This virus is killing Black ppl disproportionately. Black businesses were (disproportionately) kept from Covid financial relief & have had to close/permanently. Black children & schools right now...ARE THESE NOT BLACK ISSUES??? And that’s JUST about Covid 19. Like...
Ofcourse when we get into the meat and potatoes of EVERYTHING, I’m sure we’ll find out that Black ppl aren’t doing the best. And it’s not by accident. We know that. We don’t all think a like & that’s okay but bruh...there’s either the path FORWARD or the path backward. Das it🤷🏽♀️
So what is the hang up when ppl are dying NOW. When school kids were ALREADY behind...and are falling even further. But if all you’re worrying about is *you* and not all of us, I can see how none of this matters to you. And also how things that benefit Black ppl who are not...
...Black, Cis-Het & Male, wouldn’t help *you*. When it is the exact opposite. Protecting the *most* oppressed helps EVERYONE. And yet even with what this man & his admin has been allowed to do, ppl (with huge platforms) are still playing these games. Unreal.
For far too long, “Black issues” have centered Black Cis-Het men ONLY. As everyone else was told to wait. Patriarchy was more important. But we aren’t WW. You not just gone tell those of us who aren’t BM what to care about. Bcuz history has shown, BW/Black disabled folks ...
...have had to do our own work to save ourselves even inside our own communities. And folks see that as BAD. Not the “proper order”. While BW were being conditioned & groomed to protect EVERYONE (even over ourselves), Black Cis-Het men were conditioned to expect loyalty...
...from ALL Black ppl, while not having to consider any other Black ppl. And now that folks are having to consider other ppl, they hate it. And here we are. Either it’s all of us, or none of us. That’s on that. This country has fucked us in so many ways & there is SO MUCH...
...that needs to change. But we’re not gonna get there going backwards or staying where we are. Forward only. And the possibilities are endless. I get ppl’s rightful skepticism of Dems. Bcuz fuck them. They are also why we’re here. Fuck them. But if this year has told us...
...anything, it is that Dems run NOTHING. They ARE weak. And this country, the whole world, moved WITHOUT them. Nobody was marching for Obama, Biden or Harris. This is so much bigger than them. That’s where I’m at. The people have the power & politicians jump on ‘n off ...
...depending on the weather. Putting our hope into Biden, Mueller or any single person is foolish. What matters is the momentum & the movement. We all feel it. Forward. Always forward. And that’s it. The Senate. Scotus. Potus. The House. Local/city elections. They all...
...matter. The people are the most important. It can be fuck Biden. It can be fuck Harris but if your goal is moving things forward in this moment, and for the future, the choice is clear. It just is. And if it’s not...please move out of the way🙄
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