“I want to feel what I feel. Even if it’s not happiness.”― Toni MorrisonBlack Hist
“I want to feel what I feel. Even if it’s not happiness.”― Toni MorrisonBlack History Month is a time when we often celebrate the strength, talent, and resourcefulness of Black people. We bring ourselves close to black movements and spaces. We steep ourselves in images boasting the continued resilience of Black people.We use resilience as cover for continued abuses against Black people. We use resilience to mask the horrors of the racist war on drugs, we use resilience to erase the contribution of Black people in every facet of our society. We use perseverance to avoid looking directly at equity.The national Harm Reduction Coalition is committed to learning and growing and requiring less resilience of people. -- source link