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    Old white guyAnne Branigin
    4/11/19 10:51am

    I haven’t read all the Nipsey coverage, but has there been mention of a. Olive for his killing?

    And am I the only one old enough to even have a passing remembrance of Nipsey Russell? 

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      Rosemary's Baby RuthOld white guy
      4/11/19 1:17pm

      And am I the only one old enough to even have a passing remembrance of Nipsey Russell?

      God no! When I heard of the shooting the other week I was absolutely crushed, as I thought Nipsey Russell was killed!

      Then I felt a lot better when I read it wasn’t him.

      Then I felt a lot worse when I read that he’s been dead for 13 years.

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    bun_up_tun_upAnne Branigin
    4/11/19 10:50am

    I was just googling this now- Thanks Anne!

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    MwatuangiAnne Branigin
    4/11/19 5:16pm

    I really hope folks see he was more than a fucking “banger” killed in gun violence. Dude employed felons, fed communities and bought school supplies for neighborhoods, established STEM programs, anti-gentrification initiatives, even spoke at Town Hall and advocated for a helluva lot of shyt no one gives him credit for. I hope instead of using his problematic aspects to invalidate incredible social work, we use those things as a teachable moment to further engage with each other so Pro-Black Movements and the community in general are explicitly rather than implicitly acknowledging us, and I say that as someone who is Pan, disabled, and Two-Spirit (Eieri-I’naru).

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