This set filled with actors protesting sweeps actually CAUSED A SWEEP. Hours before this, they violently displaced unhoused residents to accommodate this set.
They commodify our struggle while perpetuating the violence we struggle against.
Thread. Yesterday, the New York Times published yet another piece of copaganda. Below, I try to explain what is so harmful about the most prominent corporate newspaper in the U.S. continuing to print distortions of what true public safety would look like.
You’re not lazy. You’re tired. You’ve been living in survivor mode for so long. Your mind is exhausted! You’re still processing trauma. Be kind to yourself, please.
Hey y’all, my sister was attacked by a white man for trying to park on her block. She does hair for a living and is now out of commission. Her Cashapp is https://t.co/W7u9viR4SV please B00$T!
I was invited to give an MLK speech today and a small number of members of the group hosting me wrote and then leaked emails opposing my giving this speech, as it dishonored Dr. King for me to do so. They called me a "discredited activist" "unworthy of such association with King"
I so far have $920 raised in hopes of getting my structure problems fixed.
I also caught Covid so I’ve been off of work. Life’s been wilding too hard lately.
Venmo: AdventuresOfHal
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*whispers* Glasses are a disability aid. They've just been normalized so people don't generally think of them as such. Now, imagine if all other disability aids were just as destigmatized and normalized.
In less than two years, we’ve gone from “we’re all in this together” and “flatten the curve to support frontliners” to “it’s your duty to keep working and get sick/die for the economy.” COVID is the virus, but capitalism has always been the pandemic.