RtR Community, In case you’re wondering, no I will not be releasing statements every day. The Trump Administration is notorious for fire hosing us with oppressive policies and outrageous statements so we’re in a constant state of reaction and disillusionment. Trump freezing all civil rights cases, passing the Laken Riley Act and emboldening ICE to … Read more
“I realized that regardless of the tragedy, regardless of the grief, regardless of the monstrous challenge, Some of Us Have Not Died. Some of us did not die… and what shall We do, We Who Did Not Die?” June Jordan, during her keynote lecture at Barnard College for the 30th anniversary conference for the Barnard … Read more
The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists … Read more