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AfroSapiophile

@afrosapiophile

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active: 2024-08-12 → 2026-07-15

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✊ · Equality & Identity · 8 🏛️ · Politics · 5 CUL · Culture & Media · 4 HIS · History · 4 ECO · Economy · General · 4 💑 · Relationships · 4 ⚖️ · Law & Justice · 4 🏀 · Basketball · 3

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#black-women ·8 #racism ·6 #life ·6 #history ·4 #misogyny ·4 #politics ·3 #culture ·3 #money ·3 #polyamory ·2 #nba ·2

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

John Roberts Sees Black People As Having No Rights He’s Bound to Respect

Roberts Wasn’t the First Chief Justice to Feel That Way

May 09, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,417 claps paywalled #racism #history #politics

John Roberts Sees Black People As Having No Rights He’s Bound to Respect

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

What America Looked Like Before the Voting Rights Act of 1965

When Voting Meant Risking Your Job, Your Home, or Your Life

May 04, 2026 · 12 min read · 860 claps paywalled #history #money #politics

What America Looked Like Before the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

How the Major Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s Started with a Bang and Ended with a Whimper

How America Let Its Strongest Civil Rights Laws Wither into Symbols

May 01, 2026 · 10 min read · 825 claps paywalled #history #civil-rights #politics

How the Major Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s Started with a Bang and Ended with a Whimper

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WI William Spivey · AfroSapiophile

The Long History of Reparations in America

Why Have Black People Been Left Out?

Aug 12, 2024 · 6 min read · 726 claps paywalled #reparations-now #internment-camp #racism

The Long History of Reparations in America

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DR Dr. Allison Wiltz · AfroSapiophile

How Deed Theft From Black New Yorkers Echoes Jim Crow

Tactics may appear legal, but target Black homeowners

Apr 28, 2026 · 11 min read · 623 claps paywalled #history #culture #life

How Deed Theft From Black New Yorkers Echoes Jim Crow

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RV R.VanWagoner · AfroSapiophile

Déjà Vu — A Church’s Quest to Dehumanize Transgender People*

The Mormon Church recently updated its General Handbook for leaders and members, confirming that baptism is not available for transgender…

Aug 31, 2024 · 7 min read · 590 claps #transgender #lgbtq #mormon

Déjà Vu — A Church’s Quest to Dehumanize Transgender People*

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DR Dr. Allison Wiltz · AfroSapiophile

Why Black People Are Often Exposed to Low Quality Food

Systemic racism limits access to healthy food options

May 19, 2026 · 8 min read · 451 claps paywalled #health #racism #psychology

Why Black People Are Often Exposed to Low Quality Food

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AN Andrew P. Brown III, PhD · AfroSapiophile

How Ronald Reagan Engineered A Foundation For American Apartheid

The Evolution of Political Stupidity

Sep 29, 2024 · 8 min read · 438 claps paywalled #fairness-doctrine #apartheid #race

How Ronald Reagan Engineered A Foundation For American Apartheid

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

The Klay Thompson Conundrum

When "Choosing Better" Goes Wrong

Apr 28, 2026 · 8 min read · 317 claps paywalled #klay-thompson #megan-thee-stallion #misogynoir

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

Let’s Talk Hypergamous Men

What we’ve learned from Kandi and Todd’s “Amicable” Divorce

Mar 26, 2026 · 7 min read · 301 claps paywalled #black-women #hypergamy #marriage

IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

Is Keith Lee a Simp or are You Just a Wimp?

Male responses to Keith Lee’s comments on childbearing are very telling

May 21, 2026 · 5 min read · 271 claps paywalled #toxic-masculinity #red-pill #black-women

Is Keith Lee a Simp or are You Just a Wimp?

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

Coco Jones Would Rather Be Homeless Than Depend on a Man

Exploring the many woes of financial abuse

Apr 14, 2026 · 5 min read · 239 claps paywalled #black-women #narcissistic-abuse #financial-abuse

Coco Jones Would Rather Be Homeless Than Depend on a Man

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

No Trickin’ Allowed

K. Michelle discusses the terms of her open marriage

Jun 08, 2026 · 6 min read · 185 claps paywalled #polyamory #polygamy #relationships

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

The Cult of Nature Boy

How Lack of Community Leaves Us Vulnerable to Narcissistic Abuse

May 08, 2026 · 6 min read · 151 claps paywalled #dangerous-cults #true-crime #religion

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

Shattered Glass Slippers: The Tory Lanez Trial Revisited

Broken glass, everywhere…

May 15, 2025 · 4 min read · 86 claps paywalled #tory-lanez #megan-thee-stallion #domestic-violence

Shattered Glass Slippers: The Tory Lanez Trial Revisited

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

Stop Playing With Jaylen Brown

Addressing the media slander against one of the greatest Celtics ever

Jun 29, 2026 · 6 min read · 81 claps paywalled #jaylen-brown #nba #racism

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AS ASUS BUTTERFLY · AfroSapiophile

What We Can Learn from the Justin Fairfax Murder-Suicide

Last Thursday, around noon, I sat down at my computer for a webinar. While waiting for the pleasantries to end, I scrolled the internet. My…

Apr 22, 2026 · 10 min read · 79 claps paywalled #black-families #black-men #black-women

What We Can Learn from the Justin Fairfax Murder-Suicide

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

From Fouls to Felonies

The evolution of misogynoir in the WNBA

Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read · 76 claps paywalled #racism #caitlin-clark #misogynoir

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IV Ivylockewrites · AfroSapiophile

8 Life Lessons From the Knicks Championship Win

This one is for the underdogs

Jun 16, 2026 · 9 min read · 50 claps paywalled #the-knick #nba #basketball

8 Life Lessons From the Knicks Championship Win

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AS ASUS BUTTERFLY · AfroSapiophile

The Art of Jill Scott…Is it The Way?

It was a warm August 2015 evening in Atlanta, Georgia at Chastain Park — an outdoor venue for live music.

Feb 16, 2026 · 5 min read · 49 claps paywalled #entertainment #music #healing

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AN Anthony G. Baxter, PhD · AfroSapiophile

The Impact of the SAVE Act on the Cost of Voting: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

Introduction: The Present “Cost of Voting” Research

Apr 21, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps paywalled #voter-suppression-laws #voter-turnout #voter-disenfranchisement