Fwd: To survive in America as a Black man, make yourself small by Marlon James

[David Morris]

*“Cops, the lethal arm of this society, along with neighborhood watchdogs,
and white neighbors with phones get the privilege to always act on any
fear, no matter how ridiculous, and society always gives them the benefit
of the doubt. Brewing fresh outrage every morning is not a privilege people
of color get to have. The situations that cause outrage never go away for
us. It never stuns us, never comes out of the blue. We don’t get to be
appalled because only people expecting better get appalled.”*

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: To survive in America as a Black man, make yourself small by
Marlon James
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
CC: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>


Is that progress compared to being invisible?

On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 6:09 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

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> https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/25/to-survive-in-america-as-a-black-man-marlon-james