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“Compared with Baltimore, New York feels like a city-themed theme park. The difference between the two places is the difference between affectation and insanity, the eccentric and the grotesque.”

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“Let us once again be clear: if we oppose violence, then we must oppose all forms of policing. If we oppose violence, then we must call for an end to war, an end to occupation. We must oppose sexual assault, and prisons as institutions that wield it as a strategic tool. If we abhor violence to bodies, families, and communities, then we should abhor all these systems and call for their immediate abolition. As Ta-Nehisi Coates said so perfectly in his Atlantic piece "Nonviolence as Compliance," "When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con." In Support of Baltimore; or, Smashing Police Cars Is Logical Political Strategy”

Violence Sexual Assault Baltimore Anti Racism Policing Prisons Taking Sides

Author:Benji Hart

“Rebellions are always surprising in American society because segregation hides Black life from white America.”

Baltimore Beautiful Ghetto

Author:Allen, Devin

“These, of course, can be important markers in attempts to chart the public and private institutional underpinnings of the social crises in communities across Baltimore, but they are often highlighted at the expense of locating the humor, beauty, history, community, and humanness of Black Baltimore. In this sense, Devin Allen is a gift.”

Baltimore Beautiful Ghetto Freddie Gray

Book:A Beautiful Ghetto

Source: A Beautiful Ghetto

“Liberalism and conservatism often converge at the point of erasing the individuality and humanity of Black people by invoking the perils of “the ghetto.” But what is often missed is what Black people have done within that space.”

Baltimore Blm Beautiful Ghetto

Author:Devin Allen

“Black life is not only about hardship, it is also about poetry, play, celebration, curiosity, tradition, and what some have referred to as “the beautiful struggle.” Where some see only a “ghetto,” we have often seen the “Black Metropolis” or our space where we share–across cities and regions–language, music, food, and a common history of resistance and struggle.”

Baltimore Beautiful Ghetto

Author:Devin Allen

“Celebrate and understand life, so we don’t have to spend all our time mourning death. –Wes Moore Introduction”

Baltimore Blm Beautiful Ghetto Freddy Gray

Author:Devin Allen

“It’s not the heroes of this city that create the legends here; it’s the ones who terrorize us.”

Violence Horror Murder Terror Baltimore Legend

Book:Bleed More, Bodymore

Source: Bleed More, Bodymore

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