The Obama Diary

We're thrilled to announce that the Obama Center will be #RootedInChicago. Let @BarackObama & @FLOTUS do the honors: https://t.co/cCGzeqxh7e

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) May 12, 2015

The Obama Library goes to Chicago, but Foundation says NYC and Honolulu don't leave empty-handed pic.twitter.com/bqnR2mTEie

— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) May 12, 2015

Barack Obama Presidential Center #Chicago Announcement (Full Version) http://t.co/KBrKUuRusU

— Dudette 👑 🐳 #BidenHarris2024🐝 (@Dudette9t9) May 12, 2015

Barack Obama Foundation - Maya Soetoro-Ng Message for Hawai’i http://t.co/NkIqpXW10q

— Dudette 👑 🐳 #BidenHarris2024🐝 (@Dudette9t9) May 12, 2015

Your potential replacement for Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill: Harriet Tubman http://t.co/aVKIuOP4zk pic.twitter.com/oF6pyUHM3f

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 12, 2015

Obama administration stands up to health insurers on birth control coverage and more. My latest @Eclectablog: http://t.co/bOxLC6NbOq

— Amy Lynn Smith (@alswrite) May 12, 2015

19-year-old dies in Indiana police custody on 5/11 http://t.co/hIZLCWUUwb pic.twitter.com/IdiYJZww6y

— deray (@deray) May 12, 2015

The hanging death of #RooseveltChampion has been officially deemed a suicide. http://t.co/fDhoIBB9Yf pic.twitter.com/KRzG5iDQlx

— deray (@deray) May 12, 2015

I didn't have to watch the livestream. I didn't have to read an article. I didnt even have to look on Twitter. I knew that cop would go free

— Kayla Reed (@iKaylaReed) May 12, 2015

THIS---> US cited for police violence, racism in scathing UN review on human rights via @AJAM http://t.co/AHYpr797UU

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) May 12, 2015

Black men in Madison are more likely to be killed by police than a car accident. #TonyRobinson pic.twitter.com/mRKpixIykL

— deray (@deray) May 12, 2015

Not only are black people presumed guilty.

We are presumed worthy of EXECUTION until proven otherwise#BlackLivesMatter

— Absurdistwords (@absurdistwords) May 12, 2015

Prove he was a good kid.
Prove he wasn't on drugs
Prove he didn't like rap
Prove he got good grades

Prove he deserved to live.

— Absurdistwords (@absurdistwords) May 12, 2015

You try to remember a time when the name of a dead black person and a cop wasn’t in your head. A new name arrives. A new cop arrives.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You look across the office at black coworker sitting at her desk. You wonder if she knows the name of this dead black person and this cop.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You want to ask her but you’re so tired and she’s so far away — and there are the names of all these dead black people and cops between you.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You consider getting the names of this dead black person and that dead black person and that dead black person tattooed on your body.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

But there will always be more names of dead black people and cops. And you only have so much body, so much black skin.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

Your white coworkers will read your tweets about dead black people and cops and waver, unsure of what to say. They check their scripts.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You try to remember the last time your wore a hoodie.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You wonder if America will ever need to learn your name, your son’s name, your sister’s name. You wonder if #YourName will trend.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You want to be parent one day but not in this America.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

White people who didn’t know your name until they saw your tweet just now tweet you about cops defending themselves against thugs.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You turn into fog for a moment and no one even notices.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

You ask no one and everyone “At this point, what black person wouldn’t run from a cop pointing a gun at them?”

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

“A village is always somewhere burning / And if you do not look because it is not your village / it is still your village.” - Elana Bell

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015

Sometimes you’ve just gotta put “Jolene” by Dolly Parton on repeat and act like America isn’t trying to systematically kill you.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015