Yes, this.
To be able to be a full human being, not a robot working almost without cease, involves all the emotions + all the postures that each person's body is capable of adopting.
To be at ease, not as concerned with a boss's clock, with bosses + would-be bosses clocking you + branding you: lollygagging, woolgathering, shirking, sunbathing, or frolicking, etc.
#BodyPositivity
#BodyNeutrality
#BlackJoy
#BlackLeisure
#BlackMastodon
#art
#JimCrow
#1900s
#20thCentury

“Civil rights were not a winning issue during the Civil Rights Movement. It was an uphill battle. That doesn’t mean fighting for civil rights was wrong. Democrats like [Seth] Moulton are just asking the wrong question. Are we a majoritarian country, or are we supposed to be protecting people and fighting for what’s right?”

~ Evan Greer

#HumanRights #slavery #segregation #NativeAmericans #deportations #JimCrow #racism #trans #LGBTQ #hope
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/evan-greer-interview-nancy-mace-trans-rights

"And those people wound up being vindicated—even if they were in a minority at the time, even if they were censored and silenced at the time. It mattered to future generations and future movements that they were there laying down that marker."

#HumanRights #slavery #segregation #NativeAmericans #deportations #JimCrow #racism #hope
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"If you look back at some of the most momentous or egregious injustices and illegal actions throughout our history, like segregation, slavery, Indian removal, the list goes on—you can always find people who were saying, 'This is unlawful. It is wrong. It is shameful, and it violates the Constitution and the laws of this country.'”

~ Mark Joseph Stern

#HumanRights #slavery #segregation #NativeAmericans #deportations #JimCrow #racism #hope
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/donald-trump-administration-suckers.html