Respectability politics has never worked for Black people — and it never will with people who don’t respect you to begin with.
For years I’ve been told to change my approach. Today I challenge those in leadership to consider that the approach they’ve been using got our s*** stolen.
The strategy now has to be to take something back from them — power.
I’ve been doing this work for over a decade. Folks didn’t partner with me or support me when I ran because I was considered “radical” — as if demanding equity is radical.
It’s time for a different approach. A different posture. One with some fight in it. I’m leaning in regardless — I’m just wondering how many of us are ready now.
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Louisiana ranks near the bottom in damn near everything that matters — economy, crime, education, healthcare, infrastructure — but instead of fixing that, they’re focused on taking power from a majority Black community in New Orleans.
This bill to remove the Clerk of Criminal Court isn’t about reform. It’s about control.
You can’t say you believe in local control and then override local voters when you don’t like who they elected.
I said it plain: this is reconstructionist, and it’s racist.
You use the government as a job farm building jails in your to employ your constituents and then talk efficiency and eliminate jobs in Black communities.
You’re failing your voters and some of them are starting to see the light.
Every vote you make reflects your moral character.
History will remember. So will the voters.
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They need to correct this tweet and say only the rich and white thrive in America 🇺🇸 .
The amount of craze that paying these Black entertainers and athletes millions has done to create a #decadentveil. Then parading them as a cover over the near total lack of Black access to wealth is one of the greatest social cover ups ever created.
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