The phrase "I don't dream of labor" started trending a few months ago. Several videos from other creators and plenty of tik toks have been speaking on this idea of divesting from labor.
While this makes plenty of sense overall, I can't help but think that it seems to be a bit short-sighted or at least, not very inclusive, especially when you start to consider gender and race in the equation.
In response, I wanted to think about the way work has...worked for black men throughout history. How and why does work define us? How would divestment from work...work for black men? Now that I think about it, isn't this something we've been doing for a while now?
Chapters
00:00 Intro/A Short History of Racial Terrorism
05:16 What is "I Don't Dream of Labor"?
10:18 John Henryism
25:14 Legal Hustlers
32:31 Illegal Hustlers
37:25 Why "I Don't Dream of Labor" isn't for me/Final Thoughts
For Harriet's, I Don't Dream of Labor overview- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-xL67En_38
Kidology's Critique of the movement- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkiXoG4azE&t=59s
The Storyteller- https://www.youtube.com/user/TheStorytellerAJ
Saint Andrewism- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN__G2hSqRKuqedN3M0JCDg
Devah Pager article- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/000312240907400505?casa_token=NHrVNjoobMAAAAAA:0cjFbaBtEvUSRijLt56dHlGHqIYt97B9ugegQcYYlfhzGYU2o1WgXc4H8g1JbeLqNbRhjBfNSHKp
Discrimination in school discipline- https://academic.oup.com/socpro/article/63/1/68/1844875?casa_token=hv7nXnJ0DXEAAAAA:0Jq4vbUx0Ozh99jzl0gKZoQCxtt282K_S7HRq4Ef-hkIEF8gwq14ArV4U2gy5L0yI-3gfk9JXodD
Color blind racism- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0002764215586826?casa_token=gHb4FfyiR1QAAAAA:qrjiX8zPPJTByj6yKzFVzMWBRsVXvkIUmbJy4QQJZ5VN6OU0ctnpxtzO8LbgFbG5UVuumwaEHbM6
Lynchings and Racial Terrorism- https://eji.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/02-07-20-lynching-in-america-county-supplement.pdf
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