It’s America’s 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations | Morgan Jerkins
The 250th anniversary is arriving among Black communities as a whisper instead of a roar Not soon after Donald Trump ’s 2025 inauguration, there emerged
The 250th anniversary is arriving among Black communities as a whisper instead of a roar Not soon after Donald Trump ’s 2025 inauguration, there emerged a viral illustration of four Black women sitting at the top of a building while watching the world burn at a distance.
They are observing with coffee cups in hand. An American flag hangs over the edge. If that exhaustion hadn’t been made clear enough, Black people, particularly across TikTok and Threads, have urged one another to “not give them a reaction”. The “them” is white people who find Black rage exciting and lucrative for their own personal gain.
We’re not allowing our anger to become spectacle. We’re not shouting any more. What is most important is to stay alive, take care of one another, and to allow ourselves to step to the forefront for the rights that they have taken for granted as we’ve risked our lives to protect them.
There is an old African American proverb: “If you can’t hear, then you must feel.” Morgan Jerkins is a senior writer, race and equity, at the Guardian US Continue reading...
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