In a recent conversation with The Observer, Chaka Khan responded to being described as a “straight icon for queer visibility.”
“A straight icon? What’s the straight part? What do you mean, straight in what way?” she asked.
When the interviewer clarified the term as “heterosexual,” Khan replied: “Am I? How do you know what the f**k I am? I don’t ever share that part of my life. That’s nobody’s business but mine.”
She later stated that she is “for everybody,” adding: “I don’t care what you sleep with at night. If your heart is in the right place, that’s all I care about.”
Wow, this project has reached quite a bit of families on this list. I have three interviews set up with loved ones who are still fighting for justice. Each week, I plan to spotlight a "dot" on this map.
This week, we will discuss Willie Jones.
This is exactly what we mean when we talk about Black and brown missing people not receiving the same attention or urgency. Her family reported her missing to @LVMPD immediately and were told she “wasn’t a priority.” A missing person should always be a priority.
White boys ran an entire cocaine racketeering operation on a college campus, with pledges chopping and bagging drugs. Meanwhile, Black students are presumed criminal for wearing a do-rag to class. White supremacy depends on who gets presumed criminal & who gets presumed innocent.
As a university professor, I’ve turned down every single interview I’ve been offered. This guy’s life was normal, then… the media started to interview him for being the 1st black CU professor. Before you know it, a full blown witch-hunt! Then boom, his life is over! Be CAREFUL!