Seven years today, July 6, 2016, police fatally shot #PhilandoCastile during a traffic stop near Saint Paul, MN.
Video from a 2022 demo & vigil:
https://youtu.be/xKrHw8CrHf8
Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.
@BlackMastodon
Obviously, be careful and do your research as a White person offering a leg up and a POC person receiving that leg up in the business world.
But when a White person, especially a White person in power vouches for you in the business world, I've found all of a sudden doors fly open for you.
Its wild. 🤔
But offer to mentor a POC/Black. Offer to review a resume. Offer to put in a word for them. Mention their name and their work.
THAT is REAL ally shit.
#blackmastodon #blackfedi
👏🏻#Tennessee state lawmakers who were expelled from state legislature earlier this year for protesting gun violence on the House floor easily won their special primary elections on Thurs
State Rep. #JustinJones ran unopposed for the Dem nomination in his Nashville-area district, while state Rep. #JustinPearson sailed to victory over challenger David Page in the Dem special primary for his Memphis-area district
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4052766-tennessee-special-election-results/
Two Tennessee state lawmakers who were expelled from the state legislature earlier this year for protesting gun violence on the House floor easily won their special primary elections on Thursday. State Rep. Justin Jones ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination in his Nashville-area district, while state Rep. Justin Pearson sailed to victory over challenger David…