Torraine Walker

Every day, Black men and boys are misunderstood, overlooked, and disrespected. It doesn't have to be this way. I create content and share information to take back control of our narratives. Your support is crucial to this work; help me to help us. #support" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">torrainewalker.com/#support

I haven't hosted a Space in a while and tonight we got a LOT to talk about. Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! x.com/i/spaces/1qJVm…

@RaineyOvalle Why do people like you always think Black Americans are culturally ignorant when they call bullshit out? If a Black American director made a film set in the Dominican Republic about a possessed jar of skin bleach you'd feel some kinda way.

The responses to this tweet are a great litmus test for discerning those who get it from those who don’t. Anyone with even the slightest understanding of Blaxploitation and 70s film tropes will peep the mediation on display here. Everyone else will do reactionary gymnastics.

@astutelygarish Aht, let's not start all that.

The Pope's mother is a Creole lady from the 7th ward in New Orleans. He is a Black man.

@gonzaj200 You're talking like he isn't the most desired demographic of that particular demographic.

Black people can't have anything for themselves

@drhoodscholar @afroanalytic Of course. The Black Boogeyman narrative on film is visual confirmation of their dreams and nightmares.

@TorraineWalker @afroanalytic Ooooo, they about to be in heaven

Need to see this so bad

This dizzy bird needs to stay far away from conversations about Black Doctors. IYKYK.

@King2Aries @Omowale99949437 "Ha" REMIX. The original was the draw.

@Omowale99949437 He was booming in New Orleans. Ask somebody how everybody went crazy when he did that Ha Remix

You can NEVER use Atlanta as a measurement of what the South likes or is doing. Atlanta is a transient city. They have so many out of towners living there that they have East Coast/West Coast themed club nights. Show him in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi,etc the REAL South

@ninaturner @OliverALarkin But not surprising at all

@OliverALarkin Shameful indeed!

Disheartening to see South Florida’s white Democratic establishment fall in line behind Rep. Wasserman-Schultz over the Black community’s objections to her carpetbagging into FL20. Our party must reckon with this white supremacist expectation for Black folks to take a back seat.

@__Wavve This ain't that tho.

Good cinema will win

Something's coming...

@HHLiberation @BootsRiley Same thing happened in Atlanta around the same period. We had artists living well just off the region.

@TorraineWalker @BootsRiley I try to tell people this 96-05 The independent labels in the bay was dominant and it helped the bay and what was the greatest asset of this is that Oakland and San Fran created somewhat of a isolated market that made their indie artists just as rich as mainstream .

In the mid 90s, Oakland and San Francisco probably had more independent hip-hop labels than any region on earth. I love how @BootsRiley is aggressively promoting #ILoveBoosters in the best Bay Area word-of-mouth tradition.

@JeffroStayRight That would mean letting go of white zaddy, and they'll die first. Literally, as recent events have shown.

Lmaooo yo they need to change the playbook

Yo- in case you have T-Mobile and you don't know- you can use your phone to get $5 tickets to I Love Boosters. Go this weekend.

@SanPants And yet that hasn't stopped you from becoming a lawyer. In Louisiana. Get licensed to practice in Massachusetts and moved there if you really about that cause.

As if we’ve ever been free… lol

@go_diego_go34 You almost got me...🤣

“‘Is God Is’ is a must see movie that highlights the pain and struggles black women have to experience at the hands of violent black patriarchs in the community. Only ashy nigcels would have an issue with the movie”

@ZCherAime Already seen the original.

Some of y’all are being very weird or just straight up obtuse in this comment section. Y’all should watch this movie because it’s genuinely a great film told in such a unique/innovative way

‘Obsession’ tracking to make $44M next week and ‘Is God Is’ ain’t even cracked $5M! 🥲 GET YOUR ASSES TO THE THEATER AND SUPPORT THIS FILM!

@MDgshepherd @alpha1906 Why are you asking me instead of your elected officials, who's JOB it is to fight that if it happens?

@TorraineWalker @alpha1906 If they are 4 or 5 star they are recruited by multiple schools. 2nd what’s your plan if congress passes a law to put us back in slavery?

Demanding young Black athletes risk their futures while y'all risk nothing is insane and I would advise any student or parent to not do it.

@Uncle_ShutUp @SayMane901 Doing anything for money is a weak defense. Dude has no understanding of the effects of minstrelsy on the wider community because he's not a part of it. He was on his best behavior in Nigeria I saw. Y'all gotta stop accepting everything.

It’s his content… It ain’t for you, so in this world of media u keep scrolling or block it or whatever works.. But his content is cool for who likes to laugh at it.. a kid can watch it and have a good laugh at it and keep it funny… He ain’t trying to be in an algorithm that’s into all this fake outrage politics & gender stuff.. He’s producing what he likes & pushing it out.. It’s his Movie 🎥 It’s his Tv Show… It’s his comedy 🎭… That’s Content…. When i met the dude we literally talked about working out & eating clean… Man he didn’t even bring up the acting career because that’s what his work is… Literally Acting like a Jamie Fox or Samuel Jackson or any other actor that we love that has played c**n parts for millions … Yall Overthink Stuff in this day and time… Charleston White is Acting just like an actor.. Groove is Acting 🎭… It’s his Content that he gets paid for ..

I met Big Grove in the Gym.. We rapped for bout 5 minutes, cool young brother…. Man this super lame from a dumbazzzz squeeze face jealous b*¥ch dude …. Man I’m glad he made it out… Yall be careful out here , Super Crazy Situation… 🤮🍱