Another *excellent* column by [email protected]. "The idea that Black children are automatically better off with nice white parents than their own biological parents is just white supremacy,... It doesn’t always arrive wearing a white pointed hood."
(Gift link:)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/opinion/i-have-a-pretty-good-idea-why-michael-oher-is-angry.html?unlocked_article_code=BcdzVCLsAY0kULABpFtbwvpyh0Srpwi0y8TNbVB-GcWEusANoQowJo_t6WnPmGxM00jr9vBMgngIYjyXWOTC0m3hM1bBjWXehT8B8TRXjnSxrd0XoFC_X8S-ohdMT4RDMutTwiDRe0taBOMgSadrnNpyO3OfFeiwg0TBTb2SLrGKtjvZzbaT1Md5RzSpwKBbj35_Y1WG_wHNAAEUjNQeGrnXXH6lzD9Azimp3dBGyEv3cCo4m11JkT53ML-fDElaj9JNkD4e6_vjd4VI8AE_W2FNeifrCDlg0g669oawaMlDXCzwLaed0tSbcEixMHEFF-C6rjnDGID6Y0mGRHtHrpLvKke9FaBLQLcN6jxkwILN3hSPm-jO-LHAX1w&smid=tw-share

RT @rbreich
Forced birth in a country with:

—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations

This isn't about "life." It's about control.

Capitalism works very similarly to a virus. The higher the load (ie... wealth) you receive, the more severely you are infected with it.

And just like wealthy inheritance, you get the worse cases when it is given to you by someone else.

A reminder that the sole suggestion Twitter gives you when you type @ into the search field is -- you guessed it -- Elon Musk.

He games the system to promote himself. He gives megaphones to right-wing extremists and promotes the vile posts of people who want to end democracy. He treats workers and creditors like newspaper in a birdcage.

Yet journalists continue to pour their work into his site, supporting him and his business. It's sad to see, but not surprising.