You will notice I have chosen to use “folx” instead of “folks” because it is a gender neutral term created by activist communities, and I would like to honor everyone who reads this book. Replacing the “ks” with an “x” allows for every reader who has never been seen before to see themselves in here. We’ll capitalize Black, Brown, Indigenous, People of Color and Folx of the Global Majority because I believe it is important to center the voices and lives of those who have been marginalized, silenced, and purposefully left out of our history for so long. I am building solidarity in the language I
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