Saturday, October 30, 2021

Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope by Jasmine Holmes

 "Here's what I mean: black abortion does not happen in a vacuum. Unless you truly believe that black mothers are more blood-thirsty, ignorant, or depraved than their white or Hispanic counterparts, there has to be something else going on behind those numbers. And while the Republican Party's bread and butter is paying no attention to the man behind the curtain, the Democratic Party's usual stance is to pretend that there is no curtain and focus solely on the man" (46). 

On tribalism: "We don't want to talk to reach understanding. We want to argue to establish dominance."

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