Racial Gaslighting

An excerpt from Your Tango - 

How To Know If Someone's Racially Gaslighting You — And 10 Ways To Respond 

By Angelique Beluso

Experiencing racism can be a lonely experience at times. And It's exhausting to have to defend your experience. But in moments like these, it's important to stand your ground and speak your truth. 

There are ways to respond to racial gaslighting that allows you to stand up for yourself while encouraging a healthy discourse. 

Here are a few ways to respond to racial gaslighting:

1. “My experience is not up for debate.”

2. “This is my truth of what happened, please don’t try and invalidate that.”

3. “I would never question if you experienced racism, please don’t question if I did.”

https://www.yourtango.com/2021340295/how-to-know-if-someone-racially-gaslighting-you-ways-to-respond

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More HBCU Love

From Newsone - 

Black History In The Making: 21 HBCU Graduates Who Are Changing The World In 2021

By Bruce C.T. Wright

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Traveling While Black

From the NY Times - 

 

The Black Panthers Revisited

 From the NY Times - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/black-history-month-short-documentaries.html?referringSource=articleShare

Stay Close

 From the NY Times - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/black-history-month-short-documentaries.html?referringSource=articleShare

The Lost Astronaut

 From the NY Times - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/black-history-month-short-documentaries.html?referringSource=articleShare

The story of Keeth Smart

The Orangeburg Massacre

An excerpt from Newsone - 

‘Orangeburg Massacre’ In South Carolina Occurred On This Day In 1968

Written By D.L. Chandler

One of the most stirring tragedies of the civil rights movement during the 1960s took place in the small town of Orangeburg in South Carolina. On this day in 1968, police officers fired in to a crowd of Black students protesting segregation, killing three and wounding 28 others, in what has been called the “Orangeburg Massacre.”

After Black students were denied entry to the Whites-only All Star Bowling Lane alley and began protesting at the establishment’s door, the students — now numbering into the hundreds — gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to demonstrate against the bowling alley. The students were raucous and sparked a bonfire, with the group throwing firebombs and other objects. As an officer put out a fire, he was hit with an unknown object. Police claimed to hear gunfire and began to fire in to the throng.

The police killed three people that day:  Samuel Hammond and Henry Smith, both students at SCSU, and Delano Middleton (all pictured above), a student at nearby Wilkinson High School. 28 others were injured by both gunfire and other weapons, including one pregnant young woman who reported having a miscarriage a week later due to beatings by police.

https://newsone.com/2190700/orangeburg-massacre/

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An HBCU Gets Animation Studio

An excerpt from The Black Detour - 

Bowie State University Makes History Becoming First HBCU With Animation Studio

An animation studio is opening at  Bowie State University, making history becoming  the first historically Black college or university, NBC Washington reported. The university partnered with the Oscar-nominated animation house, LAIKA, to make the animation studio a reality.

“The partnership will enhance BSU’s animation curriculum, with the goal of providing a career pathway for BSU students into the animation industry,” LAIKA said in a statement. LAIKA will fund upgrades to Bowie State’s green screen studio, that will allow stop-motion animation production according to the press release. The art form includes the movement of objects, puppets, filmed at a high rate to create the illusion of movement.

https://theblackdetour.com/bowie-state-university-becomes-first-hbcu-with-a-animation/

I Love FAMU! My HBCU!

An excerpt from The Undefeated - 

My HBCU experience has been life-changing

We are taught to stand tall, be confident and make our presence known

By Marissa Stubbs

My HBCU has served as my haven, a place where I can be unapologetically Black. The discussions that take place in our classrooms go beyond the four walls of our illustrious institutions. Instead, we carry them with us into the real world and apply them to our daily lives. Addressing topics such as racism, police brutality and systematic oppression helps us see where we as students can come in and help make a change.

Every time I step on campus, I feel like I belong and I’m protected. After graduating, I will be sure to carry the lessons I’ve learned and apply them to my everyday life. Choosing an HBCU was one of the best decisions I’ve made, and I will forever be grateful for the knowledge my university has instilled in me.

https://theundefeated.com/features/my-hbcu-experience-has-been-life-changing/

Bird

 

Nolan Richardson talking about Larry Bird might be the funniest clip you see on Twitter today 😂 pic.twitter.com/cDKoPMfJuT

— Tye Richardson 🐗 (@TyeSportsRadio) February 11, 2021