#Ancestors

Cyan

cyantist

I had this weird epiphany at Disneyland once... (part 1) I was watching people stand in a line to get on a log that brought you up to some height

Chinonyerem Odimba

Chino100percent

I'm not going to lie this has disturbed me on a soul level. I completely accept and respect the decision to take the statue down. The truth of it is

Anne Thériault

anne_theriault

When I went to the big Acadian reunion in 2004 in Clare (which celebrated 400 years of acadian-ness), my favourite part was the Cajuns who showed up with giant kitchens

Brainiac

Th3Brainiac

Why do we get so distracted?//THREADED//(1/9) The brain oscillates in and out of focus 4 times per sec. Our brain becomes open to stimuli outside of our original focus.That's 240

Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury

johnniejae

Dear @jason_mraz,Two-spirit is not a catch all term for bisexuality and you really need to understand this and address how the miseducation that you received and repeated for a mainstream

Portland Fire&Rescue

PDXFire

On June 19th, 1865, (about 2.5 years after Black slaves were freed via the Emancipation Proclamation), word finally reached Texas & the last slaves were liberated. This occasion is marked

andre is writing a book.

andrehenry

I feel some kind of way about people suggesting a commitment to nonviolence is a privileged position.First, my ancestors who chose nonviolence lived at the bottom of America's caste system.

Aurora's 5tar (NSFR)🦋⁸

byeols_destiny

I'm literally so close to logging out BC of all this drama. It was two years ago. They didn't choose the music. The program thing they were on did. They

juice papi gabo

gabdiablo30

ya wanna hear the most epic "my gut is right" that involves a dominican man story? alright so the story starts in the early 2000s in Syracuse, We have my

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Ch_JesusChrist

President @NelsonRussellM announced eight new temples:1. Bahía Blanca, Argentina2. Tallahassee, Florida3. Lubumbashi, DR Congo4. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania5. Benin City, Nigeria6. Syracuse, Utah7. Dubai, United Arab Emirates8.Shanghai, People’s Republi

under : water

MicahTParker

At this particular moment in my life I need the ocean. It has always been a place where I feel free and liberated. No barriers, no bounds. Also, it is

Oliver Willis

owillis

they just can't stop being racist. "her ancestry does not go back to american slavery."how'd black people get to jamaica?fyi: my great times whatever grandparents did not get there on

Joe Pilot, MD

JoeSilverman7

I’m still annoyed that someone on this website thinks I’m from NYC. It’s time for a rerun of how Ol’ Doc Pilot’s family settled the West:https://www.timesofisrael.com/frontier-jews-find-more-green-acres-than-goldene-medina-in-rura

Stonekettle

Stonekettle

People felt they were oppressed.They were treated as second class citizens. They were imprisoned without trial. Their property was taken without justification. They were daily abused and even murdered by

Peaches

TheEmptyPoet

Only my friends follow my burner so no one will see this but . . Today marks one year since I left my last abusive relationship, ever. One year. 3

Cedrick Frazier

CedFrazierMN

1/5 This is the fear that I live with...as a black man, no matter how educated, how friendly or how careful I am. I am navigating a world that sees