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"Polly" (1989) is a made-for-television musical that aired on NBC's "Magical World of Disney." Disney adapted the movie from the 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter, "Pollyanna," which Disney originally made a version of the novel in 1960 under the same title.-A thread @DisneyPlus 
The 1989 version comprises a majority black cast, and Debbie Allen is responsible for the film's direction. Due to the immense popularity of "The Cosby Show" during the mid to late 80s, the actors saw remarkable success in roles outside of their norm.
Keshia Knight Pulliam and Phylicia Rashad led an excellent cast of actors in one of the most underrated musicals.
This film isn't just any type of musical. It's brilliantly performed and well-made.
This film isn't just any type of musical. It's brilliantly performed and well-made.
Enslaved Teenager Diana Bastian of Nova Scotia
Warning: Disturbing Content
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Warning: Disturbing Content
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Bastian lived most of her life as a slave in obscurity but entered historical consciousness as a result of her rape, pregnancy, and subsequent death.
We can learn of Bastian’s tragic story because of a brief burial-record document inserted in the St. George’s Anglican Church’s burial registry in Sydney. Her story tragically evidences the vulnerability of enslaved African Canadian Black women.
The Atlantic Advocate
The Atlantic Advocate was Nova Scotia's first African Canadian newspaper, incorporated on 8 June 1916.
📜 A thread...
The Atlantic Advocate was Nova Scotia's first African Canadian newspaper, incorporated on 8 June 1916.
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The newspaper covered a range of topics — historical, religious, economic, political, military, literary, social and local.
Community notes appeared from across Nova Scotia, including Amherst, Digby, Halifax, Hammonds Plains, Liverpool, Shelburne, Westville, Weymouth and Wolfville, as well as from New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.
Athlete Harry Jerome (1940-1982)
Olympic Pioneer
Harry Jerome was a legendary athlete who paved the way for future generations of Black athletes.
📜 a thread
Olympic Pioneer
Harry Jerome was a legendary athlete who paved the way for future generations of Black athletes.
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Harry was a Canadian sprinter who set multiple world records in the 1960s, including the 100-meter dash. He broke the Canadian record for the 220 yard dash, and was one of the few runners to hold records in both the 100m and 100 yard dash simultaneously.
He was also an Olympic bronze medalist and a Commonwealth Games gold medalist. He was named BC’s male athlete of the 20th century and was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
The Federation of Black Canadians (FBC)
Black communities across Canada are diverse, resilient, creative, and multifaceted. For the first time in Canada’s history, there are over 1,000,000 Black Canadians who call Canada home.
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Black communities across Canada are diverse, resilient, creative, and multifaceted. For the first time in Canada’s history, there are over 1,000,000 Black Canadians who call Canada home.
📜 a thread...
The FBC is a Pan-Canadian body that discusses the opportunities, contributions, and challenges that exist for people of African descent nationally. (FBC, 2023)
The FBC has the following priorities:
• Total Health
• Criminal Justice Reform
• Community Building
• Economic Security
• Higher Education
• Eliminating Anti-Black Racism
• Total Health
• Criminal Justice Reform
• Community Building
• Economic Security
• Higher Education
• Eliminating Anti-Black Racism
#BlackHistoryMonth
As a physicist, I want to mention some key contributors in my field, beginning with former colleague Jim Stith, past president of the American Association of Physics Teachers, who contributed greatly to elevating Physics Education to research prominence.
As a physicist, I want to mention some key contributors in my field, beginning with former colleague Jim Stith, past president of the American Association of Physics Teachers, who contributed greatly to elevating Physics Education to research prominence.
Stith is also an APS fellow, a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, and a former professor at Ohio State University and at the US Military Academy at West Point.
math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/st…
math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/st…
#BlackHistoryMonth
The late Homer Neal was a leading experimental particle physics researcher, contributing to the ATLAS experiment at CERN, & was distinguished professor and chair at U of Michigan, where he helped oversee a phenomenal renaissance of the department stature.
The late Homer Neal was a leading experimental particle physics researcher, contributing to the ATLAS experiment at CERN, & was distinguished professor and chair at U of Michigan, where he helped oversee a phenomenal renaissance of the department stature.
Alright. I'm on the @blackvotecanada webinar with provincial leaders speaking to the Black community. @CBCAdrianH is moderating. I'm asking an audience question. Here we go. @AndreaHorwath is first. Lemme live-tweet this 🪡
She called out @fordnation for not showing up and I can’t disagree. She talks the unequal impact of the pandemic, systemic racism. Yet doesn’t talk about the police. She tells us that Ford doesn’t give a fuck about Black people. Says the @OntarioNDP does #ontpoli
The @OntarioGreens dude needs better audio. But also calls out @fordnation for not showing up. But does talk about the police. Spends a lot of time acknowledging his privilege in the face of Black ppl’s experiences. This is not a value judgement just reporting #ontpoli
#BlackHistoryMonth wraps up today but we can engage with #BlackExcellence round the year via these #BlackTwitter accounts.
Wherever you live, we invite you to learn more about these #Communities & institutions that are shaping the story of #Canada.
🧵with favourite accounts.
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Wherever you live, we invite you to learn more about these #Communities & institutions that are shaping the story of #Canada.
🧵with favourite accounts.
1/12
@BlackHealthCAN
Join them in their goal to “reduce the racial disparities in health outcomes & promote health & well-being for people from the diverse Black communities in Canada with emphasis on the broad determinants of health, including racism." #BlackHistoryMonth
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Join them in their goal to “reduce the racial disparities in health outcomes & promote health & well-being for people from the diverse Black communities in Canada with emphasis on the broad determinants of health, including racism." #BlackHistoryMonth
2/12
@blackartndialog is "dedicated to supporting, documenting and showcasing the artistic and cultural contributions of Black artists and cultural workers in Canada and internationally." #BHM
Explore their incredible FREE for the public gallery here: bandgallery.com
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Explore their incredible FREE for the public gallery here: bandgallery.com
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (@AdhiamboKE) - Die preisgekrönte Schriftstellerin aus Kenya und Gast beim Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD (@DAAD_Germany) im Jahr 2021.
#BlackHistoryMonth 2022 - #BlackOurStoryMonth #BlackExcellence
#BlackHistoryMonth 2022 - #BlackOurStoryMonth #BlackExcellence
Owuor studierte Anglistik, Geschichte und kreatives Schreiben in Kenya, UK und Australien. Zwischen 2003 und 2005 leitete sie das Zanzibar Film Festival. 2003 erhielt sie den britischen Caine Prize for African Writing für ihr Werk "The Weight of Whispers".
Darüber hinaus erlangten die Werke "Dust" & "The Dragonfly Sea" internationale Aufmerksamkeit. Thematisch behandelt sie die politischen Zusammenhänge in Kenia, sowie die Themen Herkunft, Heimat und die Frage nach Zugehörigkeit.
This 👇🏽👇🏿👇🏻 This is why #BLM exists & why “implicit bias” is not only real but it kills
Why, when you see it, say something, do something
The system changes not by sharing tweets & hashtags but actions & consequences & removal of toxicity from the system
Follow #BlackTwitter
Why, when you see it, say something, do something
The system changes not by sharing tweets & hashtags but actions & consequences & removal of toxicity from the system
Follow #BlackTwitter
Above #MedEd #TikTok improvement: #citeblackwomen who lead this work (not only utilized the savior mindset of Black & brown as victims) #Blackexcellence @citeblackwomen center Black women
Send #SoMe traffic to Black creators & activists. #healthcare twitter.com/i/lists/122380…
Send #SoMe traffic to Black creators & activists. #healthcare twitter.com/i/lists/122380…
Take #sharethemic initiative. It allowed #Blackexcellence to speak thru #influencer accounts to large followings for a day. I looked at before/after numbers, it did NOT drive any additional traffic to the actual accounts of those voices. Resurfacing this:
https://t.co/VZ26WWNxRP
https://t.co/VZ26WWNxRP
At every critical step past the early life & career stage (then rewarded for just delivering)
when protecting loved ones from harm
or #leadership
listening to #BlackExcellence/Black women gave me the framework to understand & the tools to be effective.
time.com/5869662/black-…
when protecting loved ones from harm
or #leadership
listening to #BlackExcellence/Black women gave me the framework to understand & the tools to be effective.
time.com/5869662/black-…
“Model minorities” chase impossible standards? Then let’s try to match of achievement level set by Black women
…who accomplish so much while mislabeled, hated, un-/underpaid, killed, losing their children to violence of others’ fear/anti-Blackness
wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…
…who accomplish so much while mislabeled, hated, un-/underpaid, killed, losing their children to violence of others’ fear/anti-Blackness
wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…
This is NOT the standard:
-keep your access/proximity to power via a politician
-stay in spotlight
-use your credentials (& frowns/soothing tone) to gaslight a nation that deaths occurring not a concern to you
known for a collection of Hermès scarves…& now >700K American deaths
-keep your access/proximity to power via a politician
-stay in spotlight
-use your credentials (& frowns/soothing tone) to gaslight a nation that deaths occurring not a concern to you
known for a collection of Hermès scarves…& now >700K American deaths
Those of us with immigrant backgrounds have NO idea what debt we owe these women for risking their lives so some of us can shop at Whole Foods with other suburban moms, then drive a Lexus home to ride on a Peloton, & think only our own hard work created this access to success.
Those of us who are Muslim have a partial experience of what it is like to be made the face of threat and danger and vilified.
…But “the West “still wants to “save” Muslim women… make us a token or mascot of saviorism & evidence of being a shining city on the hill.
…But “the West “still wants to “save” Muslim women… make us a token or mascot of saviorism & evidence of being a shining city on the hill.
In comparison, the black woman doesn’t have that opportunity to be paraded around as the most recent woman “saved” & celebrated - the tropes are universally harmful & exploitative/pejorative vs Black women in society/media + centuries of economic barriers/being exploited.
“Why be mediocre? Excellence must always be the goal.”
— Opera singer Jessye Norman
#BlackExcellence
— Opera singer Jessye Norman
#BlackExcellence
"Legendary opera singer Jessye Norman elegantly explains why "The Star Spangled Banner" is an un-singable song and that our national anthem should be "#AmericaTheBeautiful"
#RIPJessyeNorman
#RIPJessyeNorman
Important perspective below
When I was a foreign grad & trainee I bought into idea: I just needed to work 3x as hard to get 1/2 as far
At mid-career, my health gave out trying for:
“be the person you needed when you were younger”
& to protect students
this system does not work
When I was a foreign grad & trainee I bought into idea: I just needed to work 3x as hard to get 1/2 as far
At mid-career, my health gave out trying for:
“be the person you needed when you were younger”
& to protect students
this system does not work
Editors of elite journal @JAMA_current question if medical racism is real
the business world gets it
@HarvardBiz
published this on #minoritiesinmedicine #blackexcellence #blm #BlackLivesMatter
#MedTwitter needs #transparency & #Accountability
hbr.org/amp/2018/08/re…
the business world gets it
@HarvardBiz
published this on #minoritiesinmedicine #blackexcellence #blm #BlackLivesMatter
#MedTwitter needs #transparency & #Accountability
hbr.org/amp/2018/08/re…
why can’t elite journals that define #EBM & #datadriven #healthcare
like @JAMA_current
focus on OUTCOMES
as experienced by PATIENTS
Why focus on LABELS certain physicians don’t like to hear?
Am a former regulator
we need quality #data by gatekeepers
medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo…
like @JAMA_current
focus on OUTCOMES
as experienced by PATIENTS
Why focus on LABELS certain physicians don’t like to hear?
Am a former regulator
we need quality #data by gatekeepers
medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo…
Had a fun time talking about #leadership in #STEM (at any stage of career), #BlackExcellence #WomenInSTEM #DEI #DiversityandInclusion to a range of students and faculty at @tennesseetech. Thanks for the invitation @JosephCSlater. Look forward to building further on this.
Talked about ways to take on community level leadership roles to develop skills in acquiring funding, managing a budget, team building, managing people, executing.
Know what you are good at and balance the rest with your team. Don’t try to be it all.
Know what you are good at and balance the rest with your team. Don’t try to be it all.
LOVE being faculty at @MIT this semester for a class on #dataanalytics & #datascience. I tend to PM my mentees, especially women and #blackexcellence to start to prepare questions to ask. Too often people stay silent. Speak up. Never be embarrassed to show #curiosity.
Listening right now to mid-semester progress reports from teams and am feeling like such a proud #datascience #BigData #bigdataanalytics momma. Bear cubs doing good (well AND good in world)
LOVE that this is a space within @MIT that focuses on #SDoH and #equity.
LOVE that this is a space within @MIT that focuses on #SDoH and #equity.
Literally right now, hearing about a study on #socialmedia chatter as a driver of vaccines hesitancy driven by #Twitter - start postulate "cause/effect" by an incident that happens within days after a vaccine - like ppl automatically assume a death is "caused" by vaccine
#MatchDay is one of my fav days on Social Media to see so much #BlackExcellence. Congratulations to all the Black Residents who were matched today...you make us proud! Here is a quick thread on some of their excited reactions. #MatchDay2021 #BlackMDs
We Still Here (day 15 of 28)
The queen of neo soul, Erykah Badu, was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971. She was raised by a single mother in #Dallas, #Texas. 1/
#BHM #HERstory #ShareBlackStories #threadstorytime
The queen of neo soul, Erykah Badu, was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971. She was raised by a single mother in #Dallas, #Texas. 1/
#BHM #HERstory #ShareBlackStories #threadstorytime
Badu started her training in the arts at age 4 and was a cast member at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in her youth. By 14, she was freestyling for a local radio station. 2/
Believing her original name was a “slave name”, Badu decided to spell it as “Erykah” early in life, incorporating the term “kah” which means “inner self”. Her adopted surname, “Badu”, refers to the 10th born child in the native language of Akan people from Ghana. 3/
We Still Here (day 14 of 28)
Wishing you all a day full of love! Today's entry is a bit long, as we pay tribute to Prince's dazzling legacy, and commemorate the many Black struggles that took place in his hometown #Minneapolis, #Minnesota.
#BHM #ShareBlackStories #ShareTheLove
Wishing you all a day full of love! Today's entry is a bit long, as we pay tribute to Prince's dazzling legacy, and commemorate the many Black struggles that took place in his hometown #Minneapolis, #Minnesota.
#BHM #ShareBlackStories #ShareTheLove
Prince Rogers Nelson was born June 7, 1958. A well-rounded entertainer, Prince was a singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, guitar virtuoso, & professional dancer. His eclectic, genre-bending music & flamboyant and androgynous persona forever imprinted on the world.
Born to musician parents with familial roots in Louisiana, Prince Rogers was given his father’s stage & band name and encouraged to explore interests in music. At 7, he wrote his first song, “Funk Machine”, with his father’s piano.
Good morning and welcome to the weekend! Day 13 of our collab with artist Greg Edwards (@GregtheGrouch) features Amanda Gorman, who at 22 is the youngest entry of this series. Her story demonstrates the empowerment that comes with having a voice & creative outlet.
#BHM #thread
#BHM #thread
Poet and activist Amanda Gorman was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1998. She grew up with a speech impediment and has an auditory condition making her hypersensitive to sound.
#HerStory
#HerStory
Facing these conditions, Amanda did not despair. Writing in 2018, she said,
“I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my auditory and vocal skills, I became really good at reading and writing."
#Inspiration
“I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my auditory and vocal skills, I became really good at reading and writing."
#Inspiration
Those of us who affirmed our own agency and power by learning from and with our moms. My mom’s stories are her own but she and I together have unpacked many cultural myths to learn better self compassion, willingness to identify racism, less perfectionism.
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿 @DrvanTilburg
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿 @DrvanTilburg
This is a type of trauma many WOC/POC experience. My mom’s hair is extremely thick, textured. I recall her being very fixated on making sure her own hair & our hair was always incredibly neat.
More recently I’ve come to understand this matches an experience of having black hair.
More recently I’ve come to understand this matches an experience of having black hair.
The so-called “model minority “is taught to align with white culture, to suppress oneself in order to layer under & serve white supremacy.
I have worked to remove internalized racism, colorism, self hate & learned from #blackexcellence on:
chalkbeat.org/2020/1/16/2112…
I have worked to remove internalized racism, colorism, self hate & learned from #blackexcellence on:
chalkbeat.org/2020/1/16/2112…
Have ~ quarter million followers on #LinkedIn & use that space to speak truth to power. Use the power of my voice including on sexual harassment vs women.
In one #healthcare setting, the board hired marketers to cyberstalk employees. Creepy. #MedTwitter
linkedin.com/posts/usnehal_…
In one #healthcare setting, the board hired marketers to cyberstalk employees. Creepy. #MedTwitter
linkedin.com/posts/usnehal_…
My current institution & my alma mater have taken money from #Epstein. #Science & #academia is full of creepy types in positions of power.
It is shocking those who woo a human trafficker donor also cross the line, hire ppl to #cyberstalk own staff? #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter
It is shocking those who woo a human trafficker donor also cross the line, hire ppl to #cyberstalk own staff? #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter
When will we start to listen to the students paying substantial tuition?
Why do students have a superior understanding of #ethics and #traumainformed #education as compared to administrators who earn millions between salary & consulting gigs?
thetech.com/2019/10/23/set…
Why do students have a superior understanding of #ethics and #traumainformed #education as compared to administrators who earn millions between salary & consulting gigs?
thetech.com/2019/10/23/set…
Sooooo....
...how much does @BreneBrown center on Black women, BIPOC, disabled, LGBTQ?
not opposed to all boundaries per se
BUT am a bit skeptical 🤨 🧐 🤔
in context of #DEI & structural inequity & racism
This can serve as a convenient “opt out” as a part time “ally”
...how much does @BreneBrown center on Black women, BIPOC, disabled, LGBTQ?
not opposed to all boundaries per se
BUT am a bit skeptical 🤨 🧐 🤔
in context of #DEI & structural inequity & racism
This can serve as a convenient “opt out” as a part time “ally”
This is a reality for many of us WOC entering spaces defined by white feminists
Am not Black. No one tries to touch my hair. I “pass” in ways that reduces how much I navigate vs get to “be”
When will boundaries of WOC be respected?
(Keep hands to self)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bla…
Am not Black. No one tries to touch my hair. I “pass” in ways that reduces how much I navigate vs get to “be”
When will boundaries of WOC be respected?
(Keep hands to self)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bla…
Is it your boundaries that cause you to quietly, when no one can see or hear, act like this?
..to ✅ “I am a good person” for your own ego
while leaving black woman or BIPOC dealing with all the consequences
plus maybe 😒🤢😡😖😞triggered by flimsy, token support yet again
..to ✅ “I am a good person” for your own ego
while leaving black woman or BIPOC dealing with all the consequences
plus maybe 😒🤢😡😖😞triggered by flimsy, token support yet again
This is very important. I had been preferably using Black gifs for representation.
The nature of #communication is that how you intend it and how others may receive it will pass through many other filters as well as sources of trauma.
When in doubt err on side of caution.
The nature of #communication is that how you intend it and how others may receive it will pass through many other filters as well as sources of trauma.
When in doubt err on side of caution.
While I have not received any feedback that my gif use is inappropriate one should not wait to be told. Going to be sure to apply an additional lens and filter.
Caution: Some who call themselves #communication “experts” may be about promotion rather than reliable #DEI or results
Caution: Some who call themselves #communication “experts” may be about promotion rather than reliable #DEI or results
In particular, when you look at who to trust or emulate on #SciComm or #MedTwitter, take note of who is effective at communicating their point, does not need to delete, can post on important topics with least misinterpretation, while maintaining the broadest audience.
