My Mother’s Dreams for Her Son, and All Black Children — Hilton Als at The NewYorker
Category: micropost
All dreams are surrogates.
“To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. Ask the souls of the 10,000 black victims of COVID-19 who might still be living if they had been white. Ask the souls of those who were told the pandemic was the “great equalizer.” Ask the souls of those forced to choose between their low-wage jobs and their treasured life. Ask the souls of those blamed for their own death. Ask the souls of those who disproportionately lost their jobs and then their life as others disproportionately raged about losing their freedom to infect us all. Ask the souls of those ignored by the governors reopening their states.
The American nightmare has everything and nothing to do with the pandemic. Ask the souls of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. Step into their souls.”
— Ibrahim X. Kendi, The American Nightmare
The American nightmare has everything and nothing to do with the pandemic. Ask the souls of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. Step into their souls.”
— Ibrahim X. Kendi, The American Nightmare
Barack Obama: How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge
(via Daring Fireball)
Impart movement
“And that click you hear?
That’s just our voices,
the deadbolt of discourse
sliding into place.”
— Matthew Olzmann via @POETSorg
That’s just our voices,
the deadbolt of discourse
sliding into place.”
— Matthew Olzmann via @POETSorg
Anita Hill on #metoo via @nytimes
How the Digital Era Has Changed the Daily Crossword (via @nytimes)
Always inspiring: Muhammad Ali via @nytimes
“Creative people in general have an acute propensity for wonder.” — Nick Cave, The Red Hand Files, Issue #1