Matin Maulawizada

Today, on Juneteenth, we honor those souls whose courage carried us here and celebrate the legacy and creativity that still live within and teaches what humanity is capable of and how to be better, to do better.

May we cherish the stories, traditions, and communities that have sustained us. May we celebrate the beauty of Black life in all its expressions.

Black and beautiful. Black and blessed. Black and so much more.

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🕺🏾: Lyrik London LaMonte' Ponder JVN

🎶: Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.

watch and listen to Etherwell breakdown western narratives of manhood in relation to women and r**e culture that is one of the pillars of today’s modern society. As men we need to dismantle this culture and urge the younger generation to embrace empathy and vulnerability when it comes to sexuality and the need for dominance. We can do better. We don’t have to be monsters.

History tends to repeat itself when left unchecked and is viewed through the lens of white supremacy. White supremacy is a fluid construct that serves the “empire” at will and can expand and contract depending of what can serve it. They can grandfather populations that were discriminated against but can be used in order to serve the purpose of what the system is made for (examples are Irish, Italians, Jews and soon probably white hispanics). This video posted by talks about the banality of evil and how otherwise perfectly “nice” people can commit the worst crimes against humanity when protected by the system and people around them. Please take 6.5 minutes and study this important talk: Arendt’s concept of the “banality of evil”☝🏼‼️

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil is Hannah Arendt’s chilling exploration of the 1961 trial of N**i war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Rather than portraying him as a monstrous sociopath, Arendt famously argues that his crimes stemmed from uncritical thoughtlessness and a blind adherence to state-sponsored bureaucracy, introducing the world to the “banality of evil”.
Arendt’s concept of the “banality of evil” challenges the idea that major atrocities require extreme malice or hatred.
Instead, she shows how ordinary, ambitious bureaucrats can participate in mass destruction simply by ceasing to think for themselves and following the established rules