Daunte Wright is dead at the hands of the Brooklyn, Minneapolis police because of an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror that the police felt blocked his view, prompting their pulling him over.
An air freshener.
Daunte is dead over an AIR FRESHENER.
2020 was one of the most transparent windows we've had into what it looks like to live in a country that has never really thought about how its systems and "culture" are dangerously broken.
Read MoreEven with a vaccine on the horizon, no one should just be like, C'est la vie!" and going out, doing whatever they want with no mask and no adherence to social distancing measures. This is nowhere near "over."
Read MoreSo my new opinion piece for the Portland Mercury is live. You can check it out here. So...yeah. I expect an interesting discourse across social media.
Read MoreSome thoughts on the recent litany of online attacks directed at Black women and Black femmes who openly talk about white supremacy and anti-Blackness by white cis men, white cis women, and Black cis men. It’s time for white accomplices and other Black cis men to step in and check their fellow white people and Black cis men accordingly. This ain’t about being a savior - this is about being an anti-racist and anti-hate based human being.