With a deep understanding of colonizing narratives, Emma Bracy at Hazlitt assembles historical and personal snapshots to form a record of the ongoing dehumanizations that have led to this continuing moment of white violence against black and brown peoples:
My grandfather’s contributions to aeronautics had a permanent impact on the science and practice of human-powered objects literally flying through the air. But when I hear helicopters flying over my Queens apartment building, in my neighborhood with so many Black and brown bodies bustling about, I wonder who they’re looking for from so high up, what “bad dude” they’re surveilling this time.