I’m from Mississippi. Where I’m from, “bless your heart” is shady as a magnolia tree.

Invite her to the cookou...?

Cool. Agreed.

Yep, she did make a poor choice, which is why I said I disagreed with her and she’s not my people. I’m still not mocking her miscarriage, nor shrugging off suicidal thoughts because she sang at Trump’s inauguration.

Considering that I say “all skin folk ain’t kinfolk” all the time, I find it interesting that you should try to use that here.

It was. I corrected it earlier.

You are familiar with bell hooks, who chose not to capitalize her name?

Hi Hachi,

Thanks so much, Hachi. You know Mama Zora taught us that if we’re “silent about our pain, they’ll kill us and say we enjoyed it.”

I’m a forever student. It’s never too late to learn!

So true. I’m not a patriot. Freedom fighters are for oppressed and occupied communities across the globe. This is how I know that white folks who are critical of the Movement for Black Lives haven’t read the platform or listened to what they have to say about Palestine—or how they have stood in solidarity with…

You’re very welcome. I appreciate you taking the time.

Thank you for reading. I appreciate you.

Thank you so much, Hachi!! More coming up!

Not familiar with that person, but I just saw the foolishness. Thanks for the heads-up.

I believe in the revolutionary spirit and actions of the Black people in my state. Organize, organize, organize. Also, they have consistently been building community and programs outside of the state apparatus.

Yes, Gynnya was taken to a juvenile detention center; she was living at Maryhurst, though—and before that, Home of the Innocents.

Me, too.

Same. I’m in Natchez, Miss. I’ve heard some criticisms of him from family and friends across the river, so I scrolled by this speech for days.

That’s so real. My grandmother used to say that it all comes clean in the wash.