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not black qua ego
Not black that wants power and domination for its sake.
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rather
black as the color of not fucking around.
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refusing to pretend
that things are prettier, or easier, or more comfortable.
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actually caring
when there are stakes; when one has something to protect.
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that won't forget
or half-ass, or look away; that fuels its life with its real fire.
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it has standards
refuses to unsee the difference between success and failure, excellence and incompetence, truth and falsehood.
- from loving a world you don't trust by Joe Carlsmith