As for me and my house, I am the only person who can vote. I have young children and an immigrant husband. My vote represents us all. Your vote represents more people than just you as well
Tag: peacebypiece
Piece 11: Kalief Browder
Browder didn’t take his own life any more than his mother died as a result of heart trouble; rather, our country’s inefficient judicial system killed this young man and by extension his mother as well.
Piece 10: 12 Years a Slave
To study these two stories and the popular response to both is, I believe, to see with fresh eyes the expectation of the dominant culture in America that it is always the expected position of black bodies to be submissive to their pain and struggles while observers who are not themselves on the margins with black Americans cry for a moment and then move on with their lives: never changing, never changed.
piece 9: Get in the Way
This week’s three resources are all about John Lewis, a personal hero of mine whose life’s work was justice, equity, and liberation.
Piece 8: The Blood of Emmett Till
Over all this, I knew of course that black people – even children – could not truly be free around white people without being punished.
Piece 7: Do Justice
For the past month and a half, I have shared podcast suggestions, movies, TV episodes, and books. Today, I want to point you not toward sources of information to take in, but toward points of action.
Piece 6: Lift Every Voice
Simply put, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” belongs to those of use whose weary years and silent tears have been seen by God. It is a hymn of worship to God, not an anthem of allegiance to a flag.
Piece 5: Strange Fruit
This week is about strange fruit.
Piece 4: Representation
When brand names and images are changed in order to be more considerate of a diverse customer base, what feelings does this elicit inside you?
Piece 3: Black and…
Bayard Rustin, the openly gay activist who was instrumental in organizing 1963’s March on Washington – the march where Dr. King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, the march that Al Sharpton has announced plans to replicate this August – was in many ways kept behind the scenes of the Civil Rights Movement because of his status as an openly gay man. Then, as now, folks thought that his sexuality would be a distraction if he featured more prominently in the movement.