For those white liberals talking about how they're "mourning," "in shock," and afraid...FFS buck up. I was just in KC at the 17th Annual Urban Summit, w/ a couple hundred Black folk and they are NOT crying or cowering. They are down to fight, like they've always had to. A 🧵...
2/ This is what makes me crazy about white libs/progressives. They do this thing where they get surprised whenever America (the noun) decides to America (the verb). But Black folks have been watching America America for 400+ years...
3/ We act like "this isn't who we are," and damned near every Black person over 40 (and most who are younger too) is is like "where y'all been?" This is among the reasons white progressives need to study the Black freedom struggle more closely...
4/ At the Summit this weekend, @MichaelEDyson and I were the keynotes, and the energy was electric. Folks weren't bowed or broken. As I said in my speech, we might be broken hearted but our vision is clear. And there is much to be said for burning away all illusions...
5/ ...and for being able to see who we really are. White liberals' primary problem is they still have too much faith in the inherent goodness of the system. Black folk know better and are psychologically healthier for it...
6/ When @MichaelEDyson asked in his speech "what are we gonna do now?" he answered it with the obvious answer: we're gonna do what we always did before we had civil rights laws, before the progress we've experienced had happened. We're gonna fight. Damn right...
7/ And as I have said many times since 2016, if you study the history of the Black freedom struggle you know that though the oppressors do much damage, there is a will to survive among the oppressed that knows no end. Bet on Black, and all who follow their example.
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