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List of inspiring quotes - Quotes to help motivate you

Collection of Inspiring Quotes To Live By

I have a whole "Word Art" section on Pinterest that I have been collecting for years. I thought that I would also start sharing posts of some of my favorite inspiring quotes here, because - basically - they make me really happy! Especially during 2020,…

Black on Black Crime

I have been seeing some dumb "what-aboutism" posts pointing to black on black crime somehow making BLM hypocritical. First, yes, the majority of black people murdered are killed by other black people. But ALSO, the majority of white people murdered are killed by other white…
Geographer - Mike Deni- Interview

Interview with Mike Deni aka Geographer

As you can tell by the interview below, I love the band Geographer. Which, as of now, Geographer is actually the moniker of Mike Deni, which made it easier to get on the phone with "the band" recently, now that it's just one guy. One…
Black Lives Matter

Listening

Like many in America, I am at a loss. I'm angry. I'm scared. Not for myself, but for black and brown friends who are vulnerable to so much systemic racism - that is laid bare again and again but nothing seems to change. I am…

No “Both Sides” to Charlottesville

Let's be clear. There is no "both sides" to Charlottesville. Yes, we have free speech in this country and while it's specifically to stop the government from stopping us from saying whatever we want, let's not get in the weeds on that one like we always do. Let's look at it like this: A group of people whose main tenet is that whites are superior and the earth should be "cleansed" of everyone who isn't white were marching around chanting "Jews will not replace us" as well as "blood and soil" (yes, a Nazi thing, just FYI) all while rallying around a statue of a confederate general. Many things the president said about Charlottesville were incorrect, from who had permits, to the implication that you need them to protest to begin with. He even lied about the winery, which his son owns and isn't anywhere near the largest in the country. But "both sides" were at fault? Just think it through from a moral perspective.
Black Lives Matter - Baton Rouge Protest

Black Lives Matter

I've seen a few messages on social media that show somehow the world doesn't seem to get that "black lives matter" does *NOT* equal all other people do not matter. The reason people of color say "black lives matter" is because they are being treated as…