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[joseifworldblog]

Thinking about Afghanistan & thinking about what Baldwin says: "The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and enslavement; rain down bombs on defenseless children whenever and wherever they decide that their ‘vital interests’ are menaced, and think nothing of torturing a man to death: these people are not to be taken seriously when they speak of the ‘sanctity’ of human life, or the ‘conscience’ of the civilized world."   "Well, if one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected—those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most!—and listens to their testimony. Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any Black man, any poor person—ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” - James Baldwin Follow @Joseifworldblog.page @jamesbaldwinarchive @cnn #JamesBaldwin #JimmyBaldwin #JamesArthurBaldwin #Blackwriters #Harlem #Afghanistan #kin #community #mutualaid#exploremore#explorepage #Blackgaywriter#joseifworld#joseifworldblog #Blackgaywriters #Blackqueermagic #Blackqueergenius #Icon #BlackGenius #abolishborders#unitedstates#worldnews #abolition#archive#universe#nbcnews#naijanews #washingtonpost #reuters https://www.instagram.com/p/CTKN4-VIYrM/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ultraevonne]

#mcm The one author that helped me survive the Ivy League ivory tower…My forever muse 💕💜💕 “James Baldwin was born in Harlem, NY. He'd later become one of America's greatest literary voices. Baldwin's work interrogated themes of racial and sexual oppression in America and is regarded as one of the foremost intellectual thinkers of the 20th century.”- @smithsonian_africanart #monday #mondaymotivation #onthisday #Repost @jamesbaldwinarchive ・・・ We wouldn't be anywhere without you, your bottomless heart, your hands that fly up in rage & passion, your wit & work & grace, your Black Queer genius, your outfits that shame anyone else with the courage to show up. Happy birthday, James Baldwin. I hope heaven is loud with your laughter. I hope your Being is satisfied. I hope you are restful and at the fullest peace. Thank you for leading us to our better selves. We love you. We are grateful for you. We wouldn't be shit without you. #JamesBaldwin #JimmyBaldwin #Harlem #BlackHistory #Blackculture #Blackqueergenius #Blackjoy #Blackgenius #Blackwriters #Blackicon #blackgaylove #blackqueermagic #QueerIcon #queeraf #gaywriters #LeoSzn #blackcreatives #blackgaymen #queerwriter #queerwriters #essayist #BlackLiberation #Blackwriter #leo #leoseason♌️ (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSFDjOtl0cy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ce-monds]

"I'm not scared of cops or the FEDs or bitter baby boomers desperately clinging to an evaporated pool of resources they left in the sun too long. I'm scared of people remaining complacent while black trans women and Palestinians and all these disenfranchised people who grow culture in their backyard are attacked and expected to apologize for existing. As an artist, I feel it's my job to remind people that they're powerful and have a responsibility to use that power to dismantle all fuckery. -Monte Qarlo" #BlackCreatives #BlackQueerGenius @artsatlanta