What so many black women know is what I learned as I sat at the end of a hallway with a dead baby in my arms. The networks of capital, be they politi… - Tressie McMillan Cottom

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What so many black women know is what I learned as I sat at the end of a hallway with a dead baby in my arms. The networks of capital, be they polities or organizations, work most efficiently when your lowest status characteristic is assumed. And once these gears are in motion, you can never be competent enough to save your own life. That is how black feminism knows the future.