Zach, what's so terrifying is that President Trump is trying to undo what James Baldwin wrote. Last night my wife and I watched the press awards and it brought tears to my eyes as one brilliant black reporter after another accepted an award and gave a thrilling speech. The President is not only undoing DEI programs, which he claimes gives jobs to unqualified people of color, but is trying to erase Black history by sayiing "Woke" is dead in America. He doesn't even know what woke really means.
You share: "unlike the priests and administrators who owned them, the Mahoneys could not read or write. “But they could speak”... And this is exactly what is necessary for any acts of true reparation to be considered and acted upon. Do we understand that all we have are stories? That the voice of the oppressed, subjugated, marginalized, or erased is valid? All we have are our stories. Those in power, in control -- those who rule -- must become silent and admit their own fear of being seen as vulnerable -- and recognize and accept that the story spoken by the oppressed validates the speakers. Thank you for this powerful reflection.
Zach, what's so terrifying is that President Trump is trying to undo what James Baldwin wrote. Last night my wife and I watched the press awards and it brought tears to my eyes as one brilliant black reporter after another accepted an award and gave a thrilling speech. The President is not only undoing DEI programs, which he claimes gives jobs to unqualified people of color, but is trying to erase Black history by sayiing "Woke" is dead in America. He doesn't even know what woke really means.
You share: "unlike the priests and administrators who owned them, the Mahoneys could not read or write. “But they could speak”... And this is exactly what is necessary for any acts of true reparation to be considered and acted upon. Do we understand that all we have are stories? That the voice of the oppressed, subjugated, marginalized, or erased is valid? All we have are our stories. Those in power, in control -- those who rule -- must become silent and admit their own fear of being seen as vulnerable -- and recognize and accept that the story spoken by the oppressed validates the speakers. Thank you for this powerful reflection.