James B. Barnes

In 2008, I and millions of other self described Progressives cast our votes for Barrack Obama knowing that, despite the glut of “get disappointed by someone new” memes on the internet, this time would indeed be different.

Every view expressed on cable news about this case was framed by White people.

Every time Black American’s have come close to finding an identity that they’re proud of the rules get changed, mostly for the better, but something happens and it always flips over the chessboard. No one can live this way. It will drive you insane.

Jesus, it makes me weep to think about. We all wanted to do the best thing we possibly could so that our fathers would know and so that somehow their fathers would know.