The Cut - The Cost of White Discomfort

It’s near impossible to find language visceral enough for the rage I feel about the murder of Jordan Neely. Not because it is foreign to me. No, this rage is familiar and practiced. It rises in my chest like fire every time another Black name becomes a hashtag, every time one famous flag has reason to fly: “A man was lynched yesterday.”

That fire has taken up residence in my body; it has occasion to visit me often and knows each nook and cranny. And since May 1, when Jordan, a Michael Jackson impersonator and unhoused man complaining of thirst and hunger on the New York City subway, was choked to death by a white former marine, the fire has stayed.

Finally, vindication for oft-maligned Massachusetts and New Jersey drivers.​ Everyone should get off Twitter, the one exception being Dionne Warwick. Adidas has decided on what to do with all its Yeezy merchandise. We’d like to introduce this story with a cow pun, but it’s the end of a long week and our Friday brains just can’t think of one. A Virginia judge struck down federal laws limiting handgun sales to buyers 21 and older — what could go wrong? Warren Hern has been performing late abortions for half a century. Post-Roe, he’s not slowing down. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says that the current pause on student-loan repayments will end “no later than June 30.” And we know trends are cyclical, but the thought of a skinny-scarf resurgence is a bridge too far.

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