sister resistor...

sonofbaldwin:

“Black men celebrating the officer being convicted of raping black women yet still: 

1) Listen to Rick Ross who raps about date rape drugs

2) Do nothing to make black women feel safe in their communities not even attempt to speak to other men when they act like assholes

3) Listen to and defend R. Kelly

and finally

4) Contribute to rape culture with their outdated views on modest behavior and their victim shaming

Need to have a seat and shut up.

Your actions or inactions empower men like that officer to feel that black women are fair game for their sexual conquests.

But, I’m just going to observe the ironic celebratory posts by black men who are happy a white man is going to jail for sexual assaults on women while contributing to the over sexualization and devaluing of black women in the first place.”

- D’Eric Williams

sonofbaldwin:

“December 13 marks both her birth and transition date. She was born December 13, 1903, and she went to be with the ancestors on December 13, 1986, at the age of 83. She was a tireless advocate for human rights and worked alongside well-known figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and A. Philip Randolph while serving as a mentor to the likes of Diane Nash and Rosa Parks. She worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

She was revered in her time, but few have heard of her today. This is partly because she worked mostly behind the scenes as an organizer. She said of herself:

You didn’t see me on television; you didn’t see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come. My theory is, strong people don’t need strong leaders.’”

- Lawrence Ware and LaVonya Bennett, “The World Needs to Remember Ella Baker”