“Black faces in high places are not going to save us” | Quotable

“Our blackness and our womanness are not in themselves trustworthy if we allow ourselves to be conscripted into positions of power that maintain the
oppressive status quo.” Professor Ruha Benjamin uses her acceptance speech, for an honourary degree at Spelman College, to condemn administrators in Atlanta, also known as Cop City, as well as what she calls the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

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