@chickyxime Disney is a company , which means it’s in business to make money. So anything Disney sells us is by definition a fantasy, a commodity, which means purely transactional.
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Patrick Jean-Baptiste
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Patrick Jean-Baptiste
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Seeing the world through Haitian eyes--one episode at a time.
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@KlausSchwabsCat @ellainmaryland1 @TheInternetFish It’s not everyone. White people invented racial categories that all ofnus are stuck with now. When we were in Africa we had tribal identities, not racial ones. So ask white people to get over skin color.
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@ellainmaryland1 @TheInternetFish We have black and white folks at our cookouts. 🤷 As long as they're nice people, we've never cared who shows up. I really wish everyone could get over skin color. It's such a a stumbling block for humanity as a whole.
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This is exactly how Christopher Columbus got us the first time
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@Nih_Noh @ellainmaryland1 @TheInternetFish White is the standard and therefore is and has always been invisible and nameless.
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Solution would be to outlaw racism. US outlawed segregation but didn’t outlaw racism. And if it’s a hate crime, perps should get the death penalty. We should follow Germany, where racism is illegal criminally and civilly. Even racial profiling by the police is considered unconstitutional and illegal in Germany.
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@shellyscallions @wethefifth @DavidAFrench But racism is woven into the fabric of America. How would you get it out? Even in 2026 the US is still full of evil nasty racists like me. What's your solution?
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Adopting a child from Ethiopia changed David French's perspective on the state of racism in America.
From our new episode with @davidafrench.
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@BreakingBrown The SPLC paid confidential informants to gather credible intel not to keep the KKK and other hate groups in power.
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SPLC was allegedly funding the KKK
U.S. Department of Justice@TheJusticeDept
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
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I’ve been a harsh critic of the Nation of Islam’s politics, but the Southern Poverty Law Center designating them as a hate group was a bridge too far.
Good riddance.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Blanche: "A few minutes ago, a grand jury returned an 11 count indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with 6 counts of wire fraud, 4 counts of bank fraud, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit money laundering."
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@Sundiatakinte @PJenkins1931 Why would they build a hbcu in Africa? The whole freaking continent is overwhelmingly black, genius! There are close to 40k universities and colleges in Africa, moron. And if it wasn’t for Africans going to hbcus here, they would probably go bankrupt.
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@PJenkins1931 Ngl all this money they spend to go to hbcu's in america they could've invested that into building an hbcu in Africa
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They didn’t abandon their countries. They moved within a global system that underpays and under-resources them at home. Most still support their families and communities through remittances, which often exceed foreign aid. Calling that ‘greed’ ignores both economic reality and basic fairness.
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These foreign doctors are typically smart and qualified otherwise they would not be chosen (only 54% of FMGs get a spot) and must pass part 2 of the boards (which is often given overseas and subject to cheating)
What is for certain about them is that they come from countries that desperately need more doctor. So these doctors have chosen money over helping their own people. They maybe smart but they are motivated by greed and that will show through in how they practice medicine.
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Over half (23 out of 40) of the residents who matched in the internal medicine program at Wayne State/Detroit Medical Center went to medical school outside of the US.
This is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the US.
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@godisBlackman @washingtonpost Hey you fucking moron—in terms of economic development, Taiwan is ranked 11th in the world (approx. $85,130/yr). This puts Taiwan ahead of major economies like Germany, Japan, and the UK in terms of actual purchasing power. Pick up a book once in a while genius.
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Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon after her parents legally emigrated from Taiwan, making her a U.S. citizen by birth.
Now, she is set to appear before the Supreme Court to argue against the Trump administration over birthright citizenship. wapo.st/47p80TW
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You sure generalizing a lot here. Where is the evidence that emigrants are not assimilating? Assimilation is also a big word.
Milton Gordon’s work holds that immigrants assimilate linguistically and culturally across generations — and this is largely true for language.
By the second generation, most immigrant children are English-dominant, and by the third generation, the heritage language is often largely gone.
And, the politics of illegal immigration has obscured the fact that most unauthorized presence in the U.S. is a civil violation, not a criminal one.
If someone overstays a visa or crosses without inspection and is caught, the standard consequence is civil removal (deportation) — an administrative proceeding, not a criminal trial.
So can we please stop treating the majority of these undocumented people as if they were criminals? They’re not.
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She's 100% correct. When you choose to immigrate to a country, it is incumbent upon the immigrant to assimilate, not on the American people to assimilate them. Secondly, these folks are here illegally and unlawfully; all of a sudden, some people believe our immigration laws do not matter. Democrats should pay a heavy price for this in the midterms, and not capture the House because the Black voter chose the couch. Let the illegals vote you into office.
Teddy Roosevelt advocated for strict "Americanization," requiring immigrants to fully assimilate, adopt the English language, and abandon old-world loyalties. While supporting immigration, he favored limiting "undesirable" newcomers—signing the 1903 and 1907 acts banning anarchists and the poor—and believed in equal treatment for those who committed to becoming solely American.
Was he wrong?
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Why was Carla Cunningham so bad for North Carolina?
- She said immigrants are inherently less worthy
- Ignores how vital the immigrant community is to the state economy and culture
- Supports policies that increase deportation risk and family separation
* Voters’ Verdict is in!
The News & Observer@newsobserver
Embattled Rep. Carla Cunningham falls to Rodney Sadler in Charlotte primary newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
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It took white people a long time to perfect Anti-Blackness. It didn’t just appear out of nowhere. It was built over centuries and woven into systems, culture, and language.
Black people are not experts on racism—you are. We’re simply survivors of that shit.
So when white people like you ask Black people why they use the n-word, what’s under all of that is the real question you’re afraid to ask: why can’t I use it too?
Look, some communities reclaim terms that were once used against them, and that reclamation doesn’t automatically extend outside the group.
In my teenage daughter’s circle, they call each other cunts, or say this or that is cunty. My wife and I find it objectionable, but to my daughter’s posse, those are terms of endearment.
Go ask your wife or the women in your family why they might call each other the b-word but wouldn’t accept it from you.
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@ijbailey @Hollenkamp56890 This is a classic black response.
You should know.
I shouldn’t have to tell you.
Don’t act like you don’t know.
With all the demands and inherent contradictions and exceptions of the black community, yall need to start explaining yourselves, or you’ll continue to lose us.
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I respect Jemele immensely and understand the position she and others are taking. But I can't agree with them. This is a disability, a neurological condition. The n-word is the most powerful and painful in the English language. Impact will always matter. But intent must as well.
Jemele Hill@jemelehill
So …. Still not apology to Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo.
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You keep saying we fled. At least we did it to keep our families intact. What’s your excuse for why Black Americans are at the bottom of most economic indicators today?
Since the Emancipation Proclamation, you’ve had 163 years to get your act together and prioritize the Black American family. Black immigrants in contrast, are kicking your asses in all socioeconomic categories.
We ran away from shitty governments in our country but kept our families intact. You ran away from taking care of your family or don’t have the capacity to build one because you’re so selfish.
Instead, with a pathetic 30% marriage rate, you don’t really have a family unit to speak of. You’re in the richest and most powerful country in human history. What have you actually done to build anything of substance for your children and future generations? Again, you’ve had 163 years!!
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Shaboozey dedicates his #GRAMMYs award to immigrants during his acceptance speech:
“Immigrants built this country, literally. Actually. So this is for them. For all children of immigrants, and for those who came to this country in search of a better opportunity, to be part of a nation that promised freedom for all and equal opportunity for everyone.”
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@Nelochenko @_maximumpink You know how stupid you sound? Billions and billions of Africans have lived in Africa for thousands of years. 99% of Africans live on the continent, not overseas.
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@_maximumpink Be thankful they took yall outta there, yall wouldn't live a week in Africa
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The Dahomey were brutal flesh traders. 20% of slaves sent to the Americas passed through that devilish kingdom (now Benin).
Speed's team should've educated him instead of letting him get finessed by a slave-trade tourist attraction. smh
Speedy HQ@IShowSpeedHQ
🚨| WATCH: Speed visits the Amazon Monument in Benin honoring the legendary Dahomey women warriors 🇧🇯🔥 Speed yà dem kpɔn Amazon Monument wá Benin é nɔ́ xɔ́ Agodjié wɛ́n nyínyí wɛ́n wá Dahomey 🇧🇯🔥
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@DylanByers @PuckNews Isn’t that chick the same woman who edited an answer from DeSantis?
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“You don’t get to produce me!,” Sharyn Alfonsi yelled at one of Bari Weiss’s deputies. She then accused him of being “a mouthpiece” for the Trump administration and asked him whether he had ever produced a minute of television news before.
NEW @PuckNews:
puck.news/inside-bari-we…
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Many of the comments defending his self-improvement frame the issue crudely: Kai Cenat became wealthy with limited formal literacy, therefore criticism is invalid. That logic does not hold.
When more than half of Nvidia’s employees are multimillionaires, it contradicts the idea that content creation is the primary or even the most reliable path to wealth.
Content creation is a power-law field. A very small number reach extraordinary success, while the vast majority remain far from the summit, with an enormous gap between the top and everyone else. Presenting it as a scalable escape from poverty to his followers is misleading and tragic.
If you took 100,000 children and put them through a serious STEM pipeline focused on high-demand fields like AI, engineering, and applied computing, the probability that most would end up millionaires or at the top of the income distribution is far higher and far more predictable.
An entire generation is being conditioned to believe content creation is their only viable path upward, much like professional sports once functioned as the imagined escape route in underserved communities. Education in scarce, high-demand technical fields has always been the more reliable lever for broad-based economic mobility.
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I wish I could navigate wanting to give Kai props while also pointing out that this perfectly illustrates a current problem with society... The most popular content IS made for folks at a 5th grade reading level... It is a problem
yoxic@yoxics
Kai Cenat kept having to look up what certain words meant during his reading journey to become a better speaker 😭
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I’m with you on the fantasy part. But mobility is morally justified for most refugees.
People move because providing for family is a real obligation, one that often outweighs tribal affiliation or attachment to the soil.
I know Black American friends who are thriving in different parts of the world simply because their retirement dollars go further. They aren’t trying to become African. They remain Black Americans living abroad, moving back and forth.
(And for what it’s worth, I’m a fan. You’re one of the main reasons I’m still on this cesspool of an app.)
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@rasanblaj_ Running exists not just as reality, but as a fantasy.
In much the same way many #ADOS have a “back to Africa” fantasy in their minds.
Time to release the illusions & face reality.
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The idea that #ADOS can escape affliction by relocating to any country in Africa is a pipe dream.
Everyone needs to fight wherever they are—in whichever corner of the world—and stop running to safety.
To the victor go the spoils. The runner who refuses the fight is left with nothing.
gst@wearegst
Under Nigeria’s new tax laws, tax officers can enter your home by force and seize documents, computers, or records. They can demand and you must give them your passwords to access them. Selling online? That includes your IG/X passwords & sales records. Read the law yourself.
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@DomVapers @NonHumanMedia1 Quiet? You must not know many Haitians. 😆 True on the rest.
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@NonHumanMedia1 How many black Americans (non-Carribean) actually live in Miami? Haitian immigrants are preferred because they are seen as respectful, hard-working, orderly, and the main thing anyone desires a neighbor to be...QUIET.
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An Afro-Cuban elder discusses how people in Miami would rather rent to Haitians over Black Americans, her being classified as white on her drivers license, and how she never learned to speak “perfect English” so she wouldn't be mistaken for an American
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In many ways, it is the only path because writing a books forces you come to terms with the depth of your thesis over a long period. For example, can your main argument survive 300 pages of sustain explication without repeating yourself? Does the author have the intellectual stamina 300+ pages later?
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Reading is great, no doubt. But what pisses me off is the overemphasis on it as the sole path to wisdom. I’d argue it’s the knowledge and truth that matter, not the medium. The right insight can come from a conversation, a podcast, a movie scene, or even a random observation. What counts is the quality of the idea, not where it’s packaged…
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If you read real books, you're curious. If you read the newspapers, you're nosy.
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@OfficialDreTony @WallStreetApes Exactly. And do you notice all those stats had no sources?
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New data shows White People are being eliminated from industries
The data “found that young white men have vanished from white-collar and creative professions
- In 2014, white men were 31% of American medical students, by 2025, they were just 20%
- White men dropped from 31% of law school graduates to 25%
- From 48% of lower-level TV writers to just less 12%.
- The Atlantic's editorial staff went from 53% male and 89% white to 36% male and 66% white
- White men fell to just 18% of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard
“This wasn't by accident, it was by design, DEI design. To overcome what had been admittedly terrible discriminatory practices that kept out women and people of color, white color industries simply reversed the discrimination and aimed it at White guys, it's really appalling because all racial discrimination is appalling.”
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