Tag: essay

I just got done watching Fruitvale Station again and god it gets me every time. Oscar Grant is long gone, the incident long since past, but the hurt and pain I feel inside is as if it happened right now. I’ll never know Oscar Grant, but I’ll love him as a brother, a brother slain… Continue reading “Do NOT stand idly by while one of us is taken out”

Let me be clear: first off, I’m no antisemitic, but I am an anti Zionist, I’m anti Zionist because I support Palestinians’ autonomy and freedom from the state oppression and violence coming from the Israeli state. I do not support the continued occupation of the homeland. From sea to sea, Palestine must be free. I… Continue reading “All skin folk ain’t kin folk”

Malik shared his thoughts on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Today we watched what is just the start of this country’s regression. The second the supreme court made that Dobbs decision, I was petrified, and we all should be. Martin said an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere and that couldn’t be… Continue reading “Just the start of this country’s regression”

Juneteenth: a new federal holiday created to mark the day the last enslaved black people in Texas got word they were free. Today I watched the news and saw many public figures come on networks and give their thoughts and praise for today, and I saw a concert being touted as landmark and important. While… Continue reading Juneteenth: “the government always seeks to pacify the masses”

Malik recently shared some thoughts he had about the murder of Tyre Nichols and the public response.   I feel the response has been lackluster, like the response when the Kentucky pigs got off and Louisville didn’t do anything. It’s really saddening to me. I’ve been enraged being in here unable to do anything. I… Continue reading “I DO NOT want peace”