In the Case of Being Black...

For the past few weeks, court case decisions that hinge on the lives and fate of Black people have dominated our algorithms, demanding national discourse about anti-Blackness that compresses time and reminds us that the system of white supremacy* is present even when no white person is directly involved.

j. bouey (they/them) and Veronica Jiao (she/her) reflect on the death and court cases regarding the deaths of Cyrus Carmack-Belton and O’Shae Sibley, the Natasha Doll viral trend, and Dance Place’s sudden elimination of the Artistic Director role.

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Edited By: Jon Reyes

Recording date: 8 June 2026