Black women did not agree to or apply for the job of baggage handlers for the nation. With histories as forced laborers and forced breeders, so much of our employment history in this country has simply not been up to us. Our lives are strewn about with structurally deposited baggage. If we assume the radical position that it isn’t ours to carry, we are called lazy. Degenerate. Angry. Irresponsible. The nation waves its fingers at us in accusation, demanding that we take the weight.
