richard.

you are your own masterpiece

My mom grew up in public housing projects & sued to desegregate her public H.S. A generation later she waved goodbye to me as I flew off to Oxford, England to be a Rhodes Scholar. Great public schools transform lives and families! That’s why we will raise teacher pay.

dont get trapped in the windows of your mind.

Not even centuries of British colonialism could curse the peoples of Africa with the rhythmless plague this woman possesses.https://twitter.com/ak_mack/status/1035315260322967552 …

On mentorship: “The real good part about where we’re at is that there are a lot of brothas who can show others the way.” -@chike_uzoka #BMXCEL

Respect to the brotha Frederick McKinley Jones for inventing AC because the way this heat and humidity is set up

i once stopped talking to a girl cuz she trash talked channel orange chroo story

Important: "Aggressive policing can...lower the educational performance of African-American youth. These findings provide evidence that the consequences of policing extend into...social life, with implications for the educational trajectories ...and social inequality"https://twitter.com/jlegewie/status/1034909834490130432 …

the interesting thing about "triggers." the conditions will always present themselves in different ways. as difficult as it is, it's up to us to recognize how we deal and respond to these environments. control what you can control.

if you can take the time to think, type and say the thing that colors your world in the ways that don't benefit your growth, you also have the time to do the opposite.

we all gotta be accountable for the ways we show up in the world, sans ego: what am i doing or saying that is creating the friction here, that is contributing to things not going the way i wanted or planned?

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