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“Low-income black fathers want to be good dads. The system won’t let them” and other tweeted links…

KOLUMN Magazine [KOLUMN_Magazine] Low-income black fathers want to be good dads. The system won't let them | The Guardian [kolumnmagazine.com][twitter.com]

Randal Maurice Jelks [drjelks] Despite the pernicious stereotype of the absent black father, black fathers actually spend more time providing care to their children than Latino and white fathers, according to a national study conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). [theguardian.com]

Marcus. [Marcus_OTF] This man was shot at 4:30 this morning in Chicago and they had his body covered up as if he was dead. Paramedics didn’t even try to save him until someone pointed out that he was still breathing smh.. [twitter.com]

The Crisis Magazine [thecrisismag] Atlanta mayor signed an executive order on Wednesday prohibiting Atlanta's jails from accepting new detainees of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. #AbolishICE#KeepFamiliesTogether[abcnews.go.com]

Malika Bilal [mmbilal] After Winning $148K Settlement, Teen Violently Arrested At 2015 Pool Party Plans On Hosting Another To 'Redo The Experience' [buff.ly]

Malika Bilal [mmbilal] “How can the US call itself the greatest country in the world when it won’t even honor the treaties that founded this country?” Sicangu Lakota hip-hop artist Frank Waln joins @AJStream today. Have a read & share your Qs: [buff.ly][twitter.com]

BBC News Africa [BBCAfrica] Burning Cameroon: Images you're not meant to see [bbc.in]

the kinte space [KinteSpace] African diplomats hail Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti rail line [youtu.be] via @cgtnafrica

the kinte space [KinteSpace] is France really losing money trying to control Africa? [youtube.com]@VisualPolitik => @Ajairah1#Senegal#CIFA

the kinte space [KinteSpace] 'Rentquake' as amount spent by renters approaches mortgage payments [independent.co.uk]

the kinte space [KinteSpace] Asbestos exposure at West Los Angeles apartment complex leaves 15 people displaced [abc7.com]

the kinte space [KinteSpace] 5 Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes and Shoes [hbr.org]

Mark Anthony Neal [NewBlackMan] "I think of Black Lives Matter as being not only a direct result of police violence but of how black death became an obsession in American mass media." Interview with @Danez_Smif[thewhitereview.org]

This Is Africa [ThisIsAfricaTIA] The Lions of Teranga are the only team from Africa with an African coach in the #WorldCup Aliou Cissé who was a former player for Birmingham City and later Portsmouth. #TeamAfrica Photo: Twitter/footballSenegal [twitter.com]

BlackPast.org [BlackPastOnline] June 20: The Detroit Race Riot began #OTD in 1943 and lasted approximately 24 hours. It is considered one of the worst riots of the World War II era. 25 blacks (17 by police) and 9 whites were killed during the violence. Read more: [bit.ly][twitter.com]

Ruth H. Hopkins [RuthHHopkins] June 25 is the anniversary of The Battle of Little Big Horn, or as the Lakota call it, Greasy Grass. On that day in 1876, we defeated U.S. armed forces, led by George Armstrong Custer, on home soil. I’m often asked how Standing Rock happened. Read this. [lastrealindians.com]

Left of Black [LeftOfBlack] 'Journalist Howard Bryant discusses the history of social protest among African-American athletes. His new book, The Heritage, traces the tradition back to Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and others.' [newblackmaninexile.net] via @NPRFreshAir[twitter.com]

Crimes of Britain [crimesofbrits] Benin City was burned to the ground by the British in 1897. Much of the loot ended up in the British Museum and remains there to this day. [twitter.com]

Sankofa TravelHer [SankofaTravelHr] Remembering the brothers and sister of Mother Emanuel AME Church who lost their lives on this day three years ago. [twitter.com]

Angie Thomas [angiecthomas] I'm a black girl from Mississippi who sometimes didn't have lights. Sometimes my family was on welfare. I'm straight from the hood, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. The trailer just dropped for a movie based on a book I wrote. Nothing is impossible. With that, bye Twitter 😂

Black Art Project [BlackArtProject] Nina Simone's Childhood Home Gets 'National Treasure' Designation - [goo.gl]

Sua'ad (Daughter of Frantz Fanon) [Ajairah1] Dr Matshidiso Moeti from Botswana is the first woman WHO Regional Director for Africa. She is a physician of public health and the main reason I am doing an MSc in Public Health and Epidemiology. My dream, to be WHO Regional Director for Africa. [twitter.com]

Kecia Ford [klford7602] While the country was distracted, this happened. Michigan is trying to erase civil rights from textbooks. [freep.com]

BBC News Africa [BBCAfrica] Bloodless malaria test invented by Ugandans [bbc.in]

Mark Anthony Neal [NewBlackMan] "emerging research suggests that a key problem remains underappreciated. It involves kids’ development, but it’s probably not what you think. More than screen-obsessed young children, we should be concerned about tuned-out parents." [theatlantic.com]

OWL [OwlsAsylum] It feels like Twitter's days as a tool for disruption and agitation are done. I just do not see enough evidence that this is any more than a glorified rss feed and echo chamber shared by solidly opposing sides seeking imaginary brownie points.

Jan McVicker [JanMcVicker] The Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem via @NYTimes[nyti.ms]

the kinte space [KinteSpace] A CO2 Shortage is Causing a Beer and Meat Crisis in Britain [news.slashdot.org]

the kinte space [KinteSpace] After being pulled from a spaceflight in January, Jeanette Epps speaks up [arstechnica.com]

Black Art In America [BAIAONLINE] NY Times Article: Why have There Been No Great Black Art Dealers? Is paid propaganda at best or editorial neglect to say the least. [blackartinamerica.com][twitter.com]

Delores Edwards [deeadrian] Here is one of the stories that I produced that was recently nominated for an Emmy. It is an interstitial that ran during the Vietnam series on a local vet. Enjoy. Check out Ervin "Tootsie" Russell in his own words. [to.pbs.org]

SchomburgCenter [SchomburgCenter] Birthday of painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859) #todayinblackhistory[twitter.com]

Shadow and Act [shadowandact] .@HBO orders 'Storm Over Brooklyn' — Doc on Yusuf Hawkins, the black teen murdered by a group of white youths in 1989 Bensonhurst [buff.ly][twitter.com]

Black Truth Manifesto [ZuluPanther] I'm not just criticizing black celebrities because I'm jealous of their money. Are you insane? Our people are dying, and this entire planet is sinking into chaos. And this is happening because so many are worshiping at the alter of white capitalist illusion.

Mark Anthony Neal [NewBlackMan] .@JulieDash interviews #OctaviaButler (1995) [vimeo.com]

AM2DM by BuzzFeedNews [AM2DM] A poet's job is to investigate the way language is used and weaponized against people – Roger Reeves [twitter.com]

Grace Hughes [_grace_hughes] Dionne Brand. Canadian poet, novelist, essayist, filmmaker, educator whose works explore postcolonial identity. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, northern South America, West Indes. 'She’s a wanderer' author profile at Quill and Quire : [quillandquire.com]

the kinte space [KinteSpace] Couple taps into Mexico City's creativity with frugal design [youtu.be] via @kirstendirksen

the kinte space [KinteSpace] The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids by Alexandra Lange @LangeAlexandra[amazon.com][twitter.com]

the kinte space [KinteSpace] Gaming for Everyone: Blacks in Gaming GDC Feature [youtu.be] [the Lawson family]

soulPhoodie [soulphoodie] Jollof Rice Sushi via @AfricanChow[twitter.com]

Sua'ad (Daughter of Frantz Fanon) [Ajairah1] The most objectionable thing is the way Africans resort to the perjorative use of the term paganism to describe and diminish African religions and with it, demean their diverse and vibrant cultures. The fact so few care is the surest sign that colonialist indoctrination succeeded

the kinte space [KinteSpace] @Ajairah1 And this logical, academically disciplined response falls on deaf, narcissistic American ears, dismissing the pain of systematic, generational betrayal and murder with trivial, beauty-pagent, attention-whore jealousy 👶🙀👮childlike and forever in the present💅

Sua'ad (Daughter of Frantz Fanon) [Ajairah1] I can only concur that we can be prejudicial towards whites but not racist. Racism is socio-economic, with systemic structures which promote one race’s powers over another. We do not have the resources to impose such oppressive structures which enforce superiority. [twitter.com]

Paula Akpan [paulaakpan] Being a black woman is a lot you know. Imagine being undermined in subtle ways almost every day, mined for your creativity - often without credit - and seen as the bottom of the heap. And yet you’re still expected to save the day & churn out emotional labour for free. Imagine.

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