unrest: BLM, excerpts as a queer, black American

  • June 1, 2020

justice for george floyd. justice for ahmaud arbery. justice for breonna taylor. justice for the black and brown queer & trans lives lost that did not carry enough weight to seed the storm alone. Black lives were itemized, optimized and intended for exploitation from the inception of the concept of a Black American. Indigenous people were pilfered and exterminated.  Black lives always mattered—they are simply expendable.  Black lives were intended as a…