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expressing emotions isn’t weakness, but keeping emotions inside creates weaknesses. weaknesses that are exploitable by white supremacy in order to paint us as deadly criminals.

a hundred little private crashouts a day is better than one massive public crashout that hurts people. we as black people represent our entire race with every action we take in this world. that’s a lot of pressure on us— to hold that in until you explode is honestly silly.

in private: cry. yell. sigh. punch. kick. scream. punch your pillow like a teenage girl. get in your car and honk your horn, or bang your head on the steering wheel. bite something. rip something. buy cheap glassware specifically to shatter it. then meditate, gather yourself, and get to work to change what is making you feel sick.

Tamir Rice should be celebrating his 23rd birthday today.

Instead, his life was stolen at just 12 years old when he was killed by an Ohio police officer.