clayrivers

clayrivers , 6 days ago to blackmastodon

Here’s something a little different from me ...

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.

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon
@ruud

#DonaldDuck #cosplay #Guatemala

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

clayrivers , 6 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “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.

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

#JimCrow #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon

ohfweekly.org/jim-crow-era/

clayrivers , 8 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “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.

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

#JimCrow #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/jim-crow-era/

clayrivers , 21 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “The First Allies of George Floyd”

This editor’s letter was originally published by OHF Weekly on April 2, 2021. We reproduce it in its entirety to commemorate the third anniversary of Mr. Floyd’s death.

#BlackMastodon #GeorgeFloyd #RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/e-vol-5-no-19/

clayrivers , 21 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Visiting the Free State of George Floyd”
By William Spivey

In the Free State of George Floyd, the freedom mentioned is more aspirational than real. Black people—and Minnesotans—are no better off than before.

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

#BlackMastodon #GeorgeFloyd #Inclusion #RacialEquity

https://www.ohfweekly.org/free-state-of-george-floyd/

clayrivers , 21 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “My Allyship Advocacy: How It Started. How It’s Going.”

EIC @clayrivers on collaborations with international writers and editors about racism; a brief hiatus; PLUS tips for impactful advocacy.

#BlackMastodon #RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/my-allyship/

clayrivers , 22 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “My Allyship Advocacy: How It Started. How It’s Going.”

EIC @clayrivers on collaborations with international writers and editors about racism; a brief hiatus; PLUS tips for impactful advocacy.

#BlackMastodon #RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/my-allyship/

clayrivers , 23 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “My Allyship Advocacy: How It Started. How It’s Going.”

EIC @clayrivers on collaborations with international writers and editors about racism; a brief hiatus; PLUS tips for impactful advocacy.

#BlackMastodon #RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/my-allyship/

clayrivers , 23 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “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

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion

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

clayrivers , 24 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 “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

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

#Allyship #BlackMastodon #Gentrification #RacialEquity #Racism

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

clayrivers , 26 days ago to blackmastodon

💛 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

#Racism #BlackHistory #RacialEquity #Inclusion #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

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

BigAngBlack , 1 month ago to blackmastodon

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

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

#BlackFriday
#BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon
@BlackMastodon

clayrivers , 1 month ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Diversifying Citizen Science Projects”

Citizen science projects tend to attract white, affluent, well-educated volunteers — here’s how we recruited a more diverse group to identify lead pipes in homes.
—@TheConversationUS

#Inequity #TheEnvironment #Inclusion #LeadPipes #LeadinWater

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/diversifying-citizen-science-projects/

clayrivers , 2 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Wharlest Jackson Died for Our Rights”

Tradeswomen have jobs today because of decades of organizing by Black workers
By Molly Martin

#AffirmativeAction #Allyship #Inclusion #RacialEquity

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/wharlest-jackson/

clayrivers , 2 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Michael Che, the Enlightenment, and Whiteness”
By Rebecca Hyman

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.

#RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion #Gentrification

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon
https://www.ohfweekly.org/hyman-michael-che-the-enlightenment-and-whiteness/

clayrivers , 2 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Love One Another (2024)”

Let’s stop the denials, the what-aboutism, and the gaslighting and get about the real business of dismantling racism and extending the love of Christ to everyone.
@clayrivers
OHF Weekly Editor in Chief

#Allyship #BlackMastodon #Inclusion #Love #RacialEquity #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/love-one-another-2024/

clayrivers , 2 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Love One Another (2024)”

Let’s stop the denials, the what-aboutism, and the gaslighting and get about the real business of dismantling racism and extending the love of Christ to everyone.
@clayrivers
OHF Weekly Editor in Chief

#Allyship #BlackMastodon #Inclusion #Love #RacialEquity #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/love-one-another-2024/

clayrivers , 2 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Love One Another (2024)”

Let’s stop the denials, the what-aboutism, and the gaslighting and get about the real business of dismantling racism and extending the love of Christ to everyone.
@clayrivers
OHF Weekly Editor in Chief

#Allyship #BlackMastodon #Inclusion #Love #RacialEquity #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/love-one-another-2024/

clayrivers , 2 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “So Tell Me, What Type of Racist Are You?”

A Tapestry Poem by Jesse Wilson

#Poetry #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/so-tell-me/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Renewing in Hope”

Guest Editor’s Letter by @stephenmatlock on the reality that every effort to achieve racial equity will be opposed and why we cannot simply give up.

Our Black History Month 2024 wrap-up (Tapestry Poems, Articles, Editorials, and Newsletters), and a quote by Tony Ross.

#RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-5

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “What’s Wrong with White Feminism?”

The fight for gender equality has undergone several iterations over the centuries. Yet some aspects need to evolve if we ever hope to achieve success. More than that, we need to re-think what we call success if our goal is truly equality. We need to answer equality for whom and why.
–@sherrylkk

#BlackMastodon #InternationalWomensDay #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-6/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “My Reflections on Racism: An Irish Approach”

Educator and poet Sylvia Wohlfarth shares her thoughts on racism in light of Ireland’s plans to become free of racial discrimination.

#Racism #Ireland

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/my-reflections/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “My Reflections on Racism: An Irish Approach”

Educator and poet Sylvia Wohlfarth shares her thoughts on racism in light of Ireland’s plans to become free of racial discrimination.

#Racism #Ireland

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/my-reflections/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Renewing in Hope”

Guest Editor’s Letter by @stephenmatlock on the reality that every effort to achieve racial equity will be opposed and why we CANNOT simply give up.

Our Black History Month 2024 wrap-up (Tapestry Poems, Articles, Editorials, and Newsletters), and a quote by Tony Ross.

#RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-5

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Renewing in Hope”

Guest Editor’s Letter by @stephenmatlock on the reality that every effort to achieve racial equity will be opposed and why we cannot simply give up.

#RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/e-vol-6-no-5

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

Oops. Sorry about that broken link, gang. It should be fine now. The guest editorial is phenomenal.

Here’s a cleaned up version ... you know, just in case, you’d like to try it again.

Thanks.

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💛 “Renewing in Hope”

Guest Editor’s Letter by @stephenmatlock on the reality that every effort to achieve racial equity will be opposed and why we cannot simply give up.

#RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-5

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Renewing in Hope”

Guest Editor’s Letter by @stephenmatlock on the reality that every effort to achieve racial equity will be opposed and why we cannot simply give up.

#RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-5

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Renewing in Hope”

Guest Editor’s Letter by @stephenmatlock on the reality that every effort to achieve racial equity will be opposed and why we cannot simply give up.

PLUS our Black History Month 2024 wrap-up (Tapestry Poems, Articles, Editorials, and Newsletters), and a quote by Tony Ross.

#RacialEquity #Allyship #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-5

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Anger, Racism, and Black Women”

Editorial by @sherrylkk on the interplay of acceptable anger, America’s social caste, and gender.

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-4/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Calling All Poets to Tapestry"

Tapestry, a new section of OHF Weekly devoted to poetry, celebrates both our similarities and differences, but most of all our shared humanity.

#Allyship #Inclusion #Poetry #RacialEquity

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/calling-all-poets-to-tapestry/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Why Black History Month 2024 is the Most Important Ever”

Black History is under attack, including attacks on Affirmative Action; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), continued voter suppression, and new laws designed to make voting harder for young people and minorities. This is in part to erase the history that created the need to address various wrongs.
—William Spivey

#BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/black-history-month-2024/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

"💛 “Black History Yesterday, Today, and Forever”
Editorial from OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 3: On Black History writ large and small in the world and in our lives, by @clayrivers.

#Allyship #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon #Inclusion #RacialEquity

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/editorial/e-vol-6-no-3/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Anti-Racism 101: Own Your Racism”

Point out sexist or homophobic behaviour, say, and they’ll try to laugh it off. But racism? They’re outraged. Most of us will declare we’re anti-racist, but few of us are genuinely, actively anti-racist.
—Rebecca Berry

#Allyship #Inclusion #RacialEquity

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/anti-racism-101/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Anger, Racism, and Black Women”

Editor’s Letter
Frederick Douglass: An American in Ireland (Parts I, II, and III)
“Anti-Racism 101”
“Let’s Talk Black Excellence”
and a quote by Thurgood Marshall

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-4/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “So Tell Me, What Type of Racist Are You?”

A Tapestry Poem by Jesse Wilson

#Poetry #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/so-tell-me/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

"💛 “To All the Beautiful Black Women”

A Tapestry Poem by Sherry Kappel

#Poetry #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon #BlackWomen

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/to-all-the-beautiful/"

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Anger, Racism, and Black Women”

Editor’s Letter
Frederick Douglass: An American in Ireland (Parts I, II, and III)
“Anti-Racism 101”
“Let’s Talk Black Excellence”
and a quote by Thurgood Marshall

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-6-no-4/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Black History Yesterday, Today, and Forever”
Editorial from OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 3: On Black History writ large and small in the world and in our lives.

#Allyship #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon #Inclusion #RacialEquity

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/editorial/e-vol-6-no-3/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “So Tell Me, What Type of Racist Are You?”

A Tapestry Poem by Jesse Wilson

#Poetry #Racism

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/so-tell-me/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

“Anti-Racism 101: Own Your Racism”

Point out sexist or homophobic behaviour, say, and they’ll try to laugh it off. But racism? They’re outraged. Most of us will declare we’re anti-racist, but few of us are genuinely, actively anti-racist.
—Rebecca Berry

#Allyship #Inclusion #RacialEquity

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/anti-racism-101/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Why Black History Month 2024 is the Most Important Ever”

Black History is under attack, including attacks on Affirmative Action; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), continued voter suppression, and new laws designed to make voting harder for young people and minorities. This is in part to erase the history that created the need to address various wrongs.
—William Spivey

#BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/black-history-month-2024/

clayrivers , 3 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “The Race Massacres They Never Taught Us About in School”
We all say we want our children to have the very best education, but is it really in their best interests to not tell them what we have done wrong, to not show them America’s feet of clay?
—Glenn Rocess

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon #RacialEquity #Inclusion

@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon
@blackmastodon

https://www.ohfweekly.org/the-race-massacres-they-never-taught-us-about-in-school/