Sleep is Racist!

Timothy Birdnow

I didn't know sleep deprivation was a racist tactic and that you could inherit it from your ancestors!

Teen Vogue: Sleeping, Copping Naps Now systemically racist!

"Acosta posited, "We’re dealing with an inheritance of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation was a … deliberate tactic of slave owners to basically make the mind feeble. That same tactic has only evolved.”

"Sosa added, "Slavery is a regime of stealing and extraction: Stolen wages, stolen life, stolen land, but stolen time was one of the main things. We need time. We need time off; we need time out. Our ancestors never got to take a month off for holidays; they never got to take a sabbatical; they never got to take a nap. When you pile all of those together, you see the reparations that need to happen are monetary, but they’re also time and space.”

"Teen Vogue writes, "Acosta and Sosa are calling for rest as reparations. Yes, they’re looking for an ease to the many burdens that might prevent Black people and people of color from sleeping like systemic racism, socioeconomic struggle, and more.” Teen Vogue adds, "This conversation about rest is particularly pertinent now, as people take to the streets to say Black Lives Matter. If Black people keep having to fight for their humanity, how can they ever rest knowing they could be in danger?”

"Sosa said, "We are having to go out in the streets during a pandemic, expending our energy in really huge amounts in order to ask for reparations and rest and energy. It is a … double edged sword to navigate as an activist or organizer. You are putting your body on the line to reclaim it. That creates a lot of burnout. We have people who are 20, 21, they are burnt out. They need time off. They need not only to sleep, but to know their people are going to be ok, to know they’re going to be ok, to know they can take a break.”

Ah, so they HAVE to go out and riot and loot! And it's all Whitey's fault!

Last I checked people were free to go to bed when they chose. If you can't because you have too many kids or whatnot, that is YOUR choice.

Increasingly I feel like Alice having chased that fancy-dan rabbit down that hole; we are in a world completely bereft of logic and dancing in a kaleidoscope of illusion.

I really doubt these idiots believe any of this nonsense; but they think it a good new line of attack, knowing it will be promoted by the media and accepted by privileged white children.

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