Call and Response

A Call and Response:

When we are de-legitimized by our movements it sounds like this:

other, fiction, not real, not here, not now, not ever.

that couldn’t have happened.

really?

shhh

We respond with:

compassion, openness

new language

fluidity

a storytelling

an embrace

When we are fragmented by our movements it sounds like this:

this is not our issue

this is too complex

we only have time to address...

We respond with:

belief in our right to exist

complex frameworks

becoming multi-lingual

a sixth sense that tells us when

we are about to be the target

When our movements are de-legitimized and fragmented it sounds like this:

the real agenda is race

the real agenda is abortion

the real agenda is class

the real agenda is marriage

the real agenda...

...is not your agenda.

Our movements can respond with