You see how Amanda Gorman just made you feel??
This is why art matters so much. It has the ability to cut through and gets right to the heart of the matter.
I guarantee most will forget the majority of these speeches, but it will be hard to forget what she just did today.
At this point in 2016 Clinton was winning polls in Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, and Pennsylvania by more than Biden is now and she still lost all those states so let's stay vigilant motherfuckers
I don’t know if I’m alone in this feeling, but 2020 didn’t happen in a vacuum. All of this has been building all around us.
Some of us weren’t paying any attention because our privileges allowed us to ignore it. People have been telling us about all of this for a long time.
Mitch McConnell in 2016: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president."
White people:
We gotta talk about burn out. You aren’t conditioned to be thinking about race this much because of your privilege. We need you to do all you’re doing today, tomorrow, and until the end of time.
Let’s talk about ways to focus on current & systemic change.
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