Black People Are Not Your Neighborhood Superheroes

We can celebrate brilliance without being weird about it

“But as we embrace that promising feeling, we must remember that the work of anti-racism continues, and it’s more insidious than many think. For one, we can celebrate Black people without them having to physically lay their lives on the line for recognition.

In his piece, “Eugene Goodman Is Our Accidental Captain America,” writer David Dennis, Jr. reminds us that the Capitol police officer shouldn’t have almost lost his life in a White supremacist riot to be honored. We all couldn’t take her eyes off Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in history, but we can celebrate her brilliance without being weird about it.”

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Black people are not your neighborhood superheroes