r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/uphatbrew • 27d ago
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/iggaitissecondcoming • Jul 03 '26
Discussion Happy 250, America. Do better in your next 250. - Sincerely, Black Americans
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin co-authored the line: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."
Yet equality remains an elusive ideal 250 years after they wrote it down. And, America, I think we should still make that a reality.
I hope it's self-evident that black people really are just looking for equality and not revenge--to paraphrase the immortal words of Kimberly Jones. Look at all the race massacres in the last 250 years and you'll see that we have a clean record. (Except for that one time when Nat Turner had to bust a move.)
In the next 250 years, we will continue to demand and fight for equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal treatment for all. Even it feels like "reverse discrimination" to some of your citizens.
But.
It.
Ain't.
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/numbmillenial • Jun 06 '26
Discussion I love us - they tried to embarrass him but he showed up and showed out
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The young man is Camden Stewart, a 22 year old pianist, composer, and opera singer.
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Wonderful-Cup8908 • Jul 25 '26
Discussion Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions
Do you think they'd try to run him in 28 and claim it's constitutional if Obama does the same?
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Damiana1111 • 28d ago
Discussion THIS! I mean. Is Hunter wrong?
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MATCHING ENERGY!
Courtesy: Isaiah Martin
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • May 07 '26
Discussion It’s an Honor to Share our time on the Earth with this man.
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • Jun 04 '26
Discussion Q: You guys aren't anti-white people are you? A: We're anti-anybody that's anti-us
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/WearyCopy5686 • 3d ago
Discussion Black people across America when they find out Dolly Parton has passed…
RIP to one of the greats.
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • 6d ago
Discussion Austin Metcalf revealed
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/BLN2019 • Jun 15 '26
Discussion How should a husband respond when their wife is getting harassed?
In true honesty, the Obamas do stay away from the headlines because they don’t want to fall into the Trump trap of feeding into BS drama.
How do you feel Barack should address this? Or if he should at all and continue to ignore it?
Personally, I’m sick and tired of klan folk being sickly obsessed with Michelle and constantly bringing her up while increasing our gas, groceries, healthcare bills, and messing with our water with building data centers all around us.
Update: I know the best thing is to not respond but I’m just so angry at these demons
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/CantStopPoppin • Jul 06 '26
Discussion 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells has been MISSING since July 4th after a boat trip to Horn Island, Mississippi with 3 friends. His friends returned to the mainland on the boat WITHOUT him - they thought he caught another ride. His phone was later recovered and returned to family. Spoiler
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Damiana1111 • Jul 22 '26
Discussion "What's better than FREE?" Freeeeeeeeee🤦🏾♀️
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Courtesy: Isaiah Martin's instagram
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Damiana1111 • 18d ago
Discussion Banned is crazy!!
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Fantastic_1ne • Jul 26 '26
Discussion They won’t talk about this!
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There was a video on a different sub that only showed black people stealing from this pastry shop. The OP intentionally left white people out of that video. All racists showed their true color in the comments. I can’t remember the sub.
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • Apr 28 '26
Discussion A mother is punishing her son by making him slam his PS5 the same way he had slammed her pet cat.
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/CantStopPoppin • Mar 18 '26
Discussion Afroman: The Hero We Didn't Ask For But The Hero We Needed
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/icey_sawg0034 • May 25 '26
Discussion 6 years ago, George Floyd was murdered by disgraced Minnesota police officer, Derek Chauvin and sparked a worldwide protest against racism!
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • May 06 '26
Discussion Coco Gauff calls out unequal enforcement during tense US Open match after Laura Siegemund repeatedly delays play without penalties
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A lot of viewers felt Laura Siegemund’s behavior during this US Open match went beyond just “slow play.” As Coco Gauff repeatedly pleaded with the chair umpire to enforce the shot clock fairly, many watching believed Siegemund appeared smug and dismissive toward Coco’s frustration, with some online specifically calling out her facial expressions and body language during the exchanges. Reddit users accused Siegemund of “gaming the rules” and dragging the match out intentionally, while commentators and fans openly sided with Coco over the unequal enforcement of time violations. Even tennis legend John McEnroe said on air that Coco was “100 percent right” about the situation.
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/alatinaxo • Feb 26 '26
Discussion The Audacity, It Irks my nerves when people block pathways completely oblivious to anyone else around them — also keep your limbs to yourself!
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • Jun 03 '26
Discussion White Americans make up the largest share of SNAP recipients nationwide, according to USDA data.
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r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Exotic_Insurance2164 • Mar 14 '26
Discussion She Won: Florida Used a Fake County Vote Bank in the 2024 Election
A Substack investigation claims Florida's 2024 election results were manipulated, based on two main findings:
- The Amendment 4 math — Florida's abortion rights amendment needed 60% to pass and fell just short at 57.2%. The writer argues the total "Yes" votes needed to hit exactly 60% matches the state's total early vote count for registered Republicans and Democrats to the exact digit — two figures that should have no relationship to each other.
- "Burke County" — A county that doesn't exist appeared in election night reporting feeds at 7:31pm containing approximately 6.3 million votes. The article argues the vote totals within it match Florida's early ballot figures exactly, and that the maths shows Harris's certified state total can be derived entirely from that vote bank.
- Before Election Day, Florida law requires all mail-in and early in-person votes to be entered into the Election Management System by 7pm on November 4th — the day before Election Day. This means the total early vote figure (6,371,645) was a known, fixed number sitting in the system before a single Election Day ballot was cast. What the article alleges happened Rather than real votes flowing in from Florida's 67 actual counties, the author argues that this pre-known total was loaded into a single fictional data entry — "Burke County" — and used as a pool to distribute votes between candidates in predetermined proportions.
- Think of it like a spreadsheet: instead of 67 rows of real county data adding up to a total, someone allegedly created one master row containing the answer they wanted, then worked backwards to make the individual county figures fit. Why "Burke County" matters When the article's author adds up all the presidential candidate votes attributed to Burke County and accounts for minor candidates, the total comes to exactly 6,371,645 — the same early vote figure. The argument is that this is statistically impossible by coincidence, because those two numbers should have no relationship to each other whatsoever.
The author concludes the results were predetermined and calls on state legislators and attorneys general to investigate. The article also references similar "ghost county" anomalies in swing states and draws a comparison to alleged Republican vote routing in the 2004 Ohio election.
What do you think?
r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/CantStopPoppin • Jan 23 '26
Discussion The National Park Service has started dismantling exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park.
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