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OccuWorld<p>“Musk Is Scamming the City of Memphis”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleR</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p><p>Meet Two Brothers Fighting Colossus, Musk’s xAI Data Center.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/GasTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GasTurbines</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/BlackCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HealthCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memphis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>
The Dialectical Communist 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>Black communities have always been the engine for social change in the U.S.</p><p><a href="https://tankie.tube/w/81nAKVCkFHsUS3TeYcpLBm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tankie.tube/w/81nAKVCkFHsUS3Te</span><span class="invisible">YcpLBm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/blackpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackpeople</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/blackcommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackcommunities</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/africanAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africanAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/blackrevolutionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackrevolutionaries</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/psl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psl</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/PartyforSocialismandLiberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyforSocialismandLiberation</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Another <a href="https://beige.party/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> on my reading wishlist.</p><p>White Burgers, Black Cash<br>Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation<br>By: Naa Oyo A. Kwate</p><p>The long and pernicious relationship between <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FastFoodRestaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FastFoodRestaurants</span></a> and the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> community.</p><p>Today, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FastFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FastFood</span></a> is disproportionately located in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackNeighborhoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackNeighborhoods</span></a> and marketed to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a> through targeted <a href="https://beige.party/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a>. But throughout much of the 20th century, fast food was developed specifically for White urban and suburban customers, purposefully avoiding Black spaces. In White Burgers, Black Cash, Naa Oyo A. Kwate traces the evolution in fast food from the early 1900s to the present, from its long <a href="https://beige.party/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacistExclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacistExclusion</span></a> to its current damaging embrace of urban <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCommunities</span></a>.</p><p>Fast food has historically been tied to the country’s self-image as the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LandOfOpportunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandOfOpportunity</span></a> and is marketed as one of life’s simple pleasures, but a more insidious history lies at the industry’s core. White Burgers, Black Cash investigates the complex trajectory of restaurant locations from a decided commitment to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Whiteness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whiteness</span></a> to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/disproportionate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disproportionate</span></a> densities that characterize Black communities today. Kwate expansively charts fast food’s racial and spatial transformation and centers the cities of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> City, and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a>, in a national examination of the biggest brands of today, including <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WhiteCastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCastle</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KFC</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BurgerKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurgerKing</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/McDonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McDonalds</span></a>, and more.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ReadingList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingList</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USBlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USBlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonfiction</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>The Foundation for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FFBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFBC</span></a> announced the recipients of its <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/inaugural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inaugural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackIdeasGrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackIdeasGrant</span></a> (B.I.G): Bridge &amp; Build 2023/24 program. This ground-breaking <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> of over $9.1 million will <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/empower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empower</span></a> 107 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackLed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLed</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackFocused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackFocused</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackServing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackServing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/charitable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charitable</span></a> organizations across <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. The grants will support critical, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CommunityBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityBased</span></a>, solution oriented initiatives.</p><p><a href="https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/foundation-black-communities-announces-historic-100000598.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/foun</span><span class="invisible">dation-black-communities-announces-historic-100000598.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackCanadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCanadians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BIPOCnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOCnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PhilanthropyFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilanthropyFunding</span></a></p>
Rosanita<p>Excited to share my article on climate change, disaster preparedness in Black communities. It’s a call to action for resilience and education. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DisasterPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicVoices</span></a> <a href="https://thefulcrum.us/inclusion-diversity/protect-black-communities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thefulcrum.us/inclusion-divers</span><span class="invisible">ity/protect-black-communities</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AntiBlack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiBlack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> are deeply embedded in our <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> institutions, policies, workplaces and society. The social &amp; economic <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a> of this have been dire for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackPeople</span></a> resulting in a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/multigenerational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multigenerational</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WageFap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WageFap</span></a> for members of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCommunities</span></a> in Canada. This is an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> that must be set right,” said Bea Bruske, President of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CanadianLabourCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianLabourCongress</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a>&nbsp;filed on behalf of Black <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FederalEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalEmployees</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <br><a href="https://canadianlabour.ca/clc-justice-is-long-overdue-for-black-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">canadianlabour.ca/clc-justice-</span><span class="invisible">is-long-overdue-for-black-workers/</span></a></p>