The allure of Black representation in high places can be very dangerous. A Black man organizes an unprecedented union victory but gets less attention than one celebrity slapping another. Yet it is the union organizer who will have a real impact on the lives of Black people.

We really need reminding sometimes that skinfolk ain’t always kinfolk; and that the striving misleader class is, has always been, and always will be subordinate to white capital.

Big ups to Chris Smalls, and may the union spread from coast to coast.