King Day 2024
Resharing some pieces in honor of Dr. King’s legacy, during an era of censoring marginalized voices
“It happened whether it offends you or not.”
“That book wasn’t even written until a century after slavery was abolished” “Then why the hell are they still complaining about it?” —Octavia Butler, Kindred (1979) “I would like to honestly say to you that the white backlash is merely a new name for an old phenomenon […] What I'm trying to get across is that our nation has constantly taken a positive step…
Suing the District
This piece is Part III in an ongoing series considering parallels between the “Southern Strategy” of 1960s American politics and the current manufactured war on race- and gender-related discussions and concepts. Part I is here. Part II is here. The sheer power on display to turn King against himself— a process that has been underway
Banned Book #5: Dear Martin
“Well anyone born here is a citizen with full rights. There are people who claim certain ‘injustices’ are race-related, but if you ask me, they’re just being divisive.” A character delivers this line during a class debate in the third chapter of Nic Stone’s
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