Status Updates From Yearning: Race, Gender, and...

"It is no accident that this homeplace, as fragile and as transitional as it may be, a makeshift shed, a small bit of earth where one rests, is always subject to violation and destruction."

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"When black people collectively experienced racist oppression in similar ways, there was greater group solidarity."

"It's exciting to think, write, talk about, and create art that reflects passionate engagement with popular culture, because this may very well be "the" central future location of resistance struggle, a meeting place where new and radical happenings can occur."

"We are recognizing ourselves and willingly making contact with all who would engage us in a constructive manner."

"(yes, we critique capitalism and explore the revolutionary possibilities of socialism);"

"It seemed appropriate then to speak this yearning."

"Critiques of materialism were crucial for black people seeking to preserve dignity in a rapidly developing consumer capitalist world."

"Despite the prevalence of female-headed households in the society as a whole, when those households are black the assumption is that black men have failed."

"these questions call attention to the either/or ways of thinking that are the philosophical underpinning of systems of domination. Progressive folks must then insist, wherever we engage in discussions of this crime or of issues of race and gender, on the complexity of our experience in a racist society."