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The nod is important. It’s the internationally accepted yet unspoken sign of acknowledgement of black folks around the world.

Kamilah Brock, a former New York banker, has filled a suit against the city after she was detained for eight days in a mental health facility against her will. Brock says she was committed after trying to pick up her BMW, which skeptical police did not believe she owned. To add insult to injury, Brock was then charged a hefty sum by the hospital.

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-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

(Video originally by Benjamin Hancock)

That statement wasn’t meant to be a knock against his white neighbor. It’s an example of the extra steps black Americans need to take in order to reach the same levels of success as their white counterparts.

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HOW is it that 12 French people die and the whole world marches and mourns, but ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN African students die, and we’re talking about Easter eggs??? HOW I ask you?? And people say “Otherness” isn’t a plague… #kenya #147 #jesuiskenya