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April 20, 2021: “In a Beloved Community, We... .”

 

YOUR META WELCOMES YOU TO THE YEAR TWENTY-AUGHT-TWENTY AND ONE!

 


 

Welcome to another year of hope, relevance, relief, self-awareness and SELF-CARE-NESS! We've brought you:

 

VIRTUAL INSANITY!


AMERICA'S DEBT COLLECTORS

 

PLUS: *In a Beloved Community; CHEESE FRIES DAY and PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE DAY; Lima Beans Bay *retches*!




AND we're still serving up music, mindful, and META: ALLLLL the things YOUR BLACK META does with PASSION AND PANACHE!




 
 
 
 
 
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WORDSofWISDOM&RELEVENCE



*“A beloved world community is a moral cosmopolitan commonwealth formed through nonviolent social change. It is formed by people engaged in the earnest struggle to get to know one another. In a beloved community, we understand that we are still progressing toward our highest ideals. We are still growing into a greater understanding of what is is to be human. That elevated sense of what it means to be a human being has not yet arrived in our world, and we must be fiercely committed to helping one another achieve it. To that end, the beloved community provides everyone in the human commonwealth with plenty of space to grow naturally. Some people bloom early and some late. The tragedy is when they do not bloom at all. Therefore, the beloved community stresses patient affirmation. It creates space for all people to blossom.” — A Baptist Preacher's Buddhist Teacher, Lawrence Edward Carter Sr. Chapter six, pg 87. First paragraph.






 

UPDATE:

BUDDA BODY YOGA - WORKSHOPS!




 
  • 4 // Mar 21 // Working with the Blocks

  • 5 // Apr 18 // Bolsters

  • 6 //May 16 // Foam roller

  • 7 // June 13 // Straps

  • 8 //July 18 // One chair9 //Aug 22 // Two chair




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FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links





COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO


  • Saturday Night Live: “Flight Announcement.” 6:00 Prepare for a hard landing. Aired 09/26/09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag0V_xSGZuc






THE SPRUCE


  • Thespruce.com






SOMETHING DIFFERENT


  • "A Baptist Preacher's Buddhist Teacher." Lawrence Edward Carter SR.  Chapter six, pg 87. First paragraph.





K-TOWN NEWS


  • The Almanac






MINDFUL MUSEUM


  • BOOK COMMENTARY: "A Baptist Preacher's Buddhist Teacher" - How My Interfaith Journey With Daisaku Ikeda Made Me a Better Christian, by Lawrence Edward Carter SR.- Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.








beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links





(Re)Sources for Meta on the Meta: United, We MUST STAND” and Black X-Files: America's Debt Collectors” 




Multimedia


  1. "Cops Have Brutalized Chicago's Latinx Community for Decades; Adam Toledo, 13, Is the Latest Victim." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [20:39] As protests continue in Chicago and nationwide over the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, we get an update from community activist and independent journalist Mateo Zapata, who says, "People in Chicago are just tired of seeing Black and Brown youth murdered by police." Released bodycam video showed Adam had his hands up in the air when he was shot by an officer. We also speak with Rutgers professor Lilia Fernández, who studies Latino Chicago history and says police brutality toward this community is "not a new phenomenon" and goes back many decades. "Adam Toledo would not be dead today if he were white, if he were from an affluent family or if he lived in a predominantly white neighborhood," Fernández says. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org​. April 19, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avROSGtCv1A
  2. "Why Using Police as Debt Collectors Leads to the Killing of Black People | The Amber Ruffin Show." The Amber Ruffin Show, Youtube. [6:51] he Amber Ruffin Show. New videos every week https://pck.tv/3pOiao8​  After every incident of police brutality, we have all these conversations about racism, qualified immunity, police funding, and resisting arrest. But we rarely examine how and why we got to a point where cops can literally hand out death sentences to people who haven't harmed a single soul. How did we get here?  Show Synopsis: Amber showcases her signature smart-and-silly take on the news of the week, responding to it all with a charming, late-night mix of seriousness, nonsense, and evening gowns. April 16, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHeN6BF7vtw






Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. "Bodycam Footage Contradicts Chicago Police Narratives About Adam Toledo's Shooting." Terrell Jermaine Starr, Theroot.com. April 16, 2021. The city of Chicago released bodycam footage of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s March 29 shooting in which the officer immediately shoots him after the boy puts his hands up. The officer, Eric Stillman, shot Adam less than 20 seconds after the officer got out of his car.  Again, the boy had his hands up, per the cop’s request, and was shot anyway. https://www.theroot.com/bodycam-footage-contradicts-chicago-police-narratives-a-1846697877
  2. "Sean Hannity Calls 13-Year-Old Child Killed by Police a ‘Man.’ Twitter Drags Him for It." Stephen A. Crockett Jr., Theroot.com. If a used domestic terrorist boot and a discarded sock with a meth addiction had a baby it would be Sean Hannity.The inherently racist, spewer of hate and lover of all things white Fox News host will stop at nothing to make his point, including desecrating the memory of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old gunned down by Chicago police.On Thursday, during his radio broadcast, “Whiny White Men and the Things We Love to Claim Are Unfair to Us” or whatever it’s actually called, Hannity claimed that the police killed a 13-year-old man that March 29 night despite his hands being up when he was shot. April 16, 2021. https://www.theroot.com/sean-hannity-calls-13-year-old-child-killed-by-police-a-1846698257
  3. "Black Teen Fatally Shot by Tennessee Police. Initial Reports Says He Shot Officer, Later Says Bullet Did Not Come From Teen's Gun." Zach Linly, Theroot.com. Last Monday, 17-year-old Anthony J. Thompson Jr., a Black student at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., was shot and killed by police officers in a restroom at his school after police responded to a call about a “possibly armed” student, the New York Times reports. April 17, 2021.  https://www.theroot.com/black-teen-fatally-shot-by-tennessee-police-initial-re-1846705503
  4. "Las Vegas Police Handcuffed Deaf Woman and Forced Her Kids to Interpret for Cops." Stephen A. Crockett Jr., Theroot.com. A deaf North Las Vegas woman had a tense moment with police after she was pulled over, handcuffed and then her children were made to interpret for police. April 16, 2021. https://www.theroot.com/las-vegas-police-handcuffed-deaf-woman-and-forced-her-k-1846700013
  5. "At Least 6 Mass Shootings Occurred This Weekend." Terrell Jermaine, Theroot.com. Another bloody weekend in America has renewed calls for gun reform out of Washington, after at least six mass shootings took place over a four-day span, starting Thursday night. April 19, 2021. https://www.theroot.com/at-least-6-mass-shootings-occurred-this-weekend-1846712319


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[Referenced / resourced, but not aired]

Multimedia


  1. "Meet Cariol Horne, Black Police Officer Fired After Stopping Fellow Cop's Assault on Handcuffed Man." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [11:03] Amid nationwide protests over police abuse, we speak with Cariol Horne, the Buffalo police officer whom a New York court has just vindicated for stopping a fellow cop from choking a handcuffed Black man during an arrest. In 2006, Horne, who is Black, saw a white officer repeatedly punching the man in the face before putting him in a chokehold. After Horne heard the man say "I can't breathe," she intervened by grabbing the officer's arm. Horne was sanctioned by the Buffalo Police Department, reassigned, then fired in 2008, just months before she was eligible to receive her full pension. A new ruling makes her eligible for back pay and pension benefits. Horne says she is now calling on state governments and Congress to follow the lead of Buffalo, which passed Cariol's Law, legislation that makes it the duty of officers to intervene in cases of brutality. "I knew that I did the right thing," Horne says. We also speak with Intisar Rabb, a Harvard Law professor who is one of three attorneys representing Horne. Cariol's Law "should spread far and wide" to other cities and states, Rabb says. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. April 19, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtNSMJGEP8"Cornel West Moves Don Lemon To Tears." The Rational National, Youtube. [10:05] Dr. Cornel West brought CNN anchor Don Lemon to tears in a powerful segment. April 2, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ9DjLNzMls
  2. "'Kinder, Gentler Cages Are Still Cages': How Prison Abolitionists Are Working Towards a Less Carceral Future." Jessica Moulite, Theroot.com. [3:56] Last summer’s racial reckoning was the first time many people in the United States ever heard of concepts like prison abolition and defund the police. In fact, there was a spike in online searches for the phrase “prison abolition” in early June 2020, according to Google Trends.And after President Biden issued four executive orders on Jan. 26, 2021—one of which specifically designed to end the use of privately operated prisons—many critics of the measure felt it did not go far enough, including prison abolitionist, Kim Wilson, Ph.D. March 19, 2021. https://www.theroot.com/kinder-gentler-cages-are-still-cages-how-prison-aboli-1846505239
  3. "'Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic': Why This Abolitionist Believes Biden's Executive Order on Private Prisons Isn't the Progressive Measure He Thinks It Is." Jessica Moulite, Theroot.com. [5:11] Kim Wilson, Ph.D., is the living embodiment of “I’m not new to this, I’m true to this.” The co-host and producer of the Beyond Prisons podcast’s commitment to prison abolition goes well beyond her academic and media work.“I have two sons who are currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. So this is something that I live,” said Dr. Wilson. “This is my life, every single day.” March 18, 2021. https://www.theroot.com/rearranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic-why-this-ab-1846502613





[Referenced / resourced, but not read on-air]


Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. "Tamara Lanier’s Fight to Reclaim Her History Could Be Any One of Ours." Vanessa K. De Luca, Medium.com. Imagine if you learned that photographs of your enslaved ancestors had been rediscovered in a museum at Harvard. Then imagine how you would feel if someone told you that you have no right to those photographs. Such is the plight of Tamara Lanier, who has taken on the Ivy League behemoth to secure the rights to the photos, which languished in a drawer out of sight and away from the public eye for years. The daguerreotypes depict women and men, breasts and genitalia exposed, their haunting stares a riveting testament to the degradation our ancestors endured during slavery’s shameful reign. February 3, 2021. https://zora.medium.com/tamara-laniers-fight-to-reclaim-her-history-could-be-any-one-of-us-9824dc49c365
  2. "The 10 Most Infuriating Things People Have Said to Me as a Black Woman." Sondra Rose Marie, Medium.com. ‘Do you know how to read?’ In the time of coronavirus, I spend a lot of time sitting around with the friends in my quarantine circle trading stories about our lives before the pandemic. Recently, our conversation turned to the worst dates we’d ever been on, and as I relayed one of my dating failures, I shared a racially charged comment one suiter made on a first date. January 24, 2021. https://zora.medium.com/the-10-most-infuriating-things-people-have-said-to-me-as-a-black-woman-bd8355da546e
  3. "Woman fights Harvard over rights to nude SC images of her enslaved ancestors." Jennifer Berry Hawes, Postandcourier.com. What on earth were these? Nothing in the drawer explained what they’d discovered. Only small, handwritten labels affixed to each offered clues: “Fassena (carpenter), Mandingo, plantation of Col. Wade Hampton, near Columbia, S.C.” “Jack (driver), Guinea, plantation of B.F. Taylor, Esq., Columbia, S.C.” “Jem, Gullah, belonging to F.W. Green, Esq.” One of the researchers rushed downstairs to summon their colleagues. The discovery sent Reichlin and others on a quest to solve the disturbing mystery. It continues today, 45 years later. But Harvard historians weren’t the only ones hunting for clues. In 2019, a woman named Tamara Lanier sued the university for possession of the daguerreotypes. Based on her own research, she claimed to be a descendant of two people captured in them. February 1, 2021. https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/woman-fights-harvard-over-rights-to-nude-sc-images-of-her-enslaved-ancestors/article_72ddeef0-45e8-11eb-a13a-6b9662e76945.html
  4. "GOP-Led States Still Mad About The 1619 Project, Considering Legislation to Dictate How Slavery Is Taught." Joe Jurado, Theroot.com. It’s Thursday, so you know what that means: Another round of Republicans being unwilling to face the fact that slavery was the horrific, violent foundation upon which this country was built. In several states with GOP leadership, legislation is being considered to ensure that the brutal reality of slavery isn’t taught in schools. February 4, 2021. https://www.theroot.com/gop-led-states-still-mad-about-the-1619-project-consid-1846198928
  5. "Power." Audre Lord (1978). The difference between poetry and rhetoricis being ready to killyourselfinstead of your children. Accessed from Poetryfoundation.org on April 12, 2021. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53918/power-56d233adafeb3

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_judgment
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom#Sapience








Music Playlists




FreedomWalker's Playlist:



  1. The Pretty Reckless: “25
  2. Mountain: “Theme for an Imaginary Western
  3. Alicia Keys & Jack White: “Another Way to Die



beetle's Playlist:

  1. The Flying Lizards: “Money (That's What I Want)
  2. Phil Collins: “I Don't Care Anymore” (2016 Remastered)





LYRICS

  • Geniuslyrics.com










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