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“Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year—it is the struggle of a lifetime. Be persistent and consistent. We shall overcome.” REST IN GLORY #JohnLewis #GoodTrouble 🙏🏽
Elaine Welteroth
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Elaine Welteroth
@ElaineWelteroth
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- Until you have survived generations of inequality without relief or retribution, you may not lead the conversation on what an appropriate response to inequality looks like.
- This is a pic of the day I met @MichelleObama. I was 21 & an asst. on the set of her @EBONYMag cover shoot. Today, at 31, I’ll be moderating a convo with her in DC for @BetterMakeRoom on the importance of pursuing higher education. Full circle! Tune into the livestream at 11:15a!
- What is for you won’t pass you.
- .@TeenVogue IS LOOKING FOR FRESH VOICES TO FEATURE AS FREELANCE WRITERS. Pls send pitches+writing samples to [email protected]
- Smug. Combative. Disrespectful. Angry. Whiny. These are the virtues of PRIVILEGE. No woman & certainly no BLACK woman) could ever get away with such bad behavior at this level. Not even under the most extraordinary circumstances. The double standards on display are sickening.
- 5.10.20 ❤️💫 Some things only come around once in a lifetime. This love. That day. Our moment. Too divinely aligned to let it pass us by. Let this be remembered as the day LOVE. COULD. NOT. BE. CANCELLED. Story by @voguemagazine vogue.com/slideshow/elai… Photo by @Micaiahcarter
- OMG MOM I GOT THE JOB @thetalkcbs 💥 Sooo, I guess I’ll be seeing you guys in your homes on national freaking television EVERY DAY!!
- Black Americans are murdered for jogging in white neighborhoods—meanwhile white Trump supporters have just raided THE WHITE HOUSE and everyone is still standing. THIS IS AMERICA
- I hope you take the time today to water your roots and nourish your soul.
- When switching jobs or careers to escape burnout, remember your bad habits are as transferable as your skill set. Consider resetting boundaries part of your new job description — any external change requires internal work.
- Do not condemn what you do not understand. Do not condemn a people’s response to pain you’ve never had to feel. Do not condemn a fight that you are not a part of. #BlackLivesMatter
- If you are still unsure what part to play in times of protest, try NOT appointing yourself judge of a people whose constant pain you’ve had the privilege to ignore.
- THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A MOVIE. IT IS A MOVEMENT. IT'S ALSO BLACK HISTORY IN THE MAKING. I saw it today and cried my eyes out. For so many reasons. If you love film. If you love fantasy. If you believe in chasing the light during times of darkness...BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW.