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Born Verified! Prof. Architect. Abolitionist @Knarrative_ #Knubia #KarenRebels : @UrbanViewRadio . we/us

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Karen Hunter
2 years
What are you without the construct of your race? Take it away, "are you any good? Are you still strong? Still smart? If you can only be tall because someone is on their knees you have a serious problem..."~Toni Morrison
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there are a whole lot of people who don't read shit, ain't studied shit, don't know shit, ain't lived shit but got a whole lot of shit to say about a lot of shit.
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2 years
One of the most difficult things about watching this judicial hearing is that most of the people questioning Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson couldn't hold her gavel intellectually, experience-wise, or in any way.
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4 years
He asked her, "7 matches, 7 masks, 7 names...what did that mean to you?" Osaka replied, "What did it mean to you?!" YES! They mistook her quiet nature, huh? They weren't ready. #USOpen #OSAKA #Champion !
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3 years
I'm having a really hard time listening to Van Jones and anyone who gave this president a pass. We KNEW who he was before he was elected. That anyone thought the office would change a 70 YO yt man who had everything handed to him, they were either dumb or had a personal agenda.
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4 years
No child should go to school until Barron goes to school.
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5 years
The ignorant, misguided, entitled, lovers of evil are NOT the majority. It just seems that way because they are so loud. Wrong and strong. It's time for the silent majority to raise their voices!
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@TomiLahren This may be the right time to mind your business...
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Karen Hunter
1 year
@PrinceyPls or Michael Jordan or Kanye or Shannon or Harry B or Sidney P. or Quincy or Richard Pryor or Taye Diggs or Tiger Woods or Byron Allen or Robert Smith III or Jordan Peele or Donald Glover or Donald Faison or Keenan Thompson or Omari Hardwick or John Legend or Charles Barkley or...
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6 years
Dear @kanyewest , from @HISTORY : "Laws dictating when, where and how slaves could congregate were enacted to prevent insurrection and quell white paranoia. It’s estimated there were at least 250 slave rebellions in America before slavery was abolished." #Haiti #Maroons . #READ !
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3 years
@RexChapman She’s passing out lettuce tomorrow? Just in time for Thanksgiving...
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5 years
The jury that heard the case against Amber Guyger had 5 black people on it. They apparently weren't having the last-minute shenanigans with that "stand your ground" nonsense. When called, please serve on a jury. It's one more protection against injustice.
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4 years
Ice Cube is going to have to change his name to Warm Water. The heat he is receiving...(Baby!)
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@NikkiHaley When was this? The 1950s? (my grandmother couldn't vote). The 1960s (my mother couldn't vote until 1965). 1970s (Erlichman, under Nixon, flooding the Black community with heroin). The 1980s (Reagan saying "hold my beer" with crack). 1990s (Clinton w/mandatory sentencing). When?
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Being down 10-0 and not calling a timeout because you know your team has got this is a major flex by @dawnstaley . #SCvsIowa #NCAATournament
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3 years
@newtgingrich And Trump began his debacle of a presidency tearing down every Pres. Obama did...including the pandemic department, which could have save so many American lives...so there is that.
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Karen Hunter
4 months
This is how it is done. It's not hard to tell the truth. It really isn't.
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Kenny Akers
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::UPDATE:: Thirty-four years after Charles Stuart shot his pregnant wife and blamed a black man for the crime. Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston. πŸ‘‡πŸΎ
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4 years
I’m baffled how the killing of #RayshardBrooks could happen in the midst of this current racial pandemic? Are the police NOT getting it or is the brutality, lack of humanity and depraved indifference so much a part of policing Black bodies that they are incapable of change?
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4 years
Since the Lone Ranger is trending (for all of the wrong reasons), this is a good time to remind folk that the REAL Lone Ranger was Bass Reeves...(and trump WISHED he looked this good)
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4 years
There's no Beatles with Little Richard. (just to give a little perspective on his impact on music). There's no Jimi Hendrix without Little Richard (he learned all of that showmanship from the greatest & was fired because he lacked discipline and the work ethic Richard required).
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6 years
@TomiLahren You sit down. Pres. Obama created an environment for NEGATIVE immigration. #Facts . The economy? Perhaps you don't remember the economy Obama inherited, do you? The Great Recession? He saved the auto industry. #Facts . Record stock market numbers during his 8 years. #Facts . Jobs.
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3 years
This is the house that Mitch built and now he's decrying the outcome? Make it make sense, please.
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Karen Hunter
1 year
The producers and execs at @CNN and @MSNBC who decided to spend four days of programming on t-RUMP watch w/panel discussions and just about around-the-clock coverage should lose their jobs. This FREE ADVERTISING is how he became POTUS. He played y'all. #suckers #notjournalists
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Karen Hunter
3 years
this is america
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Frederick Joseph
3 years
Kalief Browder died by suicide after facing traumas in jail as he was held without trial for 3 years for allegedly stealing a backpack. He spent 2 years in solitary confinement. Kyle Rittenhouse murdered two men and people rallied to help him make a $2 Million dollar bail.
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3 years
How'd he do that?!
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Milk magic...
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1 year
why hasn't Hollywood done multiple movies showing the horrors committed by King Leopold II?
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Karen Hunter
5 years
I don't know about you, but I'm going need a whole host of people to keep MLK's name out of their mouths tomorrow. If you (or your daddy) have spent your career destroying his dream, please don't quote, tweet, or speak about him tomorrow. You know who you are.
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Those calling @Kaepernick7 a sellout for settling w/the @NFL . 1. He sued and proved that the NFL colluded to keep him out of the league and was OWED that money. 2. Do you remember that he donated $100K EACH month WITHOUT a job BEFORE that NIKE deal?
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2 years
Did she work hard in that sex tape?
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4 years
@JoeBiden Whoever did this deserves a raise and a cabinet position.
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2 years
Question: if Kyle Rittenhouse was Black, does he live to stand trial?
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2 years
I need this T-shirt!
@mean_aries
✨Call me K’DiπŸͺ„
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some of y'alls offices would have been unbearable tomorrow had Iowa won.
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Karen Hunter
5 years
Am I the only one confused by the choice of J. Lo for the #Motown tribute...I mean completely confused? #GRAMMYs
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Karen Hunter
4 years
That trump believes that Black people are so damn dumb as to follow behind lil Wayne, fiddy and puffy and nem, speaks volumes about what he truly thinks of us. But...he is gonna learn today. Tuesday cannot get here quickly enough.
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okay, commentators...there's no Caitlin Clark mystique without the Angel Reese "you can't see me" moment from last year. THAT created the rivalry...(and she IS an amazing scorer...but the whole "she created the interest in women's hoops narrative" is incomplete!) #NCAAWBB
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4 years
@terrycrews dude...black supremacy? Really? This statement would have been perfectly fine without that ridiculous phrase. Please read more and/or have someone else craft your tweets. #majorfail . (note: it would have been okay to NOT say anything)
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4 years
The @WNBA and @nba are saying to America: We will not be your entertainment if you can’t respect our Black lives! You don’t get to cheer for us on the court, if you can’t stand for and by us in life.
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3 years
Don Lemon is one bright spots to come out of these last four years.
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3 years
Check on your strong friends today and see how they're REALLY doing. Don't let them get away with saying, "everything is fine!" Press them to make sure they're okay.
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Karen Hunter
7 years
Don't waste your precious breathe trying to convince people why the murder of Philando Castille was wrong. A human being would know why.
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1 year
@Phil_Lewis_ he is doing all of the things tonight...
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Karen Hunter
2 years
heartbreaking...
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My sincere condolences to my friend Tiffany @TheBudgetnista on the sudden loss of her husband Jerrell.. he suffered an aneurysm. Praying for you Tiffany and your family.
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Karen Hunter
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can we talk about how @GlynnTurman is a cat daddy?
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Karen Hunter
2 years
1. Guilty. 2. Guilty! Kim Potter is Guilty.
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Karen Hunter
4 years
It's kind of a shame that they had to get the last president to deliver the commencement speech for the graduating #ClassOf2020 because the sitting president really is NOT capable of inspiring and uplifting and providing hope for those graduating. #ObamaCommencement2020
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1 year
@justasisterfro2 this needs to happen more and in every sector of life... #accountability . If bad behavior was met with consequences, we'd see less of it.
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Karen Hunter
7 years
If you are holding a "Blacks for Trump" sign, shouldn't there be MORE than one of you?
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Karen Hunter
5 years
Anyone else not able to listen to anything that Trump has to say? I cannot.
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Karen Hunter
5 years
@PressSec You dishonor #MLK daily with your lies, misdirections and distractions, defending policies that are diametrically opposed to #MLK 's mission and vision. #HaveaSeat !
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Karen Hunter
6 years
#KanyeWest is doing him...being who he is and that's absolutely wonderful. But I chose NOT to reward someone (by purchasing his music or clothing or supporting his "art") who I believe is embracing and spewing ideology that is harmful to my community. He is free. So are we.
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2 years
β€œAt your highest moment, be careful because that’s when the devil comes for you.”~Denzel Washington to Will Smith #Oscars
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3 years
Didn't we all know this presidency would go down like this?
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Karen Hunter
4 years
People outraged about looting but silent about yet another killing of a human being. Out here talking about their rights to not wear masks but are silent on the denial of due process, a FUNDAMENTAL right. Out here talking about God and Jesus and church acting like the antiChrist.
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Karen Hunter
5 years
Who are the African Americans who reached out to Trump and thanked him for denigrating an entire city? We need names.
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2 years
So...wait. I'm supposed be rooting AGAINST Idris Elba and Regina King #TheHarderTheyFall ?
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1 year
I watching @VP this morning standing there behind @POTUS and I was thinking that she is doing more than we know. And doing it quietly.
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2 years
Black TECHIES: We need a @Waze for Black people (letting us know where the po-po is and when we're in "sundown" towns and where the best "spots" are, etc.). Whoever does this will have a billion-dollar company...(and I want to be an early investor).
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Karen Hunter
3 years
Technology is amazing. WOW!
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La Marr Jurelle Bruce
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Frederick Douglass, the mighty abolitionist, was the single most photographed person in the United States during the nineteenth century. Here's how he might've looked in motion. Brace yourself and press play.
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4 years
Did trump condemn WHITE SUPREMACIST?! Nope! And Chris Wallace isn't holding him accountable. Man, he really sucks.
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7 years
"If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don't see."~JAMES BALDWIN, born this day in 1924
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Karen Hunter
4 years
I don't believe Trump was tested for #COVID19 . If he was tested, I won't believe any results. I don't believe anything coming out of this administration. I don't know anyone who believes them. Trust is the foundation of any good government. We have no government.
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Karen Hunter
3 years
Remember when ISIL was supposedly the greatest threat to our democracy? Who predicted that a sitting president would be a greater threat?
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Karen Hunter
1 year
WHEW! Jerrod Carmichael is what it looks like to be free...(NFL players, take note...I mean "what are they going to do? Fire me?!" YO! #KnowYourValue !
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And here is your host for the 80th Annual #GoldenGlobes ... It’s Jerrod Carmichael! 🎀
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Karen Hunter
3 years
any sentence starting with "Van Jones said..." must be immediately discounted and ignored.
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Karen Hunter
2 years
I will not be quoting #MLK today...I will be working to make sure he didn't die in vain.
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Karen Hunter
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and none of y'all "bet not" explain what this is! #IYKYK !
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All day every day.
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4 years
I’m in Africa on Christmas and it’s amazing. So many epiphanies. #Grateful
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2 years
This has to be the most-access-to-information but the most-ignorant- people time in history.
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6 years
My black pride has NOTHING to do with you! My love of self is not hate of you. It's simply love. Embrace it or ignore it, but don't ever come for it.
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Karen Hunter
2 years
@JoshDenny You do? Do tell…
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Karen Hunter
4 years
...as soon as Trump is voted out, @TishJames will be waiting for him with alllll the indictments. Black women will be his undoing.
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Karen Hunter
3 years
This is how we ALL must celebrate one another’s victories. Love this!
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Karen Hunter
4 years
Is COVID-19 still a hoax? Should we NOT be wearing masks? Herman Cain caught the coronavirus from Trump's rally where no one had on masks. He's now dead. Why are people making this a political issue. It's a virus!
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@JordanUhl "Bitch, I'm scared!" Me too!
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Karen Hunter
3 years
Anthony Quinn Warner. Suicide bomber. Terrorist.
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3 years
I may need to say this everyday henceforth: thank you, @staceyabrams !
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2 years
…this is just normal now? Folks just adapting to this as if it’s okay?
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@NikkiHaley You are a gaslighter. And nothing will be on your watch because you will never be president of these United States. Happy fundraising (because that's what this is...a money grab)!
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Karen Hunter
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@AndrewYang is telling the truth, too. This has to be one of the best debates to date regarding race in America and how to deal with the disparity. #DemDebates
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Karen Hunter
5 years
Watching the stock market crash (the worst December since 1931)...wondering where are those trump supporters taking about they voted for him for his business acumen? And have we heard from trump? Wasn’t he bragging about the stock market a couple of months ago?
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Karen Hunter
4 years
the CONFEDERATE FLAG is the flag of the enemy who LOST a war. Why would anyone want to fly that loser flag or quit their job in protest over Nascar no longer allowing people to fly it at their races? #RayCiccarelliIsARacist !
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β€œMy slogan is not burn, baby burn. My slogan is build, baby build. Organize, baby organize. Learn, baby learn, so you can earn, baby earn!”—Martin Luther King, Jr. #TheGlobalMajority
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@michaelharriot I walk another two miles and pray...
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4 years
Imma need the media to get back to business with the taxes...
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There is a fly on his head...he’s a demon...beelzebub
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Karen Hunter
5 years
@QasimRashid But did you hear the script from the coward, racist cop, "Put down your weapon." "I fell threatened."...They know the script...how to kill us and get away with it.
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That's pretty much it in a nutshell...
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Here comes the Boom!
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Welp… her Hispanic/Latino community is pissed with her about her comments Lmaoooo. #latinos
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Karen Hunter
4 years
Dear Media (especially @CNN , which has been called "Fake News" for the umpteenth time by the president): Why do you cover Trump's pressers? You are giving him ratings (which he seems to care more about than American lives). And aren't more informed. #BoycottTrumpPressConferences
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to everyone whose mom is now an ancestor, I know tomorrow may be tough for you...but know that she is with you. She is a part of you. And she is eternal because of you...
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Karen Hunter
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#Juneteenth went from a relatively obscure holiday celebrated primarily in Texas and scattered states to on the verge of a national holiday in just weeks. That means a whole lot of things can be fixed quickly. People's capacity to change is great. There shall be no excuses.
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They are doubling down on this nonsense. Let's see if they can have a school without our kids (trust me, they can't...they need the $$$). I wish we knew how much power we have.
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Anyone inclined to judge any of the users of crack, I'm reminded of this statement early on in the documentary, "You can't get a Cuban cigar into this country, but drugs flow freely in." Ask yourself why that is. #CrackNetflix
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Karen Hunter
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so sad...so young. rest in power!
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After a private battle with esophageal cancer, Traci Braxton has passed way at the age of 50. Our deepest prayers are with the Braxton family. Rest In Peace πŸ•Š πŸ“Έ: Getty
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I didn't believe they should remove the N-word from Huckleberry Finn and I don't believe they should remove Gone with the Wind. Racism IS American history and it should be seen and examined and discussed, not erased. And today happens to be the birthday of Hattie McDaniel.
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Dear @Google : Please remove the image of Lewis Latimer, (inventor of the light filament, among other inventions), from Nathanial Alexander's folding chair image. And please hire some culturally aware and historically astute people so that mistakes like this can stop happening!
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