Word: I’ve torn several friends and acquaintances of color a new one for not voting in the last election, repeatedly.
As POC, voting is an act of our ongoing defiance; a reminder that we will never go back to being chattel slaves, ever.
My ancestors fought, bled and died for the right to read, the right to vote, the right to at least some semblance of self determination; I feel like not doing those things disrespects their memory worse than any hate-filled bigot ever could.
