Spent all morning trying to verbalize all of my thoughts in relation to the current state of the U.S. There's alot to be said, I'm sure, but I think this is the gist of what I feel. Please take the time to read this, as well as other writing by my black peers we're all in this

Additionally, if you'd like to read more about the history of race and power here are some great (albeit a bit dense and "academic") PDFs to check out

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GuZAqPwJb8_LubRMalVmLIKsxPoyf_rl/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13BBUPrW9xIiKxFOKyW8FvRzPtXM5511t/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lxRI3FbUMNslw7HyS_Keju-__Zx_Lo4m/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GkSji61qpuGbn7feZNNCFqdY79IrFG9_/view

The first link is from Roderick Ferguson, who I /highly/ suggest if you're interested in the intersection of race and queer theory and the history thereof

AND here's my archive of readings and PDFs if you'd like to do even more reading

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-eu4vb5mUjVviVYuN-LkTfAcU1BkKsAI?usp=sharing

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