Throughout his tenure as governor, DeSantis has taken every chance to criminalize, stigmatize and sideline Black Floridians
, Florida, at a dollar store just blocks away from Edward Waters University, a historically Black university. Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr, 19; Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 29; and Angela Michelle Carr, 52, were assassinated by a 21-year-old white supremacist who “hated Black people”, in the words of the local sheriff.
This intentional murder – like the many which came before it – was not only experienced by those whose lives were stolen and their families, but by every Black person in America. This murder and those like it are a constant reminder that Black people are nowhere safe. It is reminder that our presence, our absence, our movement, our stillness, our attempts to enjoy basic citizenship or complete the routine duties of human life – like grocery shopping – are liable to result in our death.
DeSantis’s penchant for anti-Blackness first most explicitly announced itself in the 2018 gubernatorial election. DeSantis was running against an African American Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum. DeSantis
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