Why the ad? The piece was first created for the exhibition, “Black, USA,” in 1990 at the Museum Overholland in Amsterdam. When the exhibition’s curator was asked why he donated it to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, he responded, “Because it belongs there!”

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"The internet is a store but it used to be a military information sharing network that people pretended was a library for financial reasons" doesn't hit as righteously

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If you "temporarily" capitulation on your obligations to the vulnerable now, then there will always always always be very very very good reasons why that capitulation needs to continue after you win.

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Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

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This is my answer: If I allow white nuance to become more important to me than the terrorism inflicted on Black human beings, then I am no better than guy who burns crosses because Elspeth isn't on tonight. I define racism based on what it does to Black people, not on how it feels to white ones.

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