“This latest video is on the question of whether black lives matter. As black people, we want our lives to matter, and we have a psychological interest in telling ourselves that our lives matter, but for them to matter in any meaningful way, the world has to play along.
We have to question what separates people who say that black lives matter, against evidence otherwise, from the person who flaps his arms and says that he is flying, against the evidence. The mattering of black lives cannot merely be true in our minds and in our aspirations. Unfortunately, the world must accommodate us for our lives to substantively matter.
While black lives do not yet matter, and if they are to matter going forward, we are going to have to transform this world into one that recognizes our rights claims and provides equal dignity to our beings.”