@clayrivers I haven’t watched local news in years. I might give it a try, though I stopped because they begin the show with NYC violence and it gets on my nerves.
"An untold number of farms and ranches across Texas and the rest of the nation may have also used fertilizer made from sewage tainted with these “forever chemicals” — which don’t break down in the environment — without knowing it.”
If Black people knew how to make white people stop being racists, we would have done that 400 fucking years ago. This is on white people. Only you can solve the problem you create.
@clayrivers Well said. 100%. Tbh, I’m always a bit taken aback by white people discussing it in those terms. I’m always left thinking - damn, is it really so fucking hard to see a Black person as a person? I mean, really? It’s hard to wrap the brain around because of the fundamental stupidity of the whole thing.
"Among the updates to the company’s DEI policies, Walmart has also agreed to “review all funding of Pride events,” stop using the term “Latinx” in official communications, restrict the sales of products such as chest binders for transgender shoppers, and terminate the company’s participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index.”
Texas won’t investigate or budge on its abortion law no matter how many women die. WHAT’S IN STORE FOR YOU? Perfect health for life is impossible to come by.
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