'More than a cause for celebration, Juneteenth is a reminder that repair is long overdue. We need a call to create a future where this society is free of anti-Blackness.' 📝 Alicia M. Walters and Collette Watson
“using their comfort with anti-Blackness as a weapon to destroy democracy for the generations to come.” We must work towards a path of intersectional reparations that lays the groundwork of mobility and healing for not just our stories and our selves, but for the generations to come.
The way to reflect the wholeness of Black people is to resource our ability to honor and cultivate our own narratives. That’s why the Media 2070 project is currently calling on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the history of racism in its policymaking, in order to create the foundation for policy that directly redresses these harms. We need a mainstream media system that loves and elevates Black people.
We can’t keep doing storytelling and reporting as usual. It’s time to center the voices of Black people in society, to create spaces dedicated to Black truth-telling and expression—such as the—and to finally begin the process of healing the deep generational wounds of slavery. Only then will we be aligned with the spirit of Black ancestors who danced in the streets upon learning of Emancipation in 1865.
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