I Am Reading Black Women

Unable to organize consistent thoughts, find useful words, or move to effective action, I am reading

Melissa Harris-Perry
ZORA
Published in
5 min readJun 3, 2020

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A photo of a young black woman reading by her window.
Photo: F.J. Jimenez/Getty Images

I am ashamed. I am failing to rise to the challenges of this pivotal moment. Witnessing the urgent insistence for racial justice, I am rendered useless by paralyzing waves of rage, terror, and grief. Unable to organize consistent thoughts, find useful…

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Melissa Harris-Perry
ZORA
Writer for

Escaped the evil of cable news to think and write for myself. Professor, Parent, Partner, Editor at Large for @ZoraMag