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
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
And this thread: https://twitter.com/mizteefranklin/status/1299584179911495684
Sending love to his family, such an absolutely devastating loss.
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