My brother and I are both adopted (from different homes) and while I never looked into my birth family, he did because he has schizophrenia which has a genetic factor. He did find his birth mother and she's darker like him.

Our adoptive mother was very light skinned, not light enough to pass or anything but she looked almost Asian in her coloring as @IronButterfly can attest ...

My mom was born in 1939 in the south ... she didn't like white people obviously.

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I think this really bothered my mother because she absolutely would not stop talking about it for weeks. Any opportunity she had to bring up this woman, Mary, she would take and it was always in a very negative way and it was always out of nowhere.

At one point she said the reason I didn't have any Black friend was because I had "white energy" (we lived in the suburbs) and that is why I only attracted white people around me for example this woman at the pool party.

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These pool parties were all of my parents Black friends and their kids. One of the men there had a white wife and she wasn't very popular. Another guy had a mixed wife ... who looked very white but her mother was a very dark Native American which made this man's wife more popular ... more exotic ... and more acceptable to the other Black families.

The "unacceptable wife" sat and talked to me the whole party. She expressed an interest in what I was reading. I was maybe 14 or so at the time.

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#FirstCoffeeThoughts

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘞𝘩𝘺? 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴? 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦.

My mother said this to me when she was criticizing me for reading the DSM at a pool party. I had checked it out of the library and I really wasn't able to put it down. Social gatherings with my parents' family friends were not something I enjoyed so I usually found somewhere to sit and read.

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#MediaLiteracy is:

• 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯—𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯—𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

• 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢.

#JustFYI #TheMoreYouKnow

#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney
#ICantWait

https://youtu.be/QtJ6N5NlR-o

#CoSoGaming

Black artists have been exploited for decades. A new series explores the fight for fair pay in music.

Co-commissioned with the BBC, and from executive producers Idris and Sabrina Elba, the three-part series is narrated by Canadian music icon Jully Black.

https://youtu.be/yy81RmgL0lQ

#BlackHistory

From "Open Wounds" by Kori Jane Spaulding

It absolutely is the damn phones ...

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Wounds-Kori-Jane-Spaulding/dp/B0D47LB9LR/

The thing that currently sucks about season 2 of #PersonOfInterest is that I was really enjoying the season 1 for specific reasons ... and season 2 now focuses on #AmyAcker's character Root ... but I don't give a shit about her character at all. She has no depth, her motivations are empty, all we know is she wants access to the machine and we have to deal with her faux-crazy nonsense every episode. She's now the sole focus and the show sucks now and I think she's in the next 3 seasons 😭

Part 2 of my #JekyllandHyde video series is up.

This video goes into depth about how the story mirrors so much of the reality of addiction spirals, dealing with the breakdown of friendships, and trying to find your role in a relationship with a friend who has descended into a dark and downward spiral.

Adaptions only ever focus on the character of Henry Jekyll - a selfish, mentally ill addict - and ignore the real victims.

You can watch all videos in the series here: https://twr.onl/jekyllandhyde

Part 1 of my #JekyllandHyde video series is available.

I'm covering Chapter 6 and 7 now, two of my favorite chapters that significantly shift the focus into "What The Absolute Fuck" territory for the first time.

I'm lamenting even further about the loss of the deeper themes of the story in all the modern adaptations. It is truly a story about loyalty, male friendships, and navigating relationships involving addiction and/or mental illness.

But no one actually cares.

https://twr.onl/jah67

I love these older films that start like this ... the year 2019 the end of the world ... Thundarr The Barbarian says the world ended in 1994 ... I think the original Transformers cartoon cites the future as 2005 ... 🤣

How about 2009's Daybreakers with Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Neill

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 2019, 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭; 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥.

2019 LOL 🤣 Little did they know

Anyone remember 2007's Rise: Blood Hunter vampire movie with Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, Carla Gugino, James D'Arcy and Marilyn Manson?

𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭.

I will never understand why the kpop industry is so completely blind and stupid when it comes to talent. Why would you take someone with Rose's beauty and vocal talent and BURY her in some group (BLACKPINK) where she never gets to sing or be heard for like 10 years ... it's absolutely the dumbest thing ever and I'm GLAD she's free of that shit now and can have an amazing SOLO career where people can hear her epicness.

Honestly, the best thing about it WAS the music ... and I can understand why the network sort of shifted the editing process and focus to that and also Kim Go Eun's diving and ocean clean up focus etc. I just really was interested in all the people who went and what kinds of stories they wanted to have.

There are compilations of all the amazing performances and I've shared many here before especially Rose's Only Exception practice ... ❤️

https://youtu.be/g3YKcmjoIEI

Sea of Hope came under a lot of criticism for it's failed premise which was supposed to showcase all the stories of the people coming to the seaside shows. Instead it ended up showing only people eating food (cooked by actors and guests) and drinking drinks served by my favorite Wook and all of the epic live music performances of all the famous singers who showed up to work and also perform. Lee Ji ah had a wonderful idea of combining the sea, music, food but it never got seen that way.

#CoSoMusic
#RecluseRadio

Artist: Lee Suhyun
Title: Butter (Live BTS cover)

I woke up to this classic in my feed this morning. #SeaofHope was a great reality show if only because of all the wonder sea side lives performances - especially Rose and Suhyun. ❤️ If you're a fan of her wonderful voice or new to it, check this wonderful, fun cover and enjoy. ☀️

https://youtu.be/ikhCYEALN84

while True: learn() is kicking my ass. My brain SUCKS BALLS.

#Volkolak : The Will of Gods is an epic saga in the Slavic fantasy!

Choose to become a brave bogatyr, gain the incredible power of the wolf, or take the path of darkness in this unique 2D action-platformer with hand-drawn animations featuring creatures from Slavic myths!

Demo available on Steam 👍🏾

https://youtu.be/xn-4oXnV-RM

#CoSoGaming