THREAD: Senait Brown's open letter to son Malcolm:
"One day you will look back & find the footprints your mother has left behind...I hope you will see the revolutionary fire that sparked my audacity to become a Black mama & bring you into this world."
southseattleemerald.com/2020/09/01/opi…
Liberation requires that we "divest from inherently racist institutions like the New Youth Jail [& policing]," & "develop a collective 'sense of empowerment' & consciousness in our community; plant seeds, build & invest in an infrastructure rooted in our own self-determination."
"That infrastructure is what I look to today to survive and secure our future...everything depends on what we build for ourselves."
"I wish for you to reap the benefits of African-centered education with Black Star Line & Freedom Schools with YUIR and WA-Bloc; I want you to be fed by the fruits of Nurturing Roots Farm & the flavors of Cafe Avole, to find your body in rhythm with Northwest Tap Connection."
I wish for you to find "safety in Africatown-Central District, to arm your body and mind with Blaq Elephant Party, innovate at Black Dot, and explore your best thinking at the Black Power Epicenter..."
"When we face the unspeakable challenges of living while Black and the police, schools, hospitals, medical clinics, and government are colluding to take away your life force, I need you to be able to look to the Black Prisoners’ Caucus, United Better Thinking, & Creative Justice"
I need you to be able to look to "...Community Passageways for strategy and refuge — a village to fight for our right to live radical, bold, and Black."
"Our liberation and your life is dependent on surviving these systems of oppression, planting seeds for our own infrastructure, and investing in what we have built collectively. Asheʼ Asheʼ"
#BuildAfricatown #TapInDontTapOut #Unity
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