Writer. Director. Educator.
Oakland, CA
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🙌🏿 #10x10Throwback: Our first volume continues with “It is enough to have known” by #CaveCanemFellow Shia Shabazz Smith (@ShiaSSmith) read by Natasha Oladokun (@NatashaOladokun).
Many thanks to the 100 Cave Canem poets who contributed poems to this project!
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Also, I’m sick of explaining racism. You invented it. You should know it better than me.
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Black people are being disproportionately killed by this pandemic. Black people are being disproportionately impacted by the economic downturn. Black people are being disproportionately killed by police. Black people are being threatened in parks. Black people are exhausted.
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The Amy Cooper story is one of failed systems, writes @JillFilipovic: That a black man has to rely on videotaped wrongdoing to be believed, while white people can feel comfortable bringing the weight of the state down on their chosen target. | @CNNOpinion cnn.it/2TEhKUs
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His name was George Floyd. Say his name. Pray for his family. Demand Justice. #BlackLivesMatter #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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Here's the sad reality: what happened to George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery & Christian Cooper has gone on for generations to Black Americans. Cell phones just made it more visible.
Dismantling systemic racism in our nation starts with demanding justice & holding offenders accountable.
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Breaking News: Dr. Anthony Fauci plans to warn the Senate on Tuesday that if the U.S. reopens too quickly, Americans will face “needless suffering and death.”
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Black people in the UK are four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people and a number of other ethnic groups are also at an increased risk, according to new data. cnn.it/3fwkhsT
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BREAKING: Gregory and Travis McMichael have been arrested in Georgia and charged with murder in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging.
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Speech Knows He Can't Beat Drake At Being Drake — But Nobody Can Beat Him At Being Speech -- hiphopdx.com/news/id.55535/t… via @hiphopdx
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During a surprise appearance on the “One World: Together At Home" TV special, the singer said COVID-19 is "killing Black people at an alarmingly high rate." huffp.st/1GytEw0
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My dad, a retired pulmonologist (lung specialist):
"Don't go into public spaces with others without a mask."
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This . . . true and funny . . . 🤣😂🤣
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So I opened up my Instagram, saw this, and smiled. It's my daughter, a theater and film student at @USC. She's a RA and the last one on her floor. This is her farewell to being on campus this year. Gotta love theatre kids. Enjoy!
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TRUMP: "This is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."
ALSO TRUMP:
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- UBI
- Suspend mortgages/rent payments
- REAL paid leave for all
- Student debt cancellation
These are not radical ideas given the scale of this crisis.
Here are some of the steps other countries around the world affected are taking:
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Why do we need strong leadership during the coronavirus pandemic? Think of it like an airline pilot. #BetweenTheScenes
