The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And so it's important to remember that folks of color know their own realities.

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.

I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one another.

And let's just be honest, there is no such place called 'justice,' if by that we envision a finish line, or a point at which the battle is won and the need to continue the struggle over with. After all, even when you succeed in obtaining a measure of justice, you're always forced to mobilize to defend that which you've won. There is no looming vacation. But there is redemption in struggle.

It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.

Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems.

The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And so it's important to remember that folks of color know their own realities.