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sassydannyva.bsky.social
Y’all be safe out there (everywhere).

- Make sure someone you trust has your location.
- Keep ID on you so if you’re picked up your family can find you more easily.
- Stay away from large gatherings.
- Know your rights, and don’t open your door for anyone you don’t know.
October 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
Dr Ian Roberts was born in Brooklyn, NY.

ICE took him and no one knows why.

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September 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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kindracotton.com
YOUR DAILY REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of
this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this
five-month period.
White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.
Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period. White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among groups. According to an analysis of the most recent labor statistics by Katica Roy, a gender economist
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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adamlmahoney.bsky.social
NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty.

The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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urbanaudacity.blacksky.app
Here ya go:
“How to pick a perfect watermelon” Lots of images of different types of watermelon with descriptions under them. I’ll post the text under the images but descriptions of each picture would be hard. Uniform size & heavy: sweet Elongated: water Orange field spot: full of flavor White field spot: little to no taste Larger “webbing”: sweet Smaller “webbing”: bland Dark & dull: ripe Shiny: not ripe
July 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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markanthonyneal.bsky.social
'The majority of mental health professionals in the U.S. are white. Therapists of color are working to expand the diversity of their field and increase access to meet a rising demand for their services.' | @embodiedwunc.bsky.social
www.wunc.org/show/embodie...
Why We Need More Therapists Of Color
The majority of mental health professionals in the U.S. are white. Therapists of color are working to expand the diversity of their field and increase access to meet a rising demand for their services...
www.wunc.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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brodner.bsky.social
Say Their Names.
stevebrodner.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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thomasav.bsky.social
The University of Michigan Black Student Union has released a statement on the dismantling of DEI at the institution.

"To Santa Ono: You are a coward, and bending to the will of fascists will not save you.

To the regents: We see you for the racists you are."

Via: www.instagram.com/p/DH1qbq8JpvJ/
BSU STATEMENT ON THE DISMANTLING OF DET AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN March 30th, 2025 On Thursday, March 27, 2025, University of Michigan President Santa Ono, Provost & Executive VP for Academic Affairs Laurie McCauley, Executive VP for Medical Affairs Marshall Runge and Executive VP & CFO Geoffrey Chatas sent an email to the university community stating that they were reneging on the university's nearly nine year commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This university, made up of the "Leaders and Best," should have the spine to fight for their students and staff until the very end. Our administrators should have stood up for us, should have advocated for us, and should have protected us - until they were literally forced to acquiesce. The university did not have to cut DEI - they wanted to. In recent years, DEI has become a weapon wielded by white supremacists in office to sow division amongst the American people. From Donald Trump, who referred to DEI as a form of "tyranny," to Regent Sarah Hubbard, who called UM's DEI programs "curtailment of speech," white conservatives in this country are no longer hiding their racism behind facades of valuing a "merit-based society," and "diversity of thought," and are openly speaking to the real problem of DEI - the advancement of Black people. We, as Black students, have often spoken to the limitations of the university's bureaucratic DEI system, in hopes of improvement. We have advocated for increased student involvement and control of DEI initiatives, and the prioritization of Black voices - both students and staff - as the way towards a truly more equitable university. We, the Black Student Union, have worked tirelessly to try to improve the existing structure and efficacy of the university's DEI work. Our More Than Four platform, housed under the now-defunct Office of DEI (ODEI, was aimed at increasing Black student enrollment at the university, a hope that is now even more far-fetched. Current and former students have poured countless hours into advocating for themselves, and those who would come after them. To blatantly throw out all of the programs that they worked so hard for is to spit in the faces of generations of Black students, staff, and faculty on this campus. Furthermore, these attacks on DEI are coupled with attacks on student's rights - the right to protest, to dissent, and to use their voices - that were crucial to the advancement of Black students, and other students of color, on this campus. The Black Action Movements (BAM I, II, & III) of 1970, 1975, Jand 1987, along with #BeingBlackatUM in 2013, led to crucial wins for Black students and benefits for the entire university community. The student strikes of BAM I, in 1970, led to the creation of the Afro and African American Department here at UM, and #BBUM led to the creation of the Trotter Multicultural Center, the only building to be named after a Black person on UM's campus. These wins did not happen through quiet negotiations with the university, but through loud, disruptive, and angry protest. To crack down on student activism, especially in such violent and repressive ways as to sic the university police on students sleeping in the Diag, is to disregard the long history of student activism on this campus, and is deeply cowardly. The dismantling of DEI has real-life consequences. Staff who have worked their whole careers to support and protect students of color have suddenly had their lives upended. Jobs are not only people's passions, but their livelihoods - how they feed their children. Students who have chosen to pursue fields based in the advancement of and advocacy for marginalized communities are suddenly left scrambling. We wholeheartedly condemn the university's disgusting and deplorable stance on DEI programs. The regents and Santa Ono are rolling over to the Trump Administration's blatant racism, and are ensuring that conditions on this campus get even worse for students of color, especially Black students. Violence against Black students is already present on campus. From intimidation tactics by hate groups such as "White Lives Matter," to the word "n*gger" being scrawled across the walls in East Quad, we can already see how life under Trump affects Black people. Santa Ono and the regents are perfectly comfortable subjecting Black students on this campus to the growing racism and anti-Blackness that runs rampant in this country, and don't have the backbone to even attempt to defend us against rising facism. To Santa Ono: You are a coward, and bending to the will of fascists will not save you. To the regents: We see you for the racists you are. Truth! Action! Power! The Black Student Union #EyesOnBlack #BringBlackUmich
March 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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thejournalista.com
We should all be concerned about the case against Trevor Moses.
Trevor Moses, Injustice, And Black Men Defending Themselves
To be more specific, Black men are not allowed to defend themselves when the person they are protecting themselves from is white.
newsone.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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jamellebouie.net
hey @mattyglesias.bsky.social, the piece that you link to here — my piece — does not say that “all DEI critics want to reimpose segregation” and i would appreciate it if you didn’t lie to your audience about what my work says.
February 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
I lost my job. USDA Forest Service. My probation was up next week. I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it. Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know. And now? Just like that, I’m out. Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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itsreallycj.bsky.social
Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI

Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart

Support who supports you ✨✊
January 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
“An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States”
Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
www.cjonline.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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trisresists.bsky.social
🚨 Today Target said it will end its three-year DEI goals, stop reports to external diversity-focused groups like the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and end a program focused on carrying more products from Black- or minority-owned businesses.
You guys know what to do?!
January 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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literarypearls.bsky.social
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM