Thinking a lot about Chadwick Boseman and the death of a beloved family member to colon cancer when I was a teenager, really want to uplift black disabled folks pushing back on the way we’re “honoring” his strength and how he continued working through his dx and treatment. https://twitter.com/blackdisability/status/1299587426231431173">https://twitter.com/blackdisa...
Everyone processes their illness in the same way, they’re reminding us. Yes it’s astounding he chose to keep working, but they’re also sharing the ways so many disabled people are penalized and fired for disclosing their illnesses. Hollywood may have done the same to him.
This is a really hard, really important q: https://twitter.com/imani_barbarin/status/1299590323568549890">https://twitter.com/imani_bar...
And this thread: https://twitter.com/mizteefranklin/status/1299584179911495684">https://twitter.com/mizteefra...
Sending love to his family, such an absolutely devastating loss.