Black joy is revolutionary because of all it must resist, how it must insist, and the ways it must persist in order to simply exist. To show up and say, 'I am worthy of joy' - that's a radical act, says Mackey.
Michael Brown's death was a breaking point for me. It made me question everything - how to prepare my son, how to protect myself, and how to keep going in a world that sees us as targets.
When I typed 'Black men' into Google, the results were predictable: athletes, rappers, hypersexualized images. It was either aggression or strength - but never joy, softness, or complexity.
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