I am reminded that I am a descendant of people who have endured the worst atrocities known to humankind--enslavement, racism white supremacy, Jim Crow laws, institutionalized lynching, the U.S. prison industrial complex, social injustices, miseducation, and the Willy Lynch plan.
Surely, we will survive the reign of he-who-shall-not-be-named; the right wing political coup; the Republican take over of Congress; and, possibly, a conservative stacked Supreme Court. The ability to rise above even this, to thrive, and to carve out a new reality is in my DNA.
I stand on the shoulders and backs of miracle workers named Truth, Douglass, Wells-Barnett, X, King, Hamer, Obama, et. al. I am guided forward by the divine wisdom of W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Angela Davis, James Baldwin, and many more brilliant thinkers.
Surely, I and I--WE--will prevail. Being a Black woman, I can't do nothing else but ARISE.
