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Ahmaud Arbery

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

A Beautiful and Brutal Truth

by michelleweber June 24, 2020October 19, 2022

“I only know that it is incredibly sad to admit to your children that you’ve been seeing videos of black men being killed since you were their age and that you haven’t been able to stop it.”

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, History, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Sports

‘Shots fired. Male on ground, bleeding out.’

by michelleweber June 23, 2020October 19, 2022

When “Who gets to go jogging without getting shot?” is an actual question a society has to ask, that society is fundamentally flawed.

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, History, Quotes

Rout the Racism From Your Very Bones

by michelleweber June 10, 2020October 19, 2022

“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?”

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