Writer and healer, Darnell Lamont Walker, reflects on the sacred labor of death work and the radical act of being present as our people transition. Walker reminds us that Black folks deserve more than to have our last breath swallowed in a sterile room with no one to call our name.
Death WeekFirst, there were postcards of lynchings sent from post to post. Now, videos go viral within hours of posting. What's the point of these images of Black death? Who are they for? Whose silence makes the killing possible again? Read more for a personal essay on the public spectacle of Black death.
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