Rewatched the video of me speaking at my Hooding Ceremony 5 years ago...Whew! Gave myself chills all over again. The risk I took in front of my cohort (their guests) faculty, administration, and staff that day is something I think about often.
Question..... why are institutions adding “belonging” to their DEI/multicultural affairs office titles?
Anything to avoid the phrase “social/justice” huh?
The "my existence is resistance" and " I'm my ancestors wilds dreams" folks are the reason we'll never know freedom! 😭 Such a middle class, higher education discourse removed from there radical roots...
"Even the acknowledgements were beautiful." -A member of my bookclub, talking about #TheProphets, by @sonofbaldwin. In ten years of monthly meetings, we've rarely read a book by a man, but we made an exception for this one, and are so glad we did. https://t.co/Qu96xwg6jp
Oh nothing.
Just randomly dropping my cashapp so I can engage in some firm of self care in front of yet ANOTHER cycle of Black violence and trauma.
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VENMO: TJ-SHORE-46
I’m deeply insulted just by how anyone is expected to function normally or carry on with business as usual. These police killings continue to evoke images of the whipping post. We’re all made to witness this brutality by our gov’t & then told to get back to work.