Ann Elizabeth

@diggysbaby.blacksky.app

"Bitch, I'm Black"

There. Are. No. Trans. Women. In. The. WNBA. This whole conversation is a racist trap and long circuitous argument that always comes back to insulting cisgender Black women by calling them not women. In particular it attacks: Brittany Griner, Liz Cambage, and A'Ja Wilson.

I haven't seen it anywhere today, so I guess ill bring it up. It was 10 years ago today that Baltimore police murdered 23yr old Korryn Gaines and also shot her young son, who survived. Names like Korryn Gaines are why the #SayHerName movement began, as Black women's names are often forgotten

Then 23 year old Korryn Gaines and her young son taking a selfie in the car

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That’s basically what the dress code is in my system and it’s been life changing. Wear clothes and shoes, don’t show me anything I don’t want to see, no hateful/violent/sexual content. We don’t have to fight over hoodies or how wide someone’s tank top straps are and everyone can show up as they are.

I’m already exhausted by the respectability politics of this back to school season, specifically as it relates to dress code. Bonnets don’t stop kids from learning, and Black girls don’t need more policing in schools. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.