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Damon Young
Wednesday 3:15PM
Im reminded this afternoon, when rewatching Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Camerons goofy speech at the Republican National Convention, of Pinocchio. And of Icarus. And of Antonio Salieri. And of Tom Ripley. And of the Chrysler 300. And of so many other people and places and thingsfictional and as real as tree barkthat have pined to be things that they will never be.
And this afternoon, I pity this man, who is the same man who refusesand who will continue to refuse, as long as hes aliveto charge the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor. I have never been more curious about anything than I am, today, about what must exist inside a Black man whod see Mitch McConnella man so vile and graceless and ugly that the sun will decide to shine brighter the day he diesand wish to be him. Not closer to him. Or more like him. But him.
White supremacy, of course, is a fog that obscures vision; that asphyxiates freedom; that extinguishes taste; that disassembles skin; that fractures bones; that murders people. It is also as mundane as a glass of water, and this rote and irrepressible smallness are what allows it to lurk and infect. Theres no American whose body hasnt been invaded and made sick by it. The luckiest of us have been able to find it in and on us and begin the lifelong extraction process. The unluckiestthe Black people like Daniel Cameronembrace it. Savor it. Pine for it. Allow themselves to be ensconced by it. And I wonder what happened to him to make him so unlucky. Was he destined for soullessnesswas he born bone emptyor was there an act or thought that cursed him to it? A hug he didnt receive. A parent who didnt care? A dap that didnt snap? What made this Black man want and wish and work to be the worst white man?
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/when-a-black-man-yearns-to-be-the-worst-white-man-1844856211
Powerful words.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)asphyxiates freedom....
malaise
(269,054 posts)Rec
mia
(8,361 posts)"The luckiest of us have been able to find it in and on us and begin the lifelong extraction process." !!!
K&R!
JI7
(89,252 posts)And this isn't even about black republicans in general since I wouldn't even put Tim Scott or even opportunists like diamond and silk in the same category as this guy .
This Cameron almost came off like someone doing parody of a Black Republican .