Black death has hounded us from 1619 to this day. The theft of our bodies and futures, and our culture too, has offered the country unimaginable wealth, stability, and enjoyment. The blue plague has descended on our communities, the police bringing us terror from the plantation to the pavement. The wiles of white supremacy have seduced us, teaching us to hate and despise each other, and to take a cheap discount on justice, in ways that dishonor our best traditions. Black bodies have been killed and progress has been stalled to provide white comfort. But still, despite everything, we have continued, must continue, to hope.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, Long Time Coming, p. 7-8
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