"We cannot begin to tell the history of our university without properly memorializing and monumentalizing the Black people who built and sustained this institution."
"It's okay to process that hurt and acknowledge what the Harris campaign should’ve done differently. But, it's also important to recognize how hard we worked and celebrate what the Democratic Party did win, especially in North Carolina."
"Your frustrations are heard and understood, but our ancestors didn’t fight for the right to vote just for us to wait for the “perfect candidate” — a candidate who is never coming, by the way."
"Angel Reese’s actions were not “classless,” as Twitter users complained. In fact, her scrutinized actions do not boil down to a simple debate between good and bad sportsmanship. The problem is that a Black woman dared to taunt a white woman right back."
"Imagine how tired Indigenous communities must feel. Petition after petition, protest after protest, speech after speech, only to still not be heard. Imagine being stripped of your rightful land, your country and your livelihood. Imagine being proud of your heritage and culture only to be forced to conform to whiteness, shipped off to boarding schools and made to feel as if you are nothing. After being denied almost everything, overturning ICWA would deny Indigenous people the right to even raise their own flesh and blood."
"It is time that we started telling the truth about how this country even came to be. It is not about tip-toeing around injustice and making white people feel comfortable about their family history. Black people have forcefully given so much toward the founding of this country, yet have received so little in return."
Not everyone can solve for X, familiarize themselves with the anatomy of the human body or engineer software. But not everyone can analyze Shakespeare, do archival research or move a crowd with just their words either. You have been bestowed with skills that make you unique and have been placed exactly where you are meant to be.
"Unconventional traits are beautiful, too, and should be shown more love. No matter what Hollywood shoves down our throats, beauty is still subjective. Women should define their own beauty and ranking women doesn’t serve this purpose. "
"People switch up how they feel about clothing all the time. But not everyone has the luxury of renovating their wardrobe every 5 to 10 business days. Therefore, I want to say kudos to the kids that used to thrift when it wasn’t in style — I see you and you deserve an apology."
"Ariel’s Blackness does not take away from the original or her beauty, nor is her Blackness the problem. The problem is you — if it bothers you so much. It is time to stop hiding behind YouTube comments and accept that Ariel is Black, period."
