So this is my life.

#Repost @carefreeblackmom with @get_repost ・・・ We need strong community boards to represent us, and fight for our wishes. Why diminish this board by forcing them to loose institutional knowledge. Who will benefit? Not the people. #VoteNo on Ballot Proposal 3 #turnover the ballot! #carefreeblackmom . . . #vote #newyork #votenyc2018 #communityboard #midterms2018 #NewYorkMidterms https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp1uz4bAsnW0U0NI4a4hL31TIGu0v0N9DmWcsg0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u1uhnroxgxhb

#Repost @mspackyetti with @get_repost ・・・ This is #DanyeJones. His mom, Melissa McKinnies, is a #Ferguson Activist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Danye was found hanging from a tree in his mom’s backyard on October 17. The police didn’t investigate, but called it a suicide. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But Danye has just bought property to sell (swipe) & his mother knows this isn’t true. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #DanyeJones is at least the 4th person related to the #Ferguson uprising to die in more than suspicious circumstances. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a pattern. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ His mother said he had just made posts about looking forward to 2019. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And remember: the police did the same to #SandraBland. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are pictures floating that someone took of #DanyeJones hanging from the tree. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I can’t bear to repost them but I understand why his mother did. For the same reason Mamie Till had an open casket for Emmett. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “So the world can see what they did to my boy.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There has been very little mainstream coverage of #DanyeJones killing, so we have to tell the story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rest in power, Danye. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We need answers. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmX-dTBBZfUMz9WLbmUEAZKpWNp10KRVR4Ezk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19shoa9nmtt2p

#midterms #midterms2018 #2018midterms #whenweallvote #vote #getoutandvote🇺🇸 NEW YORK NOVEMBER 6th is the day!!! Make your plans now, and call a friend, make sure they have a ride/route to the polls. Let’s support each other! #carefreeblackmom . . . #familygoals #family #motherhood #mothers #moms #motherofgirls #blackmoms #blackdads #motherofgirls #motherhoodunited @carefreeblackmom https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZ3U4ph9VV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gr8h3fcstqx6

I cannot tell you the amount of times I heard this growing up. “Such and such wasn’t a bad person, just a result of their time.” Nope. Sorry. You’ve got it wrong again. These people weren’t thermometers, but rather thermostats. They WERE the hatred and bigotry. They were the reason so many of our ancestors were killed, mistreated and stolen from. They were either actively or passively to blame for what happened ... and what is happening now. Treating racist and white supremacist with care, like they are fragile beings, is disrespectful to those of us hurt by their bile. We must start holding people accountable, holding up mirrors, and make them uncomfortable. Let’s stop glorifying hatred and bigotry of the past. Let’s stop making excuses. Otherwise, you’ll be someone’s complicit grandmother someday. #carefreeblackmom . . . #history #family #america #american #blackfamilies #motherhood #fatherhood #usa #intersectionalfeminism #teachthechildren #racism #aboutrace #ournationalconversationaboutrace

Stay ready, vigilant, and RESIST with all your might. Our children, our future are worth it. But also, our ancestors have sacrificed... it’s for them we keep pushing. #carefreeblackmom #Repost @brianjhanley with @get_repost ・・・ America is electing the jury to impeach Donald Trump in the 2018 midterm elections. To help register more people to vote, @lulukrause and I made this short film. Please share it with and tag as many people as possible. And to register, visit vote.gov. . . . #vote #2018midterms #family #motherhood #fatherhood #blackfamily #peopleofcolor #resist #motherhoodunited #latina #aapi #nativewomen

Yes it is exhausting. And the list of things to boycott is long... but what is the price of your dignity? Or your children’s future? This is nothing compared to what our ancestors endured to get us to this point. #justiceforchikeshaclemons #chikesiaclemons #boycottwafflehouse its horrid for your health anyway #Repost @mspackyetti with @get_repost ・・・ here’s the PG-13 version of how I’ve been feeling all day as I wrote this: Screw Waffle House, Saraland PD and anyone who is silent when Black women suffer. #blacklivesmatter #sayhername

Today. Around 5:00 pm. In Crown Heights Brooklyn. Another unarmed Blackman was killed by the police. #nypd #brooklyn #blacklivesmatter

ACA Open Enrollment!!! Pass the information along..... #affordablecareact

Just watched “The Tale of Four” which was directed by Gabourey Sidibe... really amazing movie. You can watch it now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vE-JuMeHVG8 #thetaleoffour #GaboureySidibe #blackwomen #blacklivesmatter #weallshouldresist #civilliberties

Listening to @politicallyreactive and @officialnaomiklein We need to pay attention. While we chuckle at the “disaster” in the Whitehouse intentional distributions of wealth and power are happening. We must watch as leaders use disasters/ crisis (natural and man made) to create predatory policy and erode the masses of our power. Read. Think. Resist. We have to remain informed. #resist #politics #usa #trump #politicallyreactive #theshockdoctrine #socialmovements #socialjustice #whitesupremacy

Social media used to determine immigration and benefit rights... #immigration #homelandsecurity #tracking #discrimination