Intelligent by Design. Maternal by Instinct. Wife by Commitment. Harlem Girl by Birth. Higher Ed and Non-Profit Administrator by Skill. Resilient by Choice.
When countless citizens lost voting rights to criminal offenses over marijuana possession, a White man trespasses onto the lawmaking chambers of the supposed free nation and lights a joint to parade his privilege. Read that as many times as you need to.
“White Americans aren’t afraid of the cops. White Americans are never afraid of the cops, even when they’re committing an insurrection,” @JoyAnnReid says about the Trump supporters rioting the US Capitol.
I tell you one good thing Trump’s regime has done....he gave us one hell of a civics class! Never in my life have I ever watched Congress count electoral votes, but here I am on a Wednesday night!🤷🏾♀️
Most Americans consistently disapproved of the way Trump handled the pandemic, but the AEI poll found one notable exception — men who identify as “completely masculine.” https://t.co/3pSRhdTAkK
The intersecting forms of violence that shorten Black lives do not come from a social, economic, or political position of “fragility.”
It comes from the forces outlined in these books.
Then Read “This Bridge Called My Back” to understand why I shouldn’t even have to say this.
Read Killing the Black Body or Fatal Invention by @DorothyERoberts
Read Racecraft by Barbara and Karen Fields
Read Medical Apartheid by @haw95
Read The Warmth of Other Suns by @Isabelwilkerson
Read Sister Citizen by @MHarrisPerry
Read The Pushout by @MoniqueWMorris
White Fragility caters to readers who want controlled self-flagellation for their complicity and participation in systems that deeply harm folks of color and Black folks in particular.
Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can't even defend it?
A rule of thumb: If you're lying about nonexistent voter fraud, if you're limiting polling places, if you're forcing people to line up to vote in a pandemic, even the old and the infirm, then it seems you're basically admitting most Americans don't want you to be president.