J.D. Baker
@JD__Baker
History Buff and author of Sankofahoma on Medium. Views are my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈
In bittersweet news, I will be moving from OKC to Atlanta in late July to pursue my Master’s in Africana Studies at Georgia State. I have decided to lean into what I’m most passionate about: the empowerment of Black people and amplifying our voices and stories. 🖤✊🏾🖤
Capping the earnings of black athletes via presidential dictate because rich boosters are annoyed. The capitalist system at its finest. sbnation.com/college-footba…
Huge congratulations to the Muscogee Creek Freedman descendants who won their fight for inclusion into the Tribe today creeksupremecourt.com/wp-content/upl…
The @MuscogeeNation Supreme Court didn’t just give a win to Freedmen descendants. It struck down any references to “by blood” in the Muscogee Nation Constitution, affirming the 1866 treaty is the supreme law of the land.
I CANT STOP CRYING. THIS IS JUSTICE. IT IS AFFIRMED #WeAreMvskoke #Freedmen
JUST IN: Black Creek descendent plaintiffs Jeff Kennedy and Rhonda Grayson have won their case at the @MuscogeeNation (Creek) Nation Supreme Court. The court has demanded that the tribal citizenship board take back up their applications for citizenship. #blackcreeks #freedmen
The lack of empathy is rotting this nation from the inside out.
🗣️A word from my mother about a few of the many forms of violence: “Starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and child is violence. Discriminating against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing…
This actually hurts. Besides for being so young, I feel like I lost a part of my childhood. Life is unfair, man.
'The Cosby Show' Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner Dead At 54 tmz.me/PKqIbFr
Says a lot about what’s wrong with the country doesn’t it?
Decreased HBCU funding, DOJ terminated the environmental justice agreement in Alabama, Instructed Texas to gerrymander a black district, Removed Tuskegee Airmen USAF videos, Attacked NMAAH…I’m starting to think the trump administration isn’t too fond of Black folks…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ended key support for Black farmers and will no longer use the term “socially disadvantaged,” saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination capitalbnews.org/usda-ends-dei-…
Just when you thought Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025) couldn't get any cooler, you find out that OUP author and @UofOklahoma professor Karlos Hill shows up in the end credits! oklahoman.com/story/lifestyl…
JAYLIN “J-WILL” WILLIAMS is one of 18 Thunder players who won for OKC our first NBA Championship. All 18 will live forever in our city’s history & in our hearts. In recognition of this historic accomplishment, I hereby proclaim that today is JAYLIN “J-WILL” WILLIAMS DAY in OKC!
“The CFPB estimated the rule would have removed $49 million in medical debt from the credit reports of 15 million Americans. The problem disproportionately affects people of color: 28% of Black people, 22% of Latino people in the U.S. carry medical debt vs 17% of white people.”
Federal judge reverses rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports apnews.com/article/cfpb-m…
There’s no housing shortage. There isn’t a lack of homes, just a lack of access to already existing housing.
In Baltimore, we know that gun violence is a public health issue. Now, because of our Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan, we’re seeing the lowest number of homicides in decades. Thank you @MSNBC for having me and @randallwoodfin on to discuss our historic progress.
🚨Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz just toured “Alligator Alcatraz” and came out shaking: “It’s 34 people per cage. They drink, brush, and defecate in the same tiny unit. The photos don’t come close to the stench of it.” We’re packing human beings into kennel conditions, then…
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps is not a plan. It’s a slogan used to blame poor people for being poor.