I keep trying to name what got lifted that night, and the closest I can come is a set of instructions we’d all been quietly following. A public is, among other things, a set of beliefs about other people, and ours had curdled.
From the pandemic: that another person’s breath was a danger. From Biden, more gently: that a public is largely unnecessary, that we could let the grown-ups handle it and stay spectators to our own governance. From Trump: that a public is a mob, everyone in it a competitor, softness something you’d pay for. From Adams: that the subway car was a hazard to be scanned.
And then a Knicks championship run unlearned it for us. The win picked every one of them up off the street and held them there, suspended for a few hours, a couple of feet above the city.
There were just people dancing and embracing strangers, a public that looked at itself - all of itself, pressed together, messy, completely nuts even - and for one night did not flinch.
Millennials are the elite generation because they cranked out 12-page essays the night before they were due. No ChatGPT. No Claude. Just lo-fi beats playing in the background, Black coffee at midnight, footnotes that were somehow correct, and pure delusion. Grade was an A minus. Period.
A cartoon about my father from the 1960s. At the time he was assassinated, a poll reflected that he was one of the most hated men in the United States.
Today, his message has been distorted by many who would have hated him then, but evoke him now to deter justice and truth.
#MLK #TheKingCenter #HistoryMatters #ReThinkKing
Happy birthday, Daddy. Thank you for being a bold purveyor of true peace. Thank you for living with purpose and for radically lifting the power of love. Thank you for believing that we can defeat injustice without destroying each other. Thank you for your courage and strategic, compassionate action. Thank you for teaching me so much, even now. I remember you today, on your 97th birthday. I remember you always.
#MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #HappyBirthday
Rest in Peace, Claudette Colvin (1939 - 2026).
In 1955, Claudette Colvin,15, was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white woman on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
She was arrested 9months before Rosa Parks, but NAACP didn't want her to represent their organization because she was 15 and pregnant.
PBS is still alive.
It may be down, but it’s not out.
To keep it from ever being out, donate to your local station if you can.
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@EboneeReigne This woman inspires me so much to work hard and grind for the things I want in life. I am truly thankful for Kristen Chazal!!!! Eboneè Thank You Once Again for Bringing this character to life💜. #fbifam@FBICBS
Ok. The OG #MAFS fans may need a lil moment of silence for "It's All or Nothing", the bachelor/bachelorettes and the "Will, Brittany's friends want you to know..." part of the vows now that we've entered the Peacock era #MarriedAtFirstSight