Silence Won’t Shield Black Americans from Injustice

By Jasmyne A. Cannick

This might come as a shock to some Black folks sipping their tea, minding their own melanin-rich business, and lounging comfortably in their FAFO (F–k around and find out) suite watching Latinos get rounded up in full slave catcher cosplay—but let me remind you: FAFO is not a forcefield.

Jasmyne Cannick is a political strategist and writer in Los Angeles. Find her at iamjas)myne.com. (Courtesy image)

Let’s get right to it: I’ve been hearing a lot of Black folks shrug off what . . .