Tressie McMillan Cottom on Instagram: "Meditations on #blessyourheart"

Tressie McMillan Cottom on Instagram: "I rarely share other people’s content on main without additional commentary. But this doesn’t need commentary. It is not novel information but it is a succinct description of where we are. If you have been socialized to expect the principal to eventually intervene — HR, a lawyer, a judge — you especially need to internalize this. Okay, that’s all for now."

Tressie McMillan Cottom on Instagram: "Talk about culture, politics & the American South? Sure. Look, save your pearl-clutching about our racism. The south is America. America is the South. Much as this region held the new world’s conflicting ideals — progress and slavery — the South still caretakes the nation’s racism. We keep it warm for #y’all while you pretend that “in this house” there are no problems. The South is an escape valve. People in other parts of this country can say, “at least I’

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