rthangel73
Angela Helm
rthangel73
Ms. Bronner Helm is the Senior Editorial Director at Colorlines. Mouthy Black Girl. Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Fellow. Shea Butter Feminist. Virgo Sun, Aries Moon.

Here I am arguing with my brother who still owes me $10 from 1993.

I had the exact same reaction. It goes without saying that fucking responsibility politics are yet another form of systematic oppression, but this is a terrible look. It also (should) go without saying that this man’s actions are the result of mental illness, just like so many others. But all I could think when I saw

this tragedy really doesn’t affect me with regards to how blacks are perceived. whites in the past have proven that even when blacks are “well-behaved” and minding their own damn business, they would still label us fiends if not outright attack us. so, no, this is a tragedy but it does not reflect on me or any other

Thank you for thanking me, but I actually feel like this is *more* significant. Our country has a long history of patriotically jerking young men (and now women) off to get them to go to war, then studiously ignore the effects of war on them when they have the temerity to come back alive but injured. Several years of

“eh. I got more than that in less time by destroying a casino.” - our current president

Behaviors, murderous or not, always have underlying causes. The sooner we figure out the factors, the better equipped we are to get systems in place to help address and alleviate them.

White “people” live to terrorize black people.