06/02/2026
This is Black History Month. This is a month in which celebrating Black culture and the progress of Americans is paramount. We look back to see how far we’ve come and what we’ve overcome.
While we have made meaningful progress since the days of slavery and whites-only water fountains, for African Americans and for all people, we must not allow progress to dull our awareness of what still threatens it.
This image being posted by our leader, while maybe funny to some who dismiss it as “cheeky” or the “status quo,” pushes us backward and sows a seed of permission for some who secretly desire for us to return to the nation we used to be.
Please, if you are a leader, I urge you not to condone this or trivialize this moment. Be aware. Be alert. Fight for truth. Fight for justice. Fight for the progress of humanity and against racism.