Category Archives: Racism

Open Thread | Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months

Posted on October 15, 2025 by rikyrah

POLITICO (@politico) posted at 0:22 PM on Tue, Oct 14, 2025: EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Posted on March 17, 2025 by rikyrah

If you don’t follow Propane Jane on Twitter, you are missing out. She is…the truth. Propane Jane™ 🔥💣 (@docrocktex26) posted at 2:36 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025: A lot of folk seem to think that repeating “I support Trump/DOGE/the … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Ed Dwight: A Dream Deferred…Not a Dream Denied….

Posted on May 31, 2024 by rikyrah

Coloradoan Ed Dwight Makes History Again With Space Flight He was supposed to be America’s first Black Astronaut…but….you know…racism….. Yet a dream deferred turned out not to be a dream denied. Honoring The Man Who Could’ve Been The First African-American … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | These Racists Never Stop

Posted on August 23, 2023 by rikyrah

UH HUH UH HUH The unmitigated gall. A conservative activist, Edward Blum, who was involved in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject affirmative action in college admissions, has filed a lawsuit against Fearless Fund, a Black venture capital firm … Continue reading →

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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: https://twitter.com/ShimminyKricket/status/1601641900007571456?s=20&t=OP5ElpItdCC2bcskjK-zPQ With the dropping of the beginning of their documentary series on Netflix, there has been misinterpretation of Meghan being ” White Presenting” versus “White Passing”. These are two entirely different … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Tired of Racists Attacking Our Children

Posted on December 9, 2022 by rikyrah

Absolutely furious as I read this story of this grown man trying to push the force of the police against a 9 year old CHILD!!! A 9yo Black child clearly into science identified a problem harming her neighborhood, researched, found … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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