Black rage has long been a political tool. It has been used against us, but it is our anger, historically, that speaks to the core concerns of black people in America and provides a radical critique of the system of racism. Black rage announces itself at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio, and says, “Ain’t I a woman?” Black rage stands before hundreds of thousands at the Lincoln Memorial and says, “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’” Black rage says to the Democratic National Convention, “I’m sick and tired of being sick
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