Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 My children, and they are all my children, could not have pulled this off. No permits, no friendly Officer Bob on horseback, no hydration stations. For us– Tear gas and batons and riot gear. We have got to confront this, y’all. I cannot stop weeping. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02HUGfwKhwnSVp6NQdD9X6MyGkw2GbqiyzgUCFKCjuLoLop67Na5umsVKtqegmbtcTl Post Type: Text…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 Just like the Women’s Festival, I mean Celebration with Selfies, I mean March. Blocking traffic. Utilizing resources. Police cover ain’t cheap. I do not blame the kids. And they were right to pivot to poc. But something concomitant had better happen for us 3-25 and beyond. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02uvuYcpH9eA4mFLPLtPa9EL9eeSutiPiqUk6J4jqVbFmv59viBmjB2nLYdGe3DwjLl Post Type:…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 These kids, bless them all, secured permits. Had the protection of the people who blow us away for skittles and cell phones. Had the sanction of those who pass ordinances and laws and zoning to oppress us. They will get keys to cities; my beloveds get the iron bars. Permalink:…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 If the very first time a black kid died, every major artery in America was filled. It would never happen for my nephews. Or my niece. Or for any of the beautiful young faces and minds I have had the pleasure to mentor. Dear God. I cannot stop crying. Permalink:…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 We will never ever know what it would look like if the very first time…the first time a black kid died….i am weeping too much to type. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid03JTyoUE3Eb2gtuL5L15hRcKWZ2c6gkX7omvt1Mo7NyXsaQK1ut58rbVmrVzXcF3Jl Post Type: Text Caption Type: N/A Is Cross Post: 0 Is Share: 0 Impressions: 0 Reach: 0 Reactions: 3 Comments: 0…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 Ian gets into Princeton. Mario’s future can be fatally compromised. If he makes it out in one piece, that is. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid027gvaGTrkuD9NdKcaYowthAu3QrrhcTKZgcgUAqyd3whjqnKsmDtmizLTiAHUHyFWl Post Type: Text Caption Type: N/A Is Cross Post: 0 Is Share: 0 Impressions: 0 Reach: 0 Reactions: 0 Comments: 0 Shares: 0  

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 Actually, forget the academy. Hear this. Darius and Le’Tonya, all too often, will wind up with a record and a dossier that will keep them from passing background check that would let them to corral carts at Wal-Mart. Protection over punishment. Only for the melanin challenged. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02JHziDtXTUswJL18xRtHKk4dFJE5QcbpUMDHJy3QV2G1HgSwoLDjVCGspXf17rhJhl Post Type:…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 Far from actions that elicit praise and secure futures, their acts of actual resistance, which carry with it real risks and dangers, will often result in a record that will keep them from the ivy covered halls of academe. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02WsxQtXB4hnMTFNhAhWLNmbftmZsmKwdMPNinEEshXV4fRaxzN9z6UHnjSQehJiWZl Post Type: Text Caption Type: N/A Is Cross Post:…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 For DeShawn and Marquita and Jesus and Lupita, who protested not only rogue shooters but police violence as well, their protests–and the protests of their older sisters and uncles and aunts since Rodney King in 1991–the outcome would be, and has been, wildly different. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02oCUq6H6rirG2UPvU1XWCFxzdh79gCCDeSoJznEn7m4aPLMuZDxqSJmk5X1toqEoBl Post Type: Text Caption…

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Facebook Publication Date: 3/24/2018 20:03 For Trevor and Heather, this day can (and will) condense into a heartwarming anecdote that will secure them a place at Harvard, or at least a UC or Northwestern. Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02AZMu6ZiPaYDmvviFiwTr4sRTnmHE4XMGofDNehStqFgYwpQz21JhmC6NTUAkhuG4l Post Type: Text Caption Type: N/A Is Cross Post: 0 Is Share: 0 Impressions: 0 Reach: 0 Reactions: 1…

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