Reposted by big al
a lot of "wow see how quickly we disposed of Cesar Chavez" posts rn that are either self-congratulatory or of the "it's because he's not white" variety and as a Chicano I do have to say I think it's more bc no one outside of California gave much of a fuck about him 😭 I'm sorry but like...
![think about my father being called
"boy", my uncle being called "boy", my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called "boy". So I questioned myself: "What does a black man have to do before he's given respect as a man?" So when I was 18 years old,
when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T, so the first word out of everybody's mouth is "Mr."
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![laminated flyer pushpinned to a community board. we see a photo of a coyote, and the text reads:
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS DOG?
[photo of a coyote]
DUMMY THAT'S A COYOTE.
OH MY GOD WHAT DO I DO???:
—NO ACTION REQUIRED
—IT IS WILDLIFE IN THE WILD (!)
-HERE TO EAT DELICIOUS RODENT
-LET HER COOK
—NOT INTERESTED IN YOU, LOL GET OVER YOURSELF BABE;)
—KEEP DOGS ON LEASH AND CATS INDOORS
-(LIKE YOU SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY)
—YOTE IS A RESPECTED NEIGHBOR AND CRITTER CONTROL PROFESSIONAL](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bzvkcciljsphlgnk7iraf26t/bafkreib6gagplfpduin7jjpqa7lo2zvoe72gjycjdkrngtsxhyfytzoypa)
