basquebromance
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We face a danger now, and that’s what I’ve seen in Brazil: Bolsonaro’s followers doing the same thing that Trump and his followers did in the United States — to try to mount a coup d’état. I think that’s an internalization of fascism, sectarianism and a hard-right that’s gotten used to using violence and that believes that with violence they can bring a people to their knees.
I think they’re making a mistake. That’s not the way.
www.politico.com
from the article:
But I was really excited to see a Black woman become the vice president, just as we were really excited when [Barack] Obama became the president. In Colombia, we felt that he was our president. And I’m not saying that just because my skin is black. As Angela Davis says, a Black man won’t replace the millions of Black people who are incarcerated and living without dignity. But when I go to my community having been only the third woman in the Americas to reach this post, I see Black or Indigenous boys and girls saying “Thank you, vice president,” and they cry happy tears as they hug me, and I understand that it’s worth doing this.
I think they’re making a mistake. That’s not the way.
What Colombia’s First Black VP Really Wants from the United States
After a career as a social activist for Afro-Colombians and climate justice, Francia Márquez Mina decided to run for the vice presidency — and won. Her next goal: getting global superpowers to pay reparations.
www.politico.com
from the article:
But I was really excited to see a Black woman become the vice president, just as we were really excited when [Barack] Obama became the president. In Colombia, we felt that he was our president. And I’m not saying that just because my skin is black. As Angela Davis says, a Black man won’t replace the millions of Black people who are incarcerated and living without dignity. But when I go to my community having been only the third woman in the Americas to reach this post, I see Black or Indigenous boys and girls saying “Thank you, vice president,” and they cry happy tears as they hug me, and I understand that it’s worth doing this.
