#notesofanativeson

This #Juneteenth I call on all white allies/co-conspirators to think about how you can be more effective in the fight for an anti-racist society. I’ll be posting a great slideshow of info on ways to do this later today. Though we must follow and amplify #BIPOC voices, it’s on us to do the work. I had to post this #JamesBaldwin quote today because reading his work and seeing #IAmNotYourNegro have been instrumental in my education, and I highly suggest every white person who sees this today to either get a copy of #NotesOfANativeSon or watch the documentary today. Both are truly eloquent, strident, and enraging. #bipoclivesmatter #blacklivesmatter blacktranslivesmatter #blm #amplifymelanatedvoices #amplifyblackvoices #useyourprivilege #allyship #nojusticenopeace #defundthepolice #abolishpolice #antiracist #antifascist #whiteallies #whitesupremacy #thisisamerica https://www.instagram.com/p/CBoNyk2AloN/?igshid=na6muc4wdgl6

Posted @withrepost • @aclu_nationwide Happy birthday James Baldwin! #jamesbaldwin #jamesbaldwinquote #notesofanativeson #iamnotyournegro #thefirenexttime #aclu #blackauthors #lgbtqauthors #civilrights https://www.instagram.com/p/B0qj0naguDQ/?igshid=1ftp4eru6rntr

We must exercise our right to VOTE! “I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one’s own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright.” #JamesBaldwin #NotesOfANativeSon (1955) #VOTE #2018Voter #sponsored @dccc #Power #Politics #Election #NativeSon #WorldOfWilbekin #WOW 📷 #BarronClaiborne https://www.instagram.com/p/BpryTs-HSbf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=c5i03kr7l439

We must exercise our right to VOTE! “I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one’s own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright.” #JamesBaldwin #NotesOfANativeSon (1955) @dccc #2018Voter #Ad #Power #Election #Black #NativeSon #WorldOfWilbekin #WOW 📷 @bcafricanus https://www.instagram.com/p/Bprxqo2HuGg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dx93ohldfs6f

Re-reading this essay tonight as part of some work mentoring a few young writers for the @possefoundation in ATL. I am totally in awe, blown to bits every time ✏️ 🔥 ✨ #thepersonalispolitical #jamesbaldwin #notesofanativeson (at Cabbagetown, Atlanta)

I. Am. Humbled. Today, I'm reading from James Baldwin's #NotesOfANativeSon which inspired the movement/platform that is #NativeSon #ReadingBaldwin @nativesonnow ・・・ TODAY we're #ReadingBaldwin -- "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” - #JamesBaldwin — If you’re unable to join us for today’s #ReadingBaldwin program featuring @thelmagolden @emilwilbekin @staceyannchin @jacqueline_woodson, @lilbuckdalegend @rahmellpeebles @gozeface and so many more, you can watch on livestream from 11am - 5pm.  Link in the bio. 👆🏾 Items from the James Baldwin Archive will also be on view at the @schomburgcenter through Monday. (at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library)