and it’s cool to see ppl interacting with the account. i was a Coolidge Corner Theatre person when i was living in that area and didn’t actually visit The Brattle until after i had moved away

yeah learning about Yom Kippur in particular opened my eyes (and later Ramadan too), like we are truly half assing this 😅

it’s such a joke. on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday you can have “a small meal and a snack.” can’t even fully stop eating on the day Jesus died haha

obviously grateful the council passed the legislation tho i do wonder if residents who live up there gave the council members an earful too

Anyway all of this demonstrates an uneasy relationship with Blackness where people are keen to try and manage what it means to speak for or represent Black people towards their particular ends. Acknowledging and recognizing Black agency across the spectrum complicates this effort.

Once he wrote about Palestine he was held out as a convert to leftism despite the fact he’s been pretty clearly on the left for the entirety of his public life and he comes from a family of leftist intellectuals.