A holiday specifically commemorating the emancipation experience of Black Americans is being rebranded, remixed, or centered around other groups while Black Americans are expected to celebrate it.
I hope the FBA has rallied to support Karmelo Anthony. All that debating about who is Black and which Blackness matters is champ. Get in the field for justice fr
Being Black American is the greatest thing in the world. I have no real attachments to no one place, city, borough, or block bc my family is EVERYWHERE. Iβm literally loved & feel at home every where I go in this entire country π€π€π€.
If you never shopped at Jimmy Jazz, Conway, Pathmark, Modells, or never had a regents test in high school, or a green metro card, you canβt claim youβre from NYC
Karmelo Anthony's mother and father on Thursday's 'CBS Mornings'...
"My son didn't intend to hurt anyone. My son was defending himself."
"What stuck out to me, number one, was the all-white jury, but I was trying to be, you know, like, all right, it's not that big of a deal. I mean, the truth is on our side."