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In this encore broadcast, Lauren chats with Colorado-based poet and scholar Khadijah Queen, author of ‘Anodyne’(Tin House Books). Their conversation covers a lot: imagining change, our dying planet, “confessional” poetry, the ethics of care plus much, much more!
When mothers all over the world heard this cry, our collective hearts broke. Floyd’s cry became a rallying cry for mamas despite our ethnicity or race to answer. “All mothers were summoned” became the uniting phrase, waking up many white moms for the first time about the violent reality of policing and racism in this country.
Much has been written about the long-lasting effects of the movement following Mr. Floyd’s death, including questions about longevity, what Black mothers hope happens, and what real change would look like. For one, Black mothers demand systemic solutions to the systematic problem of police brutality. Mothers of victims of police violence don’t want pity, they want solidarity and justice.
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