y yts?Old movie salons #TCMParty Willing to work internationally. DM for appearances.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
(FYI, this is a teeny tiny taste of how it feels to be Black in America—we're used to living in a police state because law enforcement is racist)
January 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM
(FYI, this is a teeny tiny taste of how it feels to be Black in America—we're used to living in a police state because law enforcement is racist)
Reposted by Charity Thomas
NYCHA residents in our community woke up to no heat as we go into a historic period of snow and cold. This is unacceptable and should not be the reality.
For NYCHA residents - you should immediately submit work order requests by using MyNYCHA or calling the Customer Contact Center at 718-707-7771.
For NYCHA residents - you should immediately submit work order requests by using MyNYCHA or calling the Customer Contact Center at 718-707-7771.
As the winter storm rolls in, remember: NYC landlords are legally required to provide heat and hot water.
If yours isn’t fixing the heat within 24 hours of notice, they’re breaking the law.
Call 311 to report it.
If yours isn’t fixing the heat within 24 hours of notice, they’re breaking the law.
Call 311 to report it.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
NYCHA residents in our community woke up to no heat as we go into a historic period of snow and cold. This is unacceptable and should not be the reality.
For NYCHA residents - you should immediately submit work order requests by using MyNYCHA or calling the Customer Contact Center at 718-707-7771.
For NYCHA residents - you should immediately submit work order requests by using MyNYCHA or calling the Customer Contact Center at 718-707-7771.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
One of my mentors reminded me a few years ago that every time we speak there are millions of new people who have never heard what we said before. It's new to them. That's what keeps me going: the possibility that some new people might take what is said and move the ball closer towards Liberation.
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
One of my mentors reminded me a few years ago that every time we speak there are millions of new people who have never heard what we said before. It's new to them. That's what keeps me going: the possibility that some new people might take what is said and move the ball closer towards Liberation.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
Trauma Brain is not above cherry picking not only traumatic memories, but also just garden variety moments of past cringe & regret to focus on & make us feel small.
Extending ourselves grace & compassion is an everyday recovery skill that isn't just limited to the big stuff.
Extending ourselves grace & compassion is an everyday recovery skill that isn't just limited to the big stuff.
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Trauma Brain is not above cherry picking not only traumatic memories, but also just garden variety moments of past cringe & regret to focus on & make us feel small.
Extending ourselves grace & compassion is an everyday recovery skill that isn't just limited to the big stuff.
Extending ourselves grace & compassion is an everyday recovery skill that isn't just limited to the big stuff.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
Don't pressure yourself to adapt to every new situation & skill effortlessly. Living a meaningful, focused life doesn't come easy to anyone, & you're working against programming that f*cked your head up about your worth & competence.
Grace over guilt. Baby steps & micro choices.
Grace over guilt. Baby steps & micro choices.
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Don't pressure yourself to adapt to every new situation & skill effortlessly. Living a meaningful, focused life doesn't come easy to anyone, & you're working against programming that f*cked your head up about your worth & competence.
Grace over guilt. Baby steps & micro choices.
Grace over guilt. Baby steps & micro choices.
They have too much money! This makes my blood boil!
I hear that GoFundMe's have already started for the latest ICE murderers. MAGA Republicans will make them millionaires in a few days.
January 24, 2026 at 11:07 PM
They have too much money! This makes my blood boil!
Reposted by Charity Thomas
And bingo!!!! Government violence never stops with one group. And when you okay it for others, you okay it for yourselves.
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
And bingo!!!! Government violence never stops with one group. And when you okay it for others, you okay it for yourselves.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
The reason why you don’t know how to process what is happening is because you found it permissible when you were under the illusion it could only happen to other people.
January 24, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The reason why you don’t know how to process what is happening is because you found it permissible when you were under the illusion it could only happen to other people.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
I don’t expect anything from celebrities but in these times, silence says a LOT. Remember that when these mfs come with their hands out asking you to buy shit from them.
January 24, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I don’t expect anything from celebrities but in these times, silence says a LOT. Remember that when these mfs come with their hands out asking you to buy shit from them.
In the immortal words of Sir James Brown “I don’t want nobody to give me NUTHIN-open up the doooor & I’LL GET IT MYSELF!”
January 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM
In the immortal words of Sir James Brown “I don’t want nobody to give me NUTHIN-open up the doooor & I’LL GET IT MYSELF!”
I read someone say “witcha musty back” and my life has never been the same…
For the love of all things righteous and people who wash their legs, please stop using this word! Yall aren’t even using this correctly!
pretty sure segregation is not woke! quite the opposite!!
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I read someone say “witcha musty back” and my life has never been the same…
Reposted by Charity Thomas
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The word for 'ICE' translates as "kidnappers" or "body thieves"
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The word for 'ICE' translates as "kidnappers" or "body thieves"
January 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The word for 'ICE' translates as "kidnappers" or "body thieves"
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The word for 'ICE' translates as "kidnappers" or "body thieves"
He’s just the America everyone but white Americans has always seen. He’s the walking physical embodiment of the other side of the coin. If we don’t choose to be CITIZENS w/ each other- then here we’ll stay. & it’s unsustainable.
Hot take: Trump is America on steroids. It’s up to us to decide if we hate the core or if we hate the steroids.
Trump is making our country look like shit. Greed, threats, acts of war, domestic violence, abuse, terror, and more.
I hate him as much as the rest of you.
I hate him as much as the rest of you.
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 PM
He’s just the America everyone but white Americans has always seen. He’s the walking physical embodiment of the other side of the coin. If we don’t choose to be CITIZENS w/ each other- then here we’ll stay. & it’s unsustainable.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
"Accurate retelling of history isn't helpful because they make white people feel bad, and then we won't help you people!"
That's all of y'all. Like the Borg, just one shared brain.
That's all of y'all. Like the Borg, just one shared brain.
January 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"Accurate retelling of history isn't helpful because they make white people feel bad, and then we won't help you people!"
That's all of y'all. Like the Borg, just one shared brain.
That's all of y'all. Like the Borg, just one shared brain.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
Oxfam says the world's billionaires now sit on $18.3 trillion of wealth. This growing inequality warps the global economy and also threatens democracy, says Oxfam executive director Amitabh Behar.
"These billionaires are now not happy being rich and richer. They really want now political power."
"These billionaires are now not happy being rich and richer. They really want now political power."
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Oxfam says the world's billionaires now sit on $18.3 trillion of wealth. This growing inequality warps the global economy and also threatens democracy, says Oxfam executive director Amitabh Behar.
"These billionaires are now not happy being rich and richer. They really want now political power."
"These billionaires are now not happy being rich and richer. They really want now political power."
Reposted by Charity Thomas
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
Reposted by Charity Thomas
I see a lot of non Black people on here saying, “…we should have done more to prevent this” and I’m trying to understand who is WE?
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I see a lot of non Black people on here saying, “…we should have done more to prevent this” and I’m trying to understand who is WE?
Reposted by Charity Thomas
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
I like him.
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I like him.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
My son asked if there were classes today or if Trump had abolished Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I wrote about what white supremacy built and the hierarchy of human worth and its permission structure. 👇🏼
I wrote about what white supremacy built and the hierarchy of human worth and its permission structure. 👇🏼
The American Permission Structure
What white supremacy built and the hierarchy of human worth
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
My son asked if there were classes today or if Trump had abolished Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I wrote about what white supremacy built and the hierarchy of human worth and its permission structure. 👇🏼
I wrote about what white supremacy built and the hierarchy of human worth and its permission structure. 👇🏼
I think I’m going to watch this every day. This is how I now start my day for this year of our Lord 2026.
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I think I’m going to watch this every day. This is how I now start my day for this year of our Lord 2026.
Reposted by Charity Thomas
James Earl Jones in 1961
📷 by Carl Van Vechten
📷 by Carl Van Vechten
January 19, 2026 at 10:20 AM
James Earl Jones in 1961
📷 by Carl Van Vechten
📷 by Carl Van Vechten
Reposted by Charity Thomas
"We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that Capitalism grew out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice.
The fact is that Capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of Black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
The fact is that Capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of Black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 7:41 AM
"We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that Capitalism grew out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice.
The fact is that Capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of Black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
The fact is that Capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of Black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor."
-Martin Luther King Jr.