#StayWoke: 7 Lessons About Blackness Ya’ll Need To Learn STAT

It's cleat that we have a lot of learn.

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Your Skin Tone Doesn’t Define How Woke You Are  - The blacker the berry doesn’t mean the woker the juice. Advocating for racial equality and being down has nothing to do with how dark one’s skin is nor does it negate who can speak on our behalf and who can’t. Just ask Black revolutionaries Angela Davis and Kathleen Cleaver. (Photo from left: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Having a White Parent Doesn’t Shield You From White Supremacy - Yes, having a white parent may shape how you see yourself as a Black person in America, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that changes the way white America sees you. Yes, you may be lighter, but that won’t protect you from racial bias and police violence, i.e. Tony Robinson Jr.(Photo: Tony Robinson Jr. via Facebook)591731683CC00033_16th_Latin

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The Library Is Open  - Looking at the unnecessary backlash against actor and activist Jesse Williams for “being 'lightskin' while woke,” proves that in 2016, we have a lot to unlearn about what Blackness is and what it isn’t. Let us help you.  By Kellee Terrell(Photo: Kevin Winter/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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