Look up the ages of the Freedom Riders. Lots of young folks. So when people are discussing whether it’s fair to ask young people to boycott attending certain schools in the Deep South over gerrymandering, realize young people were a core component of the civil rights movement.
“All of y’all’s journeys is tailored to you specifically… before all of this, and I know it looks like I’m winning a lot these days, but a lot of you guys did not know me when I was not in my winning season. And I was going through trials after trials… financially, emotionally, romantically… and I found myself constantly comparing myself to others around me… So now I’m in my winning season, you guys are able to witness it. Just know your winning season is around the corner. Stay true to you and keep going. It’s on the way, I promise.”
The willful ignorance that people have approached this topic with is astounding.
It was never about LeBron complaining about a hotel. We do not care about that.
It’s about advocating for the team to move to Nashville because of Nascar, Vanderbilt and Hockey. You know this, RC. You just don’t want to say it.
At the end of the day, he would rather be hated on for who he is than to be loved for who he is not. Cole a real one, better to say how you feel than pretend to be something else
Asking for more grace for the person who shouted a racist slur instead of for Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who had to push through being embarrassed in front of their peers.
But that’s often the expectation — that Black people are just supposed to be ok with being disrespected and dehumanized so that other people don’t feel bad.