๐Ÿ’Ž 23, Dark Boheme, Tucson AZ ๐ŸŒ™
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8.16.20. USA

In major cities across the country, mailboxes are being removed or locked.

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๐Ÿ‘†๐ŸผAt the same time, FedEx is halting deliveries to Black neighborhoods in Chicago.

The new changes come from Trumpโ€™s appointed Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, justifying the cuts as cost-saving.

Ask yourself why any public service should operate as a business.

Ask yourself why this country centralizes power to allow for 1 person to destroy an entire public service. Why does the presidency exist and why should they have this power?

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Reblogged from freakoutgirl  31,122 notes

ghosterling:

phoenixonwheels:

Iโ€™m fairly sure most of us are aware that nearly 50% of the victims of extrajudicial police killings in the US are disabled, and Iโ€™d like to think most of us have also thought through the fact that being black and disabled is a lot more dangerous than being white and disabled.

But Iโ€™d just like to add the results of this study to your pool of knowledge.

More than half of black people in the US with a disability will be arrested by the time they reach their late 20s.

Just sit with that for a moment. More than half.

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In case you donโ€™t understand how seriously ableism and racism is embedded into this system.