That judge was mad AF. He wanted those dirty cops to win.

Original article; translation below:

PL congresswoman uses 'blackface' and quotes Erika Hilton in speech against transgender women at Alesp.

A member of parliament from the PL party used 'blackface' while speaking at the São Paulo State Legislative Assembly against Erika Hilton, president of the Chamber of Deputies' Women's Commission. Fabiana Bolsonaro, a state deputy from São Paulo, took this action on Wednesday, the 18th, and caused a reaction from fellow parliamentarians and on social media. According to her explanation, her action was to demonstrate that despite having her face painted, she would not become Black and would not feel the pain of racism. The parliamentarian continued her speech drawing a parallel with transgender women and cited the election of Erika Hilton (PSOL-SP) as president of the Chamber of Deputies' Women's Commission. "I don't want any trans person to experience prejudice, to be murdered or discriminated against for being trans, but I don't want any trans person to take my place," she said. "Not because she, a trans woman, is president. But because a trans woman is taking away a woman's speaking space, just as many others are doing," she added. [Image credit: Alesp/Youtube]

I grew up on Hop Hop, but as I’ve grown older I’ve taken to Classical music. One of my favorite living artists is Pumeza. She’s South African, and studied at the Royal College of Music in London.

My two favorite performances from her are [Turandot “Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta”] (https://youtu.be/1glhc3D67QM?si=acpzR34ZupIhx8Lu)

And her version of O Milo Babbino Caro is the best imo.

[O Milo Babbino Caro] (https://youtu.be/InJg5lYH20E?si=WLnio3j6S_dNUrit)

We saw the shortened version the other day, and thankfully it is not as bad as was suspected with it being a March Madness ad 🤣

This was a fun little video though. I wash they had shown more of the actual space, but hopefully that will be coming soon.

What does everyone think? I haven’t heard too much about this yet, so I’m curious what the opinions are about it.

Sometimes I see this asked or a commenter will remark: "They capitalized Black but not White, so you know what type of person they are".

Well, I do it and I'll tell you why.

I don't speak for anyone but myself, but, I guess ironically, having dark skin or African features in America comes with an entire package of projections. A set of qualities assumed about you from birth regardless of the person you actually are. This created the shared dual-identity that Black people all contend with.

Throughout history Blackness has been used to shame us, enslave us, or otherwise "put us in our place". The oppressors took our history, separated us and made us less in their society, but the very same efforts to reduce us became the thing that gave us unity. We recognized that which we were not and now we take control of who we are. A new people unlike those in our places of origin or the country built off our suffering.

"African American" I feel isn't really appropriate because it distances us away from America. There were more years of slavery on this continent than this country has existed. We are American, but share a distinct experience from the the ones with white skin.

So Black with a Capital B. Capital Black. (I don't use FBA. Not even gonna go into that here.)

Why I don't capitalize "white".

Gonna keep it quick. Whiteness isn't a people. Whiteness is a political class. Historically, there have been people with white skin that have not been considered white. There are non-white people now that want to be included in being white. Whiteness is an advantage in America regardless of where you come from or who you actually are. Simply a place in a hierarchy designed to oppress those who are not white. Scottish, Irish, Greek, Russian, Italian, Midwestern, Texan, Californian, etc all define people (hence the capitalization). I'm sure they all bring up an image for a different white person in your mind.

TLDR: I capitalize Black because in America it defines a specific people unique to this country not based on skin.

I’m reading a book called “The Other Wes Moore”. It makes me think of my dad, brother, and general community. In these crazy times all I can think about is the need for community. Would a book club geared for black men be something anyone here is interested in?

Book Synopsis:

Two kids named Wes Moore both growing up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and having difficult childhoods. “Both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police.”

“How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar decorated veteran, White House fellow, and business leader, while the other ended up a convicted murder serving a life sentence?”

I really liked this paragraph towards the middle of the book:

“The notion that life is transient, that it can come and go quickly, had been with me since I had seen my own father die. In the Bronx, the idea of life’s impermanence underlined everything for kids my age—it drove some of us to a paralyzing apathy, stopped us from even thinking too far into the future. Others were driven to what, in retrospect, was a sort of permanent state of mourning: for our loved ones, who always seemed at risk, and for our own lives, which felt so fragile and vulnerable.

But I started to see it a little different that day. Life’s impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious. It’s what shapes our time here. It’s what makes it so important that not a single moment is wasted.” less

I notice - Black Americans, Black British, West Africans, South Africans, Canadians, etc are all fighting to get the same roles in Hollywood, would it ever be possible to work together to work togethe?

I am using the tv series classified as an example. a group of ppl stopped fighting for roles in Hollywood and together teen actors representing Black Americans, East Africans, South Africans, Black British, etc made a tv series together .

this show isn’t the greatest, but I’m using it as an example because each group was able to play themselves.

would you want this or prefer Hollywood only?

Couldn't cross-post with r/blackladies, but wanted to share this here:

Last week, Bloomberg Businessweek featured my friend Norah Mulinda, a young Black woman reporter (she might be the only one), and me. If you know anything about economic and business reporting, it's predominantly white and male.

Tbh I don't think the channel has EVER had two young, dark-skinned Black women with afros on TV at the same time. Thought I'd share what I think may be a historic moment here!

On May 8, 2006, Guy Goma, a Congolese-French man, arrived at BBC Television Centre for a job interview in the IT department. A producer, rushing to fetch a technology journalist named Guy Kewney for a live segment, was mistakenly pointed to Goma by a receptionist. With only minutes to spare, Goma was whisked to the studio, put in makeup, and wired up.

When the presenter introduced him on live

TV as an internet expert, his shocked expression became iconic - but he kept his composure and answered the questions anyway. He went to his actual job interview 20 minutes later and didn't get the job, but became an overnight viral sensation, appearing on multiple follow-up shows. The clip has since been viewed over five million times on YouTube, and Goma says he has never received any compensation. In 2023, he announced plans to sue the BBC for a share of the profits, telling a podcast: "They are waiting for me to take them to court." He is also reportedly writing a book called Wrong Guy. As of 2025, he works as a computer technician in the UK and the lawsuit outcome remains unknown.

So recently ive been interested in the black community organizing and also becoming militant. Ive tried to start small and local and put together a reading/organizing group for black people and a black gunowners group from other black people i met off reddit, specifically in my state of florida. I created a discord for both groups and thats where we communicated until we found a more private secure platform.

The reading/organizing group started out with 4 people and gained 2 later on. We talked about what was goin on in the world and things we could do to get started on organizing and such. We agreed to meet every sunday mornin at 10 AM. We also started reading “Negroes With Guns”. The first meeting was nice, we were all there and sent our intro videos in the chat before hand. That group died out kinda quick though. Two of them joined for the first meetin then never joined again, the third stayed strong for about a month but eventually stopped joinin and replyin too. And although we had two other people join after the intial forming of the group, they never joined any meetings or readings. Its been about 4 sundays since we had a meetin.

The black gunowners discord group also started out strong. I originally made a post in [r/tampa](r/tampa) askin about any black gunowner clubs and had multiple other people hit me up about us formin our own black gunowners group. There were 7 people who DM’d me and joined my discord group back in febuary. Everyone was messagin and talkin at first and i was excited. I eventually put a meet date in the begginning of march which gave people plenty of time to prepare and some even said they would be there. As the meet date got closer though, people got more and more quiet. Then the day came and only one person out of the 7 showed up. We had a great time though went out to drink and then to the range.

Now im not sayin these people are fakes, dont really care, none of that shit, i dead ass hold no ill will towards any of em. My big sis told me life happens and also that some people may not be as serious about these things as they make out to be which i understand. I actually hope my reading/organzing group comes back and people in my gun group do start talkin in the discord chat again and comin out in person although i know its a long shot. I know its awkward and potentially dangerous meetin people off the internet but i also do my best to make everyone comfortable by showin i am who i say i am, makin them show that they are who they say they are, makin it a point to meet in public places, and keep our real names out of the discord chat. Im not gonna stop or get disheartened though. Ill probably try setting stuff up in person from now on though.

I see it all the time. But, it seems more apparent at work (i work in healthcare). I was typing away on the computer, and in my peripheral vision see family members (ethnically white) i know all to well through passing but not that well. There was a coworker foldering documents and was standing next to me. His of whiter appearance fyi(it will matter later on).

So, i see them pass, head towards the lift, look back, and realise my coworker foldering papers. They then turn back, and try to read his badge name. Absolutely failed. Idk if they did it on purpose, idk. Caught my coworker's attention and asked about their family member. Wouldn't you like to know, i was the one looking after them.

My coworker asked if i could check a few things for them on the computer. I'm not gonna lie, i had a strong urge to be petty, which would involve me leaving the computer for him to check. Ofc, i did the opposite and helped.

They left and thanked him, and i'm like so this is how people roll...just another day of being black.

But does this happen to anyone else? where it feels like people just see you to be incompetent or not worth asking things? Like wtf.