In Black culture, scars often represent our collective *and* individual experiences. It can refer to transgenerational trauma, like slavery, like the "chokecherry tree" in Toni Morrison's "Beloved," eyebrow "cuts"… https://t.co/WEkdiVt1NU
By owning her farm, Fannie Lou Hamer became impervious to the scare tactics of white employers. “She and others like her were able to take a role in the front lines...,were the first to sign petitions, and didn’t hesitate to speak up” says Leah Penniman.
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@jakejakeny@CNBC Why is there an equation if Greta Thunberg and Elizabeth Warren in this article? One is a politician the other is not. Greta doesn’t eschew personal responsibility, if she did she would eat meat and fly in airplanes.