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“Manchester school bans nine-year-old boy from Sierra Leone over parents’ fears he has Ebola” and other Tweeted Links [feat. @Blackamazon]

The Independent [Independent] Manchester school bans nine-year-old boy from Sierra Leone over parents’ fears he has Ebola http://ind.pn/1BQWhov https://twitter.com/Independent/status/519818295877574656/photo/1

BBC Africa [BBCAfrica] Nigerian health workers volunteer to fight #ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

[melissa jacobs [deathrep]]( "melissa jacobs [deathrep]") Study: Rich give less to charity as low and middle income people give more http://www.salon.com/2014/10/06/study_rich_give_less_to_charity_as_low_and_middle_income_people_give_more/ via @Salon

[African Proverbs [AF_Proverbs]]( "African Proverbs [AF_Proverbs]") To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better. ~Wolof Proverb

[Gem Jones [shugnice]]( "Gem Jones [shugnice]") All these black celebrities telling us being black is horrible. Smh This is what happens when you give the brain dead a platform to speak

Salon.com [Salon] Demonstrators interrupt St. Louis Symphony with breathtaking #Ferguson protest [VIDEO] http://slnm.us/kMIpgRa https://twitter.com/Salon/status/519126462340009984/photo/1

the kinte space [KinteSpace] social media will likely make self-described "white people" less concerned about "the other" because of the lack of online "gratitude"

zellie [zellieimani] We don't need statements or press conferences or sound bites from politicians and elected officials. We need justice.

Salamishah Tillet [salamishah] NYTimes: Boston Police Focus on Blacks in Disproportionate Numbers, Study Shows http://nyti.ms/1sfwJS6

TonyHanesPoetry [TonySpr1996] Black Men, sit down and talk to your son/s. These are some serious times we are living in.

the kinte space [KinteSpace] Why America Won't Match Sweden's Cheap, Fast, Competitive Internet Services - Slashdot http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/10/08/1543208/why-america-wont-match-swedens-cheap-fast-competitive-internet-services?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

[Rebecca Enonchong [africatechie]]( "Rebecca Enonchong [africatechie]") The $50 smartphone will drive mobile in Africa http://bit.ly/1qgx2pj

Sydette [Blackamazon] But how is it that women in tech and feminists keep missing this ?

Sydette [Blackamazon] How are we going to imagine multiple identities in multiple dimensions? WITHOUT defaulting to appropriation of people's lives?

Sydette [Blackamazon] How we manage to improve DV for "women " but not Black women and still say all women?

Sydette [Blackamazon] Because folks want credentials and shit and I've been told to brag

Sydette [Blackamazon] I've been a blogger of " note" for nearly ten years , so all these trends yall scrambling about I've been there

Sydette [Blackamazon] And NO THING has changed not a blessed thing

Sydette [Blackamazon] They workshopped on us . They perfected passive aggressive niceness and " important" issues on us

Sydette [Blackamazon] I'm not even angry I'm just wondering what it will take for us to have these conversations

Ayori Selassie [iayori] Our white counterparts are more likely to speak up for themselves and have a healthy sense of entitlement #DDNSiliconValley

Ayori Selassie [iayori] If I have a good idea that the world thinks is a bad idea, I'm going to make a lot of money #DDNSiliconValley

Saharareporters [SaharaReporters] #AIG #Mbu's Dance Of Madness By #CharlesOfoji Read More… http://bit.ly/1sbA7wd https://twitter.com/SaharaReporters/status/519893570007085056/photo/1

Africana WomaNINJA [MelanieCoMcCoy] "What could make a woman become so dark? To lose all sense of her maternity, her womanhood, and her softness?'" https://twitter.com/ZalUIbaorimi/status/520066842887729152

Maria Popova [brainpicker] What books do for the soul and the 4 psychological functions of great literature http://buff.ly/1BW4DLL https://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/520182572257902592/photo/1

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