Still sitting here thinking about that Biden response to Harris last night. It's not hyperbole that the entire bedrock upon which Jim Crow stood, the entire premise upon which even slavery was grounded, was the idea that the rights of black people should be up to "local control."
THREAD: Today I went to the public library for the first time in a long time. A woman came up to me and asked me to help her with the computer so she could apply for a custodial job. She had gone to the organization she wanted to work at, and was told to apply online.
Gnight
It’s okay for your dreams to change.
It’s okay to double down.
There’s only one person who knows what’s right for you, and it ain’t me, or your loudest fear, or your astrology app of choice
YOU run this life of yours, RUN IT
Rest up
This is Charlie and Maverick. Charlie had his eyes removed due to glaucoma, but then Maverick came along as his little helper. Now they’re doing amazing. Both 14/10
A couple of weeks ago, I asked listeners to point their camera in the direction of love. We received almost 1000 submissions from 51 countries, with cameras aimed at nature, art, and humanity. Watch now: https://t.co/0kujEfYCw0
2019 marks the 400th year since enslaved Africans were brought here, before this was even a country. Black people have only had any semblance of full citizenship for about 50 yrs. I don't think the public always grasps the enormity of state-sanctioned oppression on that timeline.