1) “Prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people — that’s a fact.”

2) “If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ‘boy, I hope he is qualified.’”

3) “George Floyd was a ‘scumbag.’”

4) "[MLK was] just a man ... a very flawed one at that ... a mythological anti-racist creation of the 1960s."

5) "The 'Great Replacement' is not a theory, it's a reality."

6) "If I'm dealing with somebody in customer service who's a moronic Black woman... I wonder, is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because [of] affirmative action?"

7) Leaders "won't do what is necessary, which is arresting Black criminals."

8) "Black crime is a major issue in our country."

9) "What is the real problem exactly? The real problem is that Black fathers abandon the women that they impregnate."

10) "The problem is Blacks that kill themselves a lot — kill each other in inner cities."

11) "Black crime is a huge problem no one wants to talk about. It's not racism."

12) Black Lives Matter wants to "fan the flames of a race war in our country... This is an outright threat. A full frontal domestic terrorism in our country."

13) "A BLM-incorporated leader drove through the holiday parade" (re: Waukesha).

14) The alleged Waukesha attacker was a "Black supremacist terrorist."

15) Juneteenth "threatens the fabric of our country."

16) "Juneteenth should not be a federal holiday."

17) "We should not be like... "you're acting like a Trayvon'.... 'you're a Shaniqua.""

18) “Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”.

19) The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a "huge mistake"

20) MLK Jr was "an awful person"

This is your sign to submit your work (artwork, photography, articles, poetry, short stories, etc.) to be featured in the first issue of Eclipse Magazine.

We want to platform work by bipoc queer writers, poets, artists, musicians, photographers, etc. Even if you aren't a creative, if you have something to share, we want to hear from you!

Submissions will not be posted without us reaching out and getting to know you first. In the email, please include a short bio about yourself and anything else you'd like us to know.

Some examples of what you can submit for (and not limited to):

movie/music finds

writing (poetry, articles, short stories)

creator spotlight

artist alley

queer owned business

local bands

local events/protests

newspaper/personal ads

fashion/outfit/genderposting gallery

queer of the issue

donation board (top surgery/living situations/medical bills/etc.)

anon confessionals

Don't be afraid to send us anything you find interesting. Like at all (seriously, if you love it, send it in expeditiously please and thank you)

Everyone in our community must have a voice, so often we don't find that in the media today. Eclipse will serve as a space for representation and an archive of ourselves.