Context matters, Jennifer. I actually took the time to edit your tweet below. You had enough characters to add Biden's FULL quote: “...Whether they should remain the rules is a different issue. I was proud of how she responded.” You intentionally chose not to. Why?
This is why it’s not enough to tell people to vote. People did vote. These voter suppression laws are in response to people organizing and voting. Our democracy is on the cusp and we cannot treat this as politics as usual.
Courts are closed tomorrow for Juneteenth. My incarcerated clients, all of whom are black men, will remain in jail to celebrate the emancipation of slaves. This is America.
As we acknowledge the racist massacre of Black people that began in Tulsa 100 years ago today, remember it was a part of a larger history of white racial violence in New York (1863), Wilmington (1898), Atlanta (1906), East St. Louis (1917), Rosewood (1923) and many other cities.
A cartoon from the 1960s. My father wasn’t beloved by America. In ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail,’ he responded to 8 white clergy who took issue w/the nonviolent campaign he was leading in Birmingham. He wrote of “white moderates” who were “more devoted to order than to justice.”
I stand with the Palestinian people. My heart aches for the families who have lost loved ones. We can not stand as silent witnesses to children being orphaned and murdered and not demand for the human rights of all Palestinians! This must end. Free Palestine.
Our hope is that this verdict will be a small step towards accountability. But that’s just about accountability, not justice.
For us, justice would be George Floyd alive today.