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Being black in America is wanting to defend #ShaunKing from racists while critiquing him & calling him in on his abuse of power/influence toward other black people. Being black in America means knowing that white people will delight any time black folks fight.
Being black in America means knowing that black folks do harm to each other & we are inclined to ignore that harm too long to keep up appearances for white folks.
Being black in America means recognizing that we have all learned & internalized white surpremacist heteropatriarchal modes of relating that hold us back & working daily to learn new ways of being. But white supremacy gives us no time, space or privacy to do that work.
