“What are you carrying dormant in your body that springs up when confronted with Black joy, Black power, Black brilliance, Black Blackness in the world? How can you train your bodies to respond differently when you are triggered, when you’re in fight-or-flight mode? How can I help you stop yourselves from killing us?”
Performing Whiteness
Sarah Bellamy | The Paris Review | June 8, 2020 | 2,373 words