Amazing 9 year old Asean Johnson brings the crowd to their feet at Chicago school closings rally
Asean (ah-Shawn) goes to Marcus Garvey Elementary School, slated for closure by the Chicago Public School administration, an un-elected board who’s members are appointed by Mayor Rahm Elmanuel, former Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama
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Daaaamn. Watch this 9-yr old student stand up and spit hot fire at a mass rally against the Chicago Mayor and Public School administration who are trying to close his and dozens of other schools in mostly non-white neighborhoods.
Crying. Black and brown children shouldn’t have to grow up so fast. This kid is absolutely amazing, but I wish we lived in a world where he could just play with his friends, hang out with his family or spend time worrying about if that girl down the street has a crush on him, instead of having to take on the responsibility of advocating for himself and other black, brown and low income childrens’ education. POC kids can never just be kids, man.
Bolded that last sentence for the cot damn truth.
Wow. So proud.This is awesome and sad just like the above comment sad.
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Some happy morning thoughts .. I love my friends and family so much! I’m so grateful for their ridiculousness, generosity, realness. After having a really hard and lonely time last year, I feel so lucky to have had my family step up and take care of me, for my friends to be there to listen and love (and even more grateful that the not so great friends disappeared when I needed support thereby cleaning out a bunch of bullshit), and now to be through a storm.. not scarred but healed and wiser and more satisfied than I’ve ever been in life. I’ve learned so much about people I’ve known decades but never before been awake to ask or see, I finally broke through an impasse in my relationship with my mother, and for the first time Im actually cognizant of the extent to which I’ve loved and lost over the course of my 20s… I still love all yall n*ggas and that’s a good feeling. Expansive.
So yes I have super duper love for my fam, from BK to the Chi to SF and in between. Shouts to my womenfolk that forever and a day have truly and undoubtedly held me down, through thin and thick and roller coasters of my crazy multiple selves and reincarnations over the past decade… Heather Marcie Emma Erica Meimei Sara Micah Mayra Tazhia Sarah Mollie Lucy.. I don’t think you’ll see this but I love you entirely and on a cellular level these feelings will never disappear. RIP Joe Failing, I think about you on the regular.. I hope you’re soul is at peace, I know you’re watching out for me, just like when I was growing up and lost and dazed and high out of my mind. You gave my strength back then, and even now that you’re gone, you wouldn’t believe how much transformation your passing catalyzed. I will never forget you.
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
― Tom Clancy Clouded Minds
