We're seeing this dangerous double standard play out in threats to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, tactics already used in Los Angeles and D.C. He says the target is 'crime,' but the bullseye is Blackness. This administration isn't interested in safety—it's interested in control.

I fished for crawfish with a stick and bacon on stolen Tualatin Kalapuya land. I played soccer on fields repackaged for my benefit while Indigenous peoples were forced onto reservations. This land acknowledgment doesn't let me off the hook—it implicates me.