Stop trying to decide for us what our boundaries should be, what our narratives should be, racist media makes you think we have no voice
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Replying to @Karnythia
The very last thing I need is someone who isn't from here trying to set lines about who can speak up here. Black America identity is complex
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But it starts with the people who are already here. Who can trace their roots to here in the 1800's. 1700's. Not folks who arrived last week
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Every one of these shallow takes on what it means to be Black here by people who have only visited is irritating & erroneous. Just saying.
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Replying to @Karnythia
My family didn't go from enslaved to educated in 4 generations for their stories to be erased by people who can't bear to listen.
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Half the references to Black America that I have seen lately ignore how vice became an important aspect of closing the wealth gap.
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If you don't know about reparations to slave owners, dangers of domestic work, the Great Migrations & multiple Black American cultures? Shh
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Black American cultural norms vary in the same city. We have different accents & food ways but you don't even know how that happened.
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Maybe, just maybe being Black as a member of the larger African diaspora vs being Black American is different? Or is it too soon for that?
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I come from people who avoided domestic work by running numbers. And other things. Whole different culture from Talented Tenth
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