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Joshua

@activeandwondering / activeandwondering.tumblr.com

Gay. Black. Living in Gods world..
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kind-cult

my uncle’s adopted child’s cousin’s friend’s acquaintace’s sister’s fuck buddy’s kid married a guy from germany so yeah i’m 2% german ;)

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y'all really can’t fathom a dark skin black woman loving herself. the lengths some of you will go to to make sure we still hating ourselves or feel ugly is disgusting. y'all can’t even let us have positivity for ourselves without bringing it back to “other girls” because God FORBID dark skin black girls get some shine for a minute. God FORBID we individually recognize ourselves as beautiful. but nope. y'all can’t let us have anything. y'all hate us and want us to hate ourselves just as much as you do.

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Myya Jones is running for mayor of Detroit.

She is only 22 years old, but don’t let the age fool you:

This motor city native is confident about her chances.

Myya announces her candidacy in January while currently enrolled at Michigan State University.

Despite her school obligations, Detroit’s future is Myya’s priority.

Myya is inexperienced politically, but she is not lacking merit. She’s been a Google ambassador, and intern on Capitol Hill and held two positions on the board of the National Association of Black Accountants.

”I may be the youngest to run for mayor of Detroit, but I’m actually from Detroit. Too often we’ve had people who are coming from the outside to Detroit to see how to progress the city, but they have no idea how people in the city are living,” Myya says.

And Myya has overcome a lot to get to this point.

And in the 5th grade, her mother fell into a deep depression, forcing Myya to take care of her five siblings.

But she isn’t making any excuses for her life, or for the city she loves.

“The biggest thing that’s crippling the city of Detroit is the lack of care in the neighborhoods. So much focus is happening downtown in the midtown area. People have forgotten about the people who live inside the neighborhoods. People have homes, people don’t have jobs. They need more jobs and they need stability, and financial literacy and empowerment. These are things that need to happen inside of the neighborhoods.”

#Detroit #BlackHistoryMonth

Source: twitter.com
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“I met him five years ago. He answered an advertisement that I posted for cleaning services. His place was a mess. He was living like a hermit. He was a hypochondriac. His wife passed away in 2007, so he was just sitting around on the computer and waiting to die. Now we are like family. I visit him every day. We have over 5,000 pictures together. We go shopping. We go on walks. He even cooks now. He has given me a purpose. All of his accomplishments make me proud. Sometimes I feel like I’ve created a monster! He’s become a completely different person.“ (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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