Ring Shout

by P. Djèlí Clark

With all the flag-waving and cavorting, you might forget they was monsters.

Sound like similar rallies in 2025

“Your poor white workers be the first ones at a lynching. Up in Chicago they chase colored folk from their unions.”

“White folk earn something from that hate. Might not be wages. But knowing we on the bottom and they set above us—just as good, maybe better.”

“Reason and law don’t mean much when white folk want their way.”

Even in the wickedest times, you got to find some enjoyment. Or you not gon’ survive.