Dionne Grant
@DionneGrant • 20,073 subscribers
Social Media Manager, News & Leadership @VirginAtlantic. Previous: @X, @BuzzFeedUK @TastyUK @Seasonedbf, @TheVoiceNews
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![Regina King speaks on the loss of her son Ian two years after his passing: “I’m a different person now than I was. Grief is a journey. I understand grief is love that has no place to go… I was so angry with God. Why would that weight be given to Ian?” [🎥: Good Morning America]](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1768275673448169843/amplify_video_thumb/1768275491599917056/img/9W3N_IWPMNR1eZoq.jpg)
Regina King speaks on the loss of her son Ian two years after his passing: “I’m a different person now than I was. Grief is a journey. I understand grief is love that has no place to go… I was so angry with God. Why would that weight be given to Ian?” [🎥: Good Morning America]
Dionne Grant3,878,221 views • 2 years ago
![“[Black women] have died at the hands of beauty. When we saw that Black woman yesterday with the store owner’s hands across her throat, that is a reminder to us of the ways they symbolically hold their hands to our throats. They do not want us to breathe… We have to restructure the [hair and beauty] industry as a whole. An industry that is taking billions from us” Kelechi addresses the crowd gathered outside a hair shop in Peckham, south London. Today’s protest follows the emergence of a video showing a Black customer being strangled by a member of staff in the store [📹: @sholmeslewis]](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1701623948272648276/amplify_video_thumb/1701623700007636992/img/WyiZfWwZZAXz-NQx.jpg)
“[Black women] have died at the hands of beauty. When we saw that Black woman yesterday with the store owner’s hands across her throat, that is a reminder to us of the ways they symbolically hold their hands to our throats. They do not want us to breathe… We have to restructure the [hair and beauty] industry as a whole. An industry that is taking billions from us” Kelechi addresses the crowd gathered outside a hair shop in Peckham, south London. Today’s protest follows the emergence of a video showing a Black customer being strangled by a member of staff in the store [📹: @sholmeslewis]
Dionne Grant1,078,492 views • 2 years ago
Thank you for your wonderful work, James Earl Jones. Rest well 🕊️
Dionne Grant632,826 views • 1 year ago
The founder of Woke Babies, a monthly subscription box “filled with Black children’s books and activities”, has opened a bookstore in south London. Kelly-Jade Nicholls says Melanin Magic will be a “hub for children featuring great books, learning resources, and Black-owned brands”
Dionne Grant216,552 views • 2 years ago
Grammy-winning artist Fuse ODG is urging the BBC to stop the release of an upcoming documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of #BandAid: “Band Aid and initiatives like it have cost the African continent trillions in lost revenue from stifling economic growth, invest, tourism, and more dangerously, destroying our collective dignity”
Dionne Grant120,863 views • 1 year ago
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Chadwick Boseman 🤍🕊️ November 29, 1976 - August 28, 2020
Dionne Grant14,249 views • 1 year ago
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