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People thinking that a collective trauma is the time to do “self-improvement” just bc they may be less busy are misguided. You didn’t consent to this constraining situation. You’re unlikely to be in a place of relative safety and stability. This isn’t to say that no growth can happen here, but force rarely serves it.

Work on the self starts and ends with kindness. Kindness to the self is the first step, the ultimate achievement, and every step of the way. Growth is simply wiser and deeper kindness to self.

If you’re trying to force yourself to be “better” right now, in a time of immense pain and uncertainty, is it rooted in kindness? Idk! I don’t know you. But I know our culture, and its demands are not kind. Kindness usually looks like a radical departure from cultural coercion, as far as it’s in our power.

Do I consent?

Is it kind?

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Haven’t stayed up this late in a while, and I haven’t stayed up this late to WRITE in a while, but I’m not unhappy about it, even if I’ll feel terrible tomorrow. Not sure anything I’ve written will make sense or even be mildly interesting come morning, but I got a couple of thousand words down, and in this moment that’s good enough.

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Bayard Rustin was an openly gay Black man who was Martin Luther King’s right hand man. He planned the Million Man March and was subject to scrutiny for his sexuality and deemed a “deviant” and “pervert”.

Bayard Rustin can be found in nearly every picture of MLK yet he has undoubtedly been erased from history. We have to fix that.

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Well then, let’s bring that name back.

Bayard Rustin, openly gay, human rights activist, proud black man.

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(the guy on the left in case you wondered)

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Yeah he was literally the guy who was the head of planning the March on Washington.

If you want to learn more about him, there’s a great documentary on him called Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

You can watch the full documentary here (until March 31st, 2016)

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I did a research project on him, Ella Baker, Claudette Colvin and Stokely Carmichael comparing their contributions to the Civil Rights Movement to the lack of recognition and misrepresentation they received in commonly used high school American History textbooks. All of these people played major roles in the Civil Rights Movement—almost on par with MLK—yet they go largely unnoticed or unfairly pushed aside not only during their time, but even now in classes on American History. These men and women deserve to be remembered.

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I would also like to add Jame Baldwin to this list: writer, activist, and openly gay black man:

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People they’ll never tell you about, may their stories be told now

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“A masterpiece was created in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone today” video by Kyle Kotajarvi

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This wasn’t a government stunt to try and avoid doing something meaningful, but a coming together of community artists who did it for free. Which is why it’s the best.

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And it’s not even finished in that shot!


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It really is stunning art. I hope they keep this block closed to vehicles for a long time.

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I love how the right wing is all “It’s Anarchy! It’s terrorism! They’re burning everything down! They must be stopped! Send in the military!”

Meanwhile the moment people are allowed to do what they want, the first things they do are…

Make art and plant a garden.

[ID: 1) An overhead video of Black Lives Matter painted down the middle of a public street in Seattle in large letters. Every letter is a separate brightly colored piece of colored art. 2) A Tweet by James Saint-Franc @sirjamesa12 “Every single letter was designed by black artists from the Seattle area.” 3) A still shot of the same street art completed. It is even more brightly colored.]

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Here’s the one they did in my city. All done by black artists

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These photos better show up in textbooks one day

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writerswritecompany: “ Writing is a creative act. In this infographic, we share 16 easy ways to unleash your creativity. What’s your goal for 2020? Is it to finish the novel you’re working on? Is it to finally leave your desk job to become a...
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