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Stop Romanticizing the George Floyd Protests
A question I’m asked religiously is what happened? So many people are convinced that in 2020, we were united in a demand for change and because they…
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Olayemi Olurin
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The Law Won't Save Us
If you’re Black in America, you’re aware that the law doesn’t operate for us the way it does for our white counterparts. Our lived experiences have…
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Olayemi Olurin
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What Does It Mean To Be Magic?
“What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you…
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Olayemi Olurin
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Protecting Black Women is Abolitionist
I ended the essay Abolition, Tory Lanez & Meg thee Stallion: Whenever a Black woman is the victim of abuse at the hands of a man, no matter what the…
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Olayemi Olurin
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Abolition, Tory Lanez & Meg thee Stallion
I am a Black woman, a defense attorney, and an abolitionist. Those things don’t conflict, but during the trial against Tory Lanez, as someone who was…
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Olayemi Olurin
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America's Politic of Distraction
America practices a politic of distraction by condemning parts so that it can preserve the whole. Political fetch if you will. Focus your ire on police…
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Olayemi Olurin
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White Supremacy Doesn't Need Our Help
There is nothing new, revolutionary, legitimate, or nuanced about racism, white supremacy, white nationalism, and everything in between. The same is…
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Olayemi Olurin
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