In the first episode we’re introduced to Bella, a burgeoning author who’s gained fame from Twitter and is attempting to keep her career momentum going by writing a second book based on her internet musings. Attempting to transition into a serious writer, she struggles with the true merit of her writing abilities, coming from a non-traditional, non-academic background. In her hurry to meet her 6 a.m. deadline set by her publishers, she hunkers down to get her first draft going. But instead, she goes out partying with an old friend — and gets drugged and raped in the bathroom stall of a nightclub. the bike lady And it immediately begs the questions: why there are no slave ship monuments, no prominent markers on public land to remember the lynchings or the slave blocks; nothing to remember this long chapter of our lives; the pain, the sacrifice, the shame … all of it happening on the soil of New Orleans. the bike lady While some have driven by these monuments every day and either revered their beauty or failed to see them at all, many of our neighbors and fellow Americans see them very clearly. Many are painfully aware of the long shadows their presence casts, not only literally but figuratively. And they clearly receive the message that the Confederacy and the cult of the lost cause intended to deliver. the bike lady I have heard this declaration from other black people at least 12 dozen times over the course of my life. Like me, they grew up believing that police response should be used as a last resort, if a resort at all, to any situation that might require help. They understood that police are quick to act violently and when they are called, they are too often looking for us: the black, the working-class, the poor, the unemployed, the whatever-else-that-fits-the-description. the bike lady
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