Solange was onto something when she said “I can’t be a singular expression of myself. There are too many parts, too many spaces, too many manifestations, too many lines, too many curves, too many colors, too many flavors for me to be one thing.”
MANHATTAN — Truly INCREDIBLE scene today as a woman confronts federal agents, some masked, who just terrorized a migrant outside of the immigration courtroom at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.
All jokes aside, I think one of the best things that can happen to you as a young person is figuring out what you truly want to do with your life early on and being in an environment that doesn’t hinder it from happening
Thank you:
D’Angelo
Maxwell
Raphael Sadiq
Bilal
Erykah Badu
Jill Scott
Sunshine Anderson
Leela James
Musiq Soulchild
Vivian Green
Angie Stone
Anthony Hamilton
India.Arie
Lucy Pearl
Rahsaan Patterson
Ledisi
Dwele
Raheem Devaughn
Floetry
Amy Winehouse
Joss Stone
Therapy helps but let’s be clear. You can’t CBT your way out of capitalism. You can’t mindfulness your way out of racism. You can’t self care your way out of oppression. You can’t journal your way out of ableism. This isn’t about coping, it’s about deconstructing the systems.
Do you all realize Trump has destroyed our rights? DHS can break down your door in the middle of the night, with no warrant, trash your apartment and all your belongings, zip tie you, zip tie your children and drag you all out into the street naked, throw you into a van, imprison you for as long as they feel like it with no lawyer, no calls, nothing. It doesn’t matter that you are a citizen. They act with near total impunity.
They raided a BLACK neighborhood out here in Chicago early in the fucking morning. Separating immigrants and black folks and asking if the black people had warrants. This is fucking sick as shit.