Van Lathan is doing God’s work because I would have already put my hands on Kanye & proved his black-on-black comments correct.
Thank. You. Van. Lathan.
Growing up and being from the exact same neighborhood in Chicago as Kanye – this really gets to me.
Kanye never comes here. He never comes back home. Sure he may stop here for a concert or something. But he doesn’t see the parents and children marching against violence in the exact same streets he used to walk. He never gives back to the communities affected by violence so that maybe kids won’t have to continuously grow up either living in fear or turning to a life of violence out of desperation. It’s hard for the people to combat these things in their own neighborhoods. Can you imagine someone you grew up with or saw grow up turn to a life of violence and try and convince them otherwise? It’s hard because at the same time you can kind of relate. Growing up never having nor expecting much. Businesses don’t invest in the area. The school system is broken and poorly funded. Police are basically a gang of their own, just with badges.
For him to not even acknowledge the systematic issues that even contribute to these things…
In my most honest and humble opinion, he hasn’t been the same since his mom passed away. She was his anchor. He’s obviously not sought the right kind of help. I know he mentioned he’s his own therapy, but that’s just not good. It’s saddening to see someone you grew up admiring slowly turn mad and lose their way in the spotlight and be eclipsed by their own toxic narcissism. And that’s where I think his liking for Trump comes in. He’s like one of them “I made it out of the hood” stories you hear about.
We DO have Chance The Rapper, tho. He’s not afraid to match his words with his actions. He’s not afraid to speak out against our mayor and our state reps. He donates money to our poorly funded public school system (which is mostly comprised of POC students) all because our politicians can’t seem to agree on a budget, but they can agree on closing several schools around the city and renovating them into lofts for sale/rent. Or building a brand new multi-million dollar police academy. Chance holds free concerts. He gives out free school supplies to children who need them. He sometimes calls for no violence weekends (which actually work). He’s on the streets of the city he’s from. Always doing something to give back or help. And I understand Chance looks up to Kanye. Hell, most of us do here. But it’s become impossible to defend him.
Prior to meeting [Chadwick], I really felt like he would be my brother. I just felt like there would be a soul connection and there was. And immediately when I met him for my screen test it was like, “Okay, this brother’s got some soul.” … Days on set where I can see like, “Okay, he has a huge day, he’s really just focused”, I would just go to him, give him a hug, tell him I love him. And then he’ll just be like giggling in the corner or smiling. And that’s how we are. He does it for me too. He would just come up, give me a hug and then we just share love with each other knowing that we did the part and did what we had to do. – Letitia Wright
Jaytim Pirate!AU that nobody asks for but I want to do for Mermay this year
Background story:
Prince Jason was once an heir to the throne of Kingdom of Gotham. During a riot caused by an evil pirate, Joker, he was kidnapped and presumed dead by a fatal blow at Joker’s ship inflicted by Joker himself. Jason was saved by League of Assassin, a pirate crews led by Ra’s Al Ghul. Ambitioned to taking the throne of Kingdom of Gotham, Ra’s brainwashed Jason into thinking that Bruce didn’t care about him while shipping Damian (illegitimate son of King Bruce and Ra’s daughter, Talia) to Gotham to take Jason’s role as the new heir. Blinded by anger, Jason swore that he’d avenge his death by his own hands that he didn’t believe Bruce anymore then trained to be a pirate. Years later, Jason became a notorious pirate leading Red Hood crews. While looking for Joker, he was also searching for the most beautiful and sacred treasure in the world, Jewel of The Sea. Ra’s talked about it, Bruce once spoke about it too while telling him bedtime stories. He thought Jewel of the sea was a sacred item, people said that it was breathtakingly beautiful and it could cure diseases even bring someone back from death. During an ambush, he was thrown away to the sea, drowning but someone saved him. Little did he knew, the creature who saved him was one of the infamous Jewel of The Sea as he learned bit by bit that it was not an item, more likely a living legendary creature.
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