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clayrivers , 4 days ago to blackmastodon group

💛 “Losing, Reclaiming, and Reconciling My Religion with My Sexuality”

After twenty-two years of searching and trying to make myself into what “I” thought everyone else, including God, wanted me to be, the Lord spoke to me in a manner that was uniquely his own.
—@clayrivers

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https://www.ohfweekly.org/losing-reclaiming-regaining-my-faith/

clayrivers , 9 days ago to blackmastodon group

💛 “Juneteenth: Celebrate Freedom”
By @clayrivers

On the origins of Juneteenth and why the holiday matters.

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https://www.ohfweekly.org/e-vol-5-no-22/

clayrivers , 19 days ago to blackmastodon group

Here’s something a little different ...

You may not know this, but back in day, yours truly was a “close friend” of Donald Duck for a number of years. And I hated the job for the longest time.

Today the billed one turns 90. Here’s a little ditty from a while back that changed my outlook on the world, the people in it, Disney, and me.

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https://www.clayrivers.com/guatemala-2/

clayrivers , 19 days ago to blackmastodon group

💛 “The Jim Crow Era Was Never ‘Happy Times’ for Black People”
By @clayrivers

Despite what you may have heard in the news lately, the period of Jim Crow was never nor can it ever be viewed as a period of benefit for Black families.

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ohfweekly.org/jim-crow-era/

clayrivers , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group

💛 “Why Organizations Fail at DEI”

It takes more than simply hiring someone to address issues within an organization. It takes a top-down commitment to be part of that change. –Lecia Michelle

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#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion

https://www.ohfweekly.org/why-organizations-fail/

clayrivers , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group

💛 “Michael Che, the Enlightenment, and Whiteness”

To ask “what was here before whiteness” is to open the more dangerous question: what had to be eliminated, for this way of organizing reality to appear natural.
—Rebecca Hyman

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https://www.ohfweekly.org/hyman-michael-che-the-enlightenment-and-whiteness/

clayrivers , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group

💛 From the @TheDailyEdge article “Talking to White People About Racism”—

Not so long ago, if parents disagreed with a specific lesson, they had the option to keep their child home from school that day. They still have that right. They should exercise it.
—@clayrivers

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https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/talking-to-white-people-about-racism

BigAngBlack , 1 month ago to blackmastodon group

Which Cartoons Characters Are Invited To "The Cookout?" | Smartypants Presentation, Demi Adejuyigbe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64SoFWJHSd8

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