#blackamerican — Public Fediverse posts

Cops who raided rapper Afroman's home are now suing him — and he’s fighting back

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/cops-raided-rapper-afromans-home-162148379.html

#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #blackmusic #afroman #blackmastodon

@thispastorslife, a white pastor wrote the below. I mentioned that they are white bc over 75% white people are racist - source below; so it's worth pointing out when a white person is cool.

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Deon Cole at NAACP Awards: “If there are any white men in the room with Tourette's, I advise you to tell them to read the room, lord. It might not go the way they thinketh."

#blackmen #blackamerican #blackmastodon

@josh_e_smalls, Black Royalty, wrote:

When I got stabbed I didn't call the cops or go to hospital.

When those bihhhh ahhh niiiuhhhs ran in my house with guns I didn't call the

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#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #blackmastodon

Dexter Gordon, an American jazz tenor saxophonist, was born today in 1923. I love jazz.

#blackmen #blackamerican #blackmusic #blackmastodon

Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975)

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner (August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025) was [a US-er] actor, musician and poet.

…In July 2025, Warner died, aged 54, from drowning in the ocean off Limón Province,

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Prince would have been 67 on Saturday
Lance Reddick would have been 63 Saturday
Muammar Al-Gaddafi would have been 82 Saturday

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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackfirsts #blacktivists #blacksingers #blackmusicians #blacksongwriters #blackactors #arab #blackmastodon

'William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and

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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackjazzcomposers #blackpianists #blacklyricists #blackarrangers #blackcomposers #blackmusicians #blackhistory #blackmastodon

The Quilters released in 2024

Most prison documentaries try to give the impression that most inmates are Black or of color.

This shows akilled opportunities that are mostly given to whites.

We're only told for what the Black inmate was convicted. His innocence may have been edited out. We'll never know.

#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #the78percent #whitepeople #blackmastodon

Yes, Chuck Berry Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll

https://www.billboard.com/music/features/chuck-berry-rock-n-roll-teenagers-inventor-7735698/

#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blackmusicians #blackmusic #blackguitarists #blacksongwriters #blackfirsts

King of Cool released in 2021

Dean Martin was not the King of Cool

That is Miles Davis

#film #blackmusicians #blackmen #blackamerican #blackjazztrumpeters #blackbandleaders #blackcomposers #blackmastodon

As much as I love the idea of shaving my face with a razor, I almost never do because the hair that grows back in invariably curls into my skin and causes painful bumps. And then I can’t shave

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Ronnie Wilson [April 7th 1948 - November 2nd 2021], co-founding member

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John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(pianist)

#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackhistory #blackjazzpianists #blackpianists #blackmusicians #blackcomposers #blackarrangers #blackfounders #blackmusicaldirectors #blackdirectors #blackmastodon

@cwebbonline.com‬

No further debate—Trump’s DEI policy is clearly racist.

The Pentagon is flagging for removal, historic photos of Black & brown heroes who served, claiming they “promote DEI.”

The military was segregated until 1948. Black [People] served while facing racism. [They still do.] Where was the DEI? Erasure is the point.

[Apologies for referencing CNN when they are often racist.]

#blackpeople #blackamerican #the92percent #the78percent #blackmastodon

Congressman Al Green removed from Trump address after
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/congress-al-green-removed-trump-speech

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#blackwomen #blackmen #blackpeople #the92percent #the78percent #blackamerican #asian #hispanic #latino #whitepeople #blackdemocrats #blackpoliticians #blackmastodon

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music,

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@its_kire_again

We tried to tell y’all, and. “What do we think they gon do to us?” They’ve been doing it for centuries! 😂 So, y’all just buckle up and get ready!!

#blackwomen #the92percent #the78percent #blackpeople #blackamerican #whitepeople #asian #hispanic #latino #blackmastodon

@mykaela_elise

the ways the NFL draft mimics the slave trade…

#blackwomen #the78percent #blackpeople #blackathletes #blackamerican #whitepeople #blackmastodon

@yoe.apolinario

Samuel saying “Too loud, too reckless, too ghetto.” In a stadium filled with privileged non [Black] people is 👏🏽

Throw those stereotypes in their face babe.

#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #wegotus #the92percent #the78percent #whitepeople #asian #hispanic #latino #blackmastodon

@thetis_77

I’d like to remind people that Black people are NOT indigenous to the Caribbean. So the next time a Caribbean person asks me where my

#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackcaribbean #blackafrican #the92percent #the78percent #blackamerican #romanticlove #blackmastodon

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@mckensiemack

Dear Black people,

When someone expresses genuine regret voting for Trump, we can let them know we’re not a place

#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #the92percent #the78percent #whitepeople #asian #hispanic #latino #blackmastodon

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@kiarajaxn

Why do other minorities think that [Black] people are the help when they face discrimination?!

@ambreezzy1

Right!?

#blackwomen #the92percet #the78percent #blackpeople #blackamerican #asian #hispanic #latino #whitepeople #blackmastodon

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Juneteenth: An important day that marks the end of slavery in the United States.:  

#Juneteenth  #Hope #Empowerment #Celebration #EmancipationProclamation  #AbrahamLincoln #Holiday #BlackAmerican #AfricanAmerican  #AmericaHistory #AfricanAmericantherapist #Triple5LightTherapy 

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared freedom for enslaved people in… https://triplefivelighttherapy.blogspot.com/2024/06/juneteenth-important-day-that-marks-end.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AbrahamLincoln #AfricanAmerican #AfricanAmericantherapist