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A Black Woman in Handcuffs For Climbing The Statue of Liberty on Independence Day is a Perfect Metaphor For America

The Statue of Liberty is a metaphor. One cannot carve a statue out of liberty any more than one can take a photograph of freedom or hold a jarful of justice. Liberty is not a thing, it is a concept. And, while it is the bedrock foundation upon on which white America as always rested,…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

July 7, 2018
Culture

Are Black Women Fighting Other People’s Battles?

Therese Patricia Okoumou, an immigrant activist from the Republic of Congo, climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest the separation of migrant children from their families. But what’s that got to do with black folks? Despite misconceptions, immigration in America has plenty to do with black people. In fact, black immigrants in the United States…

By

Felice León

Published

July 6, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

Black Women Are People. Expecting Them to Be Our Saviors and Superheroes Is Killing Them

Of the myriad factors contributing to my mom’s death, the one I have the least concrete proof for is the one to which I attribute the most blame. I cannot prove that she died at 60 because she was a working-class black woman in a country built on and violent towards people who looked and…

By

Damon Young

Published

July 5, 2018