🥂Claud Andersen
🥂Administrations come, Administrations go, but the Black community gets used every turn
🥂”The World is held together, really it is, held together by the love and passion of a very few people.” - James Baldwin
🥂 For Thrugood Marshall
End of chapter BONUS CONTENT
Episode 72 clip from Grits and Eggs Podcast
For Fans of AVATAR: The Last Airbender fans only
🌱 Watch this clip from Trick Baby for a visual embodiment of how racial co-optation works: Trick Baby Dinner Scene (1974)
Bonus Content: This clip punctuates the trick .baby scene in real life
🧭 Complex Article
🧭The GRIO
🧭 2021 NEWSONE Article
🧭Ann Coulter to Vivek Ramaswamy: “I wouldn’t vote for you because…”
BONUS Content: Black Mayors
Hidden Content: A politician you should know about (Had literal ‘plot armor’ his whole life)

Burning House Politics

Takes its name from Dr. King’s infamous quote about integrating into a burning house. This chapter critiques the co-optation of Black political leaders who become symbols rather than strategists, and the cost of assimilation.