I watch as those in power shamelessly parade themselves as the saviors of America while deepening the dystopian reality they’ve crafted.

Those who see you for what you are didn’t fall for it a hundred times before, and you won’t force us to now.

“As I prepare to travel to Houston today, I can't shake the feeling that I'm walking straight into a hornet's nest. I'm traveling alone as a brown-bodied woman through Texas—a state with a troubling history of police brutality—for a DEI award on a weekend marked by unrest. To top it off, I’ll be accepting the award in front of a room full of white bodies.