Dream Chaser/former University of Houston and Professional basketball player turned businessman. Founder of Active Faith Sports & Actively Black
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So you wanted President Obama to inspire you to fish… AND to go catch your fish for you? He was the POTUS, not Jesus, not Moses…. I don’t think yall know how government works. There were people determined to stifle anything he did from the moment he was elected.
He gave a whole generation hope but hope is just wishful thinking. Where was the execution of the ideas hope created.
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Happy Birthday to Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo.
He was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism which was admitted by the State Dept in 2013 authorized by president Eisenhower.
A THREAD
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I have always wondered how people who benefit from discrimination, both past and present, feel about the perception some may have that their achievements, however fully earned, may be partially due to those built-in advantages. (“Merit” is often subjective.) – at Los Angeles, CA
Imagine lacking empathy so much that you can’t process or understand that people can use their platforms to speak out for people who are less fortunate…
Or so ignorant that you don’t know that neither of the Obamas grew up wealthy so they actually have perspective…
Evil idiot
🚨BREAKING: Photos have just leaked of Michelle Obama currently vacationing on a massive private yacht on a private island in Greece
This means the Obamas were rage-tweeting about being “oppressed” & “victimized” after the SCOTUS Affirmative Action ruling from THIS luxury yacht:
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Asian Americans allowing themselves to be used to scapegoat Black people & end Affirmative Action is particularly tragic given Asians were only able to immigrate to the United States b/c Black civil rights leaders passed immigration reform & demanded Asians receive equal access😐
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ALL holidays are made up. You honor July 4th, which commemorates “independence” despite the fact that Black people were still enslaved. You celebrate Thanksgiving, which whitewashes indigenous genocide. Yet you’re bothered by Juneteenth, which celebrates Black freedom? Why? 🤔
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Princeton - 41% White, 28% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black
Harvard - 40% White, 13% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black
U.C. Berkeley - 30% Asian, 25% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black
… but a Black person took your spot.
Ok
Asian-American student with 1590 SAT score and 4.65 GPA rejected by 6 elite colleges, inc @UCBerkeley — blames affirmative action @FoxNews foxnews.com/media/asian-amer…
When you know that Mt. Rushmore was actually sacred land to the Indigenous people who were slaughtered so you could build your monuments to white men… this isnt the flex you think it is
I see the same confusion with people who think that Freedom of Speech means you can say anything you want without consequence.
You are FREE to say what you want. Meaning the government cannot arrest you for your words.
But you can still get fired if you cuss your boss out.
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I see so many people can’t understand the difference between something that is ILLEGAL and something that is against Policy or Company Rules…
Something can be LEGAL and still be prohibited by an employer.
Is that really too complex for people to understand?
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“We need to have a conversation if he’s the greatest point guard to ever live.” 😳
- Stephen A Smith on Steph Curry
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I was told that Black people didn’t care about the gun violence in their own communities, and never rallied for them. Surely this is a deep fake.
Yall hate us so much. Yall dont get tired of being racists?
Its been like 5 centuries already.
Its 2023 and you still want to lynch black people.
But America is not a racist country right?
The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after the release of a secret audio recording that allegedly captured them making racist remarks about lynching Black people and talking about killing journalists cnn.it/3mLHL5V
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The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after the release of a secret audio recording that allegedly captured them making racist remarks about lynching Black people and talking about killing journalists cnn.it/3mLHL5V
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Today is the 161 year anniversary of the Compensated Emancipation Act. On April 16, 1862, Washington D.C. paid reparations for ending slavery—to the enslavers.
Yep—white supremacist enslavers got reparations for giving up the people they enslaved. The enslaved got nothing. Ever.