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Why We Still Need to Talk About Racism, Even if it Hurts

I’m so tired of people like Laura Loomer and Joe Rogan who are completely without merit but who have been elevated to massive platforms

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It has been too long since I talked with Zuri Stevens. I’ve known her for years. I’ve always admired her work on Medium, and she was one of the first person I reached out to for a live after the fascists took control of our country.

I reached out to a lot of people then. Anxiety gave me courage. My email went something like, “Zuri, you barely know me. I’ve read your articles. Would you like to talk? I’m so nervous about the future! What can we do?”

So we nursed each other through the first hard days. We were both counting down to the midterms and trying to find a strategy that might work in the face of hopelessness.

Zuri went through that strategy again in this talk. We have to build a community. We have to support each other. We have to shake off all the lies and indoctrination of the Republican party and conservative ideology.

Once she said that, I realized that’s what we’ve been doing. We’ve come so far since 2024. There’s still a long way to go, but I feel better now. I feel more powerful. I’ve created strong bonds with people of integrity like Zuri Stevens and so many others.

The wind is at our back. We’ve got momentum and we’re not stopping. As always, I left this conversation feeling more powerful than when I started. What more can you ask from a conversation with a friend?

Please subscribe to Zuri and support her if you can. She’s a pillar of decency in a world that’s crumbling into ruin!

Thank you Dr. Yamicia Connor, Chris Resists, Mandy Ohman, PJ Schuster, Under the Golden Boot, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zuri Stevens! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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