Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

“Sometimes Black Joy is a party to which white people are not invited.” p. 216

“‘Happiness is fleeting,’ he said, ‘but joy is grounded by grief.’ Joy is birthed from hard places.” p. 206

“A Black person who was moving around freely had to be up to no good. Surveillance was constant in spaces white people sought to control or monopolize…And when Black people could not be stopped from moving freely or from achieving the financial success…white people resorted to violence.” p. 187

“Leaving is an act of resistance because so many Black people are stuck, unable to leave the ghetto or hood or other place that has suffered from racist neglect and community divestment.” p. 167

“[Gloria] Richardson knew well that force was an accelerator of change and could lead to revolution. For her and Malcolm [X], force was the ballot and revolution was the bullet…Revolution is what happens when force is denied or ignored. Force is not a request; it is a demand.” p. 162

“When the Klan realized their own lives could be at risk when they were terrorizing Black communities, racial violence came to a halt…Collective protection is powerful. It not only saved lives but compelled people to reckon with the reasons for needing it.” p. 111

“It changes our perspective on Black women, self-defense, and protection if we no longer see someone like Harriet Tubman as the exception but the rule when it came to security in Black communities.” p. 87

“Among the enslaved, protection was about minimizing the violence of slavery: slowdowns, deceit, threats, poison, arson, destruction of property, and physical altercations…Protection is the antithesis of policing because it is about securing freedom, not denying it.” p. 80

A friend that lives in Eastern Kentucky has a school lunch system where she has to put in no more than $120 at a time with a 10% transaction fee for depositing. With her three kids on the account it ends up being about $25 a month just to add money to the account that doesn't go towards the balance

Are we doing this?? I have so many…

Whoops. I might have spoken too soon.