Like many of my generation, the murder of Trayvon Martin, acquittal of George Zimmerman, and murder of Mike Brown were key moments in my radicalization. These events happened in my college years, and in some way or another, I’d become vocal against police brutality, social injustice, and anti-Black racism. My vocalization deepened, widened, and evolved the more I grew up, learned, and continued to be radicalized. For several years, I…
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