(ThySistas.com) Our people are often made to believe that if we don’t fight every social issue, and civil rights matters, we are out of order. We are told that was is happening to another group will eventually happen to us. After the elections Black people decided they needed to step ...
(ThySistas.com) As a Black woman on a fixed income due to debilitating illnesses, voting during this past presidential election was vital. I sat back and watched the discourse on television and social media, and it was concerning. I know that Black people in this country are not the majority by ...
(ThySistas.com) I often felt empowered when reading history because it was the chronicles of our people surviving and unthinkable predicament, yet against all odds they strived. Because of their fearless perseverance we are here with the opportunities we have. No, the system is not perfect, as a matter of fact, ...
(ThySistas.com) After the Presidential election results, I found myself in spaces having uncomfortable conversations with a few white women as they were trying to understand the space of Black women. One of them began speaking about Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I A Woman” speech in the context of what feminist need ...
(ThySistas.com) I will never argue against the power of prayer. With that being established it is important for our church elders, and believers as a whole, to understand we can pray about everything and trust God to cover us…but we may still be emotionally affected by what we are facing. ...
(ThySistas.com) Black women are vital to the strength and growth of America. We know this without a doubt, and the crazy part is everyone else knows it too…even if they choose not to acknowledge this truth. Women are a vital part of every culture, and how it is perpetuated and ...
(ThySistas.com) Election season is very high charged in our nation, and to be honest it is dangerous. There are those that want to make a point that violates the rights of others, and they don’t mind doing so violently. Then there are those of us that have to protect and ...
(ThySistas.com) As a community, we understand how important it is to use the power of our vote. Our ancestors fought and died for the right to vote and to make sure that their descendants had the right to vote. For the most part, Black women never disappoint when it comes ...
(ThySistas.com) Recently I had a friend explain to me that we live in a post-racial society. He explained that we need to let go of the past and focus on the future as race is no longer stopping us from achieving our goals in life. He wanted me to understand ...
(ThySistas.com) “Since that time I have been engages on a work not yet finished, which I interrupt now to tell the story of the mob in New Orleans, which, despising all law, roamed the streets day and night, searching for colored men and women, whom they beat, shot and killed ...
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