Yesha

Coming up on my 4th month living in Mexico & people ask when I’m returning….

Umm…I’d rather watch the dumpster fire from afar. ¡Jajaja.

White Supremacy Is the Real Terrorist Organization Trump is screaming about antifa like it’s the boogeyman under his bed, while spoon-feeding steak and ketchup to the real terrorists sitting at his table.

White Supremacy Is the Real Terrorist Organization
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Someone posing as Jay Harrington just reposted this. lol.

Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

when you ignore injustice, it eventually comes for you.

Saying “not my problem” or ‘im sitting this one out” when the govt terrorizes another marginalized group isn’t neutrality—it’s complicity.

Waiting for ICE to go to Beverly Hills & Calabasas to pick up the nannies & gardeners

The irony of this photo

So much this 👇

Thanks!

Just reposting this because Damson Idris has a movie coming out - just watch what Black media he does around it.

ICE Doesn’t Just Target Latinos—Black Folks, This Is Your Problem, Too During a weekend of ICE raids in Los Angeles, I saw Black people on social media treating it like someone else’s problem. But when the state comes for one of us, it can—and will—come for all of us.

ICE Doesn’t Just Target Latinos—Black Folks, This Is Your Problem, Too
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“Hey Beautiful…” And Other Lies: How Facebook Enables Celebrity Catfishing Scams That Target Vulnerable Women From fake Jay Harrington pages to Hulu’s Hey Beautiful, social media platforms like Facebook are allowing scammers to prey on older and international women—with little accountability.

A catfish could never get me (they don’t call me Sherlock Homegirl for nothing), but Hulu’s Hey Beautiful... shows just how easy it is to fall for a fake profile. Search “Jay Harrington” on Facebook—you’ll see hundreds of fake pages, and women actually sending these scammers money thinking it’s him.

BET Current: What's on Your Plate? - | BET Black California farmers discuss why it's essential to eat healthy and how food deserts affect communities.

We visited some Black owned farms & co-ops in California to discuss food deserts
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White South Africans Get Welcomed, Black and Brown Migrants Get Shackled: This Is Modern-Day Ethnic Cleansing America’s immigration system isn’t broken—it’s working exactly as intended. While white South Africans are ushered in with open arms, Black and Brown migrants are dying in detention.

Fleeing racism? yesha.substack.com/p/white-sout...

Altadena: What The Fire Left Behind - | BET It's been three months since the Eaton fire ravaged parts of Altadena, California, and we're checking in with families and businesses.

It's been over 90 days since the Eaton fire ravaged Altadena...we went back to revisit families & businesses to make people realize, the town is still suffering:
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Our digital cover stars for May are Victoria Monèt & Hazel!

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Round of applause to the handful of Black people who wore Black designers. #metgala

It’s funny…we were drinking & when she finished she hit the shoulder dance. lol. I tease my friend bc he does the same thing.

Our host Evan Ross & Austin with their cover of ‘Change the World’ - which allegedly they’re releasing bc I asked. lol.

Ohhh…Andra Day grabbed the mic too. vyd.co/TheFestival

Can’t have your album release & residency at Andy’s without Andy grabbing the mic. All i could think was ‘Oh no he said the p word in front of Ms Rebbie’ vyd.co/TheFestival

My friend’s mom, Ms. Rebbie Jackson Brown, grabbed the mic on Wed for the first time since 2012 at his album release party. Austin was so happy. vyd.co/TheFestival

Why Some Thought Annie Was Smoke’s Mama in 'Sinners' Says a Lot—And None of It Is Good In the film 'Sinners,' a dark-skinned, plus-size woman playing a romantic lead shouldn't be radical—but thanks to internalized and media-driven bias, too many people still can’t see it.

God forbid, a love interest is a dark skinned curvy woman. #sinners

Let's bring her home!!! Please keep an eye out for her!

BET Digital Covers

Viola Davis & her husband, Julius, were our inaugural digital cover stars for #BETImmersed view.ceros.com/bet/digital-...

> But here’s a better question: where were all the Zionists who claim to love Gadot so much? Where were the pro-Israel moviegoers who should’ve filled theaters in support of their so-called queen?

bloop

This man’s writing fan-fiction now? SMUT?

Zionism Flopped at the Box Office: Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Disney’s Failures While Rachel Zegler showed courage by standing with Palestinians, it was Gal Gadot—the Zionist darling with stiff acting chops—who couldn’t draw a crowd. So where were all her pro-Israel supporters?

Zionism Flopped at the Box Office: Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Disney’s Failures
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I’m Retiring from Being a Strong Black Woman — I Want to Be a Mediocre White Man Now After a lifetime of overachieving, outperforming, and overcompensating, I’m done. Give me the carefree confidence of Chad, the job security of Todd, and the audacity of Trump.

I no longer want to be “twice as good.” I want to be barely competent and still overpaid. yesha.substack.com/p/im-retirin...