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In everyday life, community, or rather knowing where to find community, can be something we take for granted (on the surface). In the United States, you know where the black cities are, which black cities have young black people, and …
The Labor of Being in Community with a Chronic Illness Read more »
A Lack of Police Accountability In February 2012, George Zimmerman shot bullets into a young Trayvon Martin that were felt by African-Americans everywhere. The tragedy set off a course of events that not only resulted in the formation of the …
Everyone Should Be Concerned About Police Brutality Read more »
Recent events at Mizzou remind me of parts of my experience at the University of Michigan that are pretty painful. As a student activist on campus, I often pushed back against institutional and student-body racism in a way that left …
Thinking About Mizzou and Remembering Racism at the University of Michigan Read more »