Category Archives: Racial Oppression

Open Thread | They Continue To Want To Police Our Bodies

Posted on October 16, 2023 by rikyrah

That legacy of slavery has not left this country. The fight over Black Hair never seems to end. So, for those who purse their lips to say that ‘it’s just hair’. It’s NEVER just hair. There is no other group … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Autonomy, Breaking News, Culture, Current Events, Education, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, racial hate, Racial Oppression, Racial Profiling | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Open Thread | I Love It When Receipts Are Brought….Florida Educational Standards…American Chattel Slavery vs The Holocaust

Posted on August 8, 2023 by rikyrah

Nikole Hannah Jones brought IT and RECEIPTS. There's been much gaslighting & moderate justifying of the new Florida social studies standards, people stating the "clarifications" were designed to show Black resilience, or were just "facts." So, I thought I'd compare … Continue reading →

Posted in American Chattel Slavery, Black Excellence, Black History, Book Banning, Breaking News, Current Events, Education, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, racial hate, Racial Oppression, racial terror, Racism, Slave Auctions, Slave Breeding in America, Slavery, Systematic Racism, The Holocaust | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 42 Comments

Open Thread | Nimrata Haley Needs To Keep Black Folks Out Her Mouth

Posted on June 23, 2023 by rikyrah

Nimrata Haley has a nasty habit of putting Black folks in her mouth in her service to White Supremacy. She needs to keep her mouth shut. I call her Nimrata because that is the government name her parents gave her … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 Elections, African Americans, Breaking News, Culture, Current Events, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, Racial Oppression, Racial Profiling, Racism, Systematic Racism, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Open Thread: A Little Education on ‘ White Passing’.

Posted on December 16, 2022 by rikyrah

I saw this tweet, and it made me think: The Meghan Markle convo reveals to me that younger black folks don't know what "white passing" actually means. — Unobtainium Daydreams (@ShimminyKricket) December 10, 2022 With the dropping of the beginning … Continue reading →

Posted in African Americans, Black Codes, Black History, Culture, Jim Crow laws, Movies, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, Racial Oppression, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Open Thread | The Capitol City of Mississippi-Jackson- Is Without Useable Water

Posted on September 8, 2022 by rikyrah

The Capitol City of Mississippi- Jackson – is without useable water. This is not by accident. This is by deliberate design. And, I’m going to need the Black Blue Checks, who didn’t open their muthaphuckin’ mouths about Flint, and couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Breaking News, Corruption, Current Events, Economics, Environmental Racism, Infrastructure Racism, injustice, Mississippi, Open Thread, Politics, President Joe Biden, Racial Oppression, Systematic Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Open Thread | So Much Truth In This Thread

Posted on May 20, 2022 by rikyrah

Broke it down👏🏾 I truly hope that this reaches some people, whether on here or if shared with your family and friends. Because something has to. 1/"It feels like 'no one really cares' that Black Americans are terrified of being … Continue reading →

Posted in African Americans, Black History, Current Events, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Oppression, Racism | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Open Thread | The Possibility of Justice for Elijah McClain

Posted on September 2, 2021 by rikyrah

I didn’t say Justice for Elijah. I said the possibility of justice. His final words are haunting.😢😢😢 "His final words are haunting and tragic," @GeoffRBennett says. "If Elijah McClain isn't safe, who is?" pic.twitter.com/u40zd0M9gr — MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 1, 2021 … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Justice, Justice for Elijah McClain, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Politics, Racial Oppression, Racial Profiling, racial terror, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Open Thread | Let Us Check In With 46

Posted on June 2, 2021 by rikyrah

President Biden went to Oklahoma on Tuesday. He spoke on the massacre in Tulsa.   President Biden in Tulsa: "Just because history is silent, it doesn't mean that it did not take place. And while darkness can hide much, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Black History, Economics, Economy, injustice, Open Thread, Politics, President Joe Biden, racial hate, Racial Oppression, racial terror, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Tuesday Open Thread

Posted on April 23, 2019 by rikyrah

Today’s feature covers the REAL history of reconstruction. See how our past affects our present with this inside look of Reconstruction with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reconstruction: America After the Civil War premiered April 9 & April 16. You can … Continue reading →

Posted in Black History, discrimination, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, Racial Oppression, Racism, segregation | Tagged , , , , | 80 Comments

European colonizers killed so many Native Americans that it changed the global climate

Posted on February 5, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

(CNN)  When Europeans arrived in the Americas, they caused so much death and disease that it changed the global climate, a new study finds. European settlers killed 56 million indigenous people over about 100 years in South, Central and North … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Current Events, genocide, Native Americans, News, Open Thread, Racial Oppression, racial terror | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments