Victorious 🩷
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@Legacy411 @MagaGrunt1 If they remake this today, 100% they will cast a bald black girl.
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@freakoutsideofx What happened to Angela’s neck? This can’t be real.
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@zoyafatma12781 My parents made a big deal of instilling good manners in us. Please and thank you were very important in our household.
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@DougWahl1 Bill Maher is a cranky old humorless 70 year old person.
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IS BILL MAHER AN ISLAMOPHIC?
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed an official complain over the Kennedy Center’s decision to give Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize. In a statement they said this “highlights the glaring double standards surrounding bigotry and violence in our society."
Your Thoughts?

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@AfricanArchives She made a way for herself though she was denied acceptance because of her race. I just think how much more exceptional she would’ve been with proper training and facilities.
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Mrs Mabel Fairbanks was The first black woman to break into competitive figure skating. She was Self taught because she was denied formal training.
Born in 1915, she developed an interest in skating as a young girl, but access to ice rinks and professional coaching was limited for Black athletes. Many skating clubs did not allow Black members, and she was denied formal training because of her race.
As a result, Fairbanks became largely self-taught. She practiced by watching others and repeating what she saw, developing her own technique without the support that most competitive skaters relied on.
Even as her skills improved, she faced restrictions that prevented her from competing in major national championships. Despite this, she continued skating and remained active in the sport.
Her impact became even more significant later in her career.
Fairbanks went on to become a coach and mentor, training several successful skaters, including Olympic medalists. Through her coaching, she helped open pathways for future generations of Black athletes in figure skating, a sport that had long excluded them.
She was later recognized for her contributions and inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
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