Something I’m finding is that it helps if you approach them similarly to how you might have approached them in life. Like, “pray for me yall…xyz is happening at work …so-in-so’s going in for surgery…”

I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.

In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”

And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.

"...what will we as Black people have to face in the future? Because there are many of us who feel that not only the Republican party but the Democratic party as well is committed to upholding a system of exploitation and racism."

progressives been ringing the bell abt fascism here for YEARS!!

Same 😩