“For decades, the Democratic Party has treated black people as though they are lucky hostages who have no choice but to remain true to their captors since they would certainly die if released to the wolves who call themselves Republicans. I can’t tell you how many people have told me that I have no choice but to vote for Hillary. Of course I have a choice. We are not checkmated. What the BLM activists are demonstrating is that we have a wide range of options available, and we do not have to play by their rules of the game. We do not have to vote Democrat or Republican. If we choose, we can build a movement, form a new party, or launch a revolution instead. This kind of talk scares relatively privileged people of all colors who are willing to keep settling for the “lesser of two evils” in one election after another so long as their relative comfort remains undisturbed. What they fail to realize is that, thanks to mass incarceration, there are now millions of people in this country who have nothing to lose but their chains.”
— Michelle Alexander (via notsoeazy-e)
