.@OBEYGIANT: How I'm taking on abuse of power and political corruption in 'On Our Hands' http://t.co/SGgCReo06W pic.twitter.com/DkaCMabQDH

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) September 26, 2015

Public Enemy Speak To A Nation of Billions https://t.co/1Ax9jClmCb via @YouTube

— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) August 16, 2015

More Than Half of Americans Have Social Media Regrets http://t.co/AwlrcBu3Jr via @HuffPostMedia

— Absolut Creative (@AbsolutCreative) July 29, 2015

I wrote this about Twitter but it applies to reddit and all other privately owned platforms online too http://t.co/OevkpVfRrW

— Susie Cagle (@susie_c) July 16, 2015

A Visual History of Inequality in Industrial America

For the last 12 years, LaToya Ruby Frazier has photographed friends, neighbors and family in Braddock, Pennsylvania. But though the steel town has lately been hailed as a posterchild of "rustbelt revitalization," Frazier's pictures tell a different story, of the real impact of inequality and environmental toxicity. In this short, powerful talk, the TED Fellow shares a deeply personal glimpse of an often-unseen world.

The Story of Rachel Dolezal All American

So tell me #Twitter, is there something wrong with wanting to be #Black? Or have you forgotten that Black is everywhere? Go #AskYourself

— Absolut Creative (@AbsolutCreative) June 13, 2015

This uproar over Rachel Dolezal can't really be about the appropriation of Black culture can it? No I don't think so. Rachel Dolezal, All American is an edifying tale of Black like me. And has exposed those long held fears of a Black planet.

The furor is over a white woman identifying so strongly with the Black experience that she has come to think of herself as Black. In this era of gay and transgender awareness I am genuinely offended that media outlets are a buzz about her supposed ethnic subterfuge. The narrative here carries a racist undercurrent; the belief that in America it's acceptable to assimilate if you're ambition is to be white i.e., *whiteish. Historically Asians, Indians, Hispanics and a myriad of other ethnicities have a long and continuing history of assimilation into whiteness american style. Their assimilation has been looked upon favorably as these groups have adopted whiteness in manner and norms, but what has given their acculturation full acceptance is their embracing of racist white ideologies when it comes to encountering Blackness.

And in Rachel Dolezal the world is encountering Blackness. Blackness in favor over whiteness. 

American has a litany of historical figures who have downplayed and denied their Blackness yet white privilege has once again bamboozled social media with the hashtag #AskRachel *post being updated. 7/13/15 And yes I am still writing this post, issues and complications are always at the heart of a good post. Maybe just not this one.

What Could Malcolm X Teach Us in Business? Everything. And More.

“Stumbling is not falling.” Today we remember Malcolm X on what would've been his 90th birthday. pic.twitter.com/jP1jNztmaq

— Elite Daily (@EliteDaily) May 19, 2015