I know there is plenty morework for us to do in every community.

But both the VP and POTUS elect just said the phrase “systemic racism” onstage during the victory speeches.

That’s a significant marker for the protest, political and cultural change of this past decade.

Our next step is turning it into policy.

Which includes grabbing those ATL senate seats to make more progressive, Black-centered, and marginalized ppl-focused policy much easier to move.

Same is true for the phrase “transgender people.”

I can’t speak for a community of which I’m not a part, but I def heard it and I hope every cis person did too.

We’ve shifted *culture.* It’s an indication of power. That we have to use.

If y’all have ever heard WH speech writers discuss the job, EVERY word in EVERY written speech is purposeful.

And it was said in the midst of a clear acknowledgement of Black folks *and* in an era when Trump has called those of us who fight systemic racism “terrorists.”

Attune your ears to the frequency of our power.

The people have it. Let’s use it.

We bend the arc.

(I’m talking about the effectiveness of organizers and culture leaders to make this an issue of political importance)