Brought to you by the Barking Moonbats at Teen Vogue, a magazine meant to be about “Fashion, Beauty, Entertainment News For Teens.” No, really, search for Teen Vogue, see what the link title looks like. And there are some silly celeb stuff, till we get to things like ending landlords, because housing should be a human right and being time to end white politics (who wants to bet that the majority of readers are white teens?). Oh, and underwear for those who don’t like doing laundry (for teens, doesn’t mom do the laundry? Most teens aren’t living off on their own)
This is not satire. Sleep is racist.https://t.co/2LM8OZzcrd
— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) July 16, 2020
From the insanity
Fannie Sosa and Navild Acosta were tired, but it wasn’t just any old fatigue. Yes, they experienced a lack of sleep, but they were specifically experiencing a generational fatigue familiar to Black people and people of color. From this sleeplessness, the two created Black Power Naps.
“It came from understanding that the American dream is a sleepless one,†Sosa said. “ We inherited this exhaustion.â€
Black Power Naps is an artistic initiative with components including physical installations, zines, an opera, and more. But it’s also a recognition of the hundreds of years of sleep deprivation that Black people and people of color have experienced as a result of systemic racism, a way to pushback against the false stereotype that Black people are lazy, and an investigation of the inequitable distribution of rest. That lack of sleep has serious consequences. (snip)
Studies have shown that, for a host of reasons, Black people get less sleep, and less deep sleep, than white people. Sleep loss can cause higher levels of cortisol, as Acosta noted, and can lead to many health problems including early death. But there’s something deeper going on — Acosta explained that sleep deprivation was used as a means of control over enslaved people, meaning Black people haven’t been getting the sleep they need for generations.
“We’re dealing with an inheritance of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation was a…deliberate tactic of slave owners to basically make the mind feeble,†he said. “That same tactic has only evolved.â€
One of the reason is (supposedly) due to crappy conditions in Democratic Party run inner cities where Democrats send Blacks to in the form of “public housing”, which has lots of noise and cigarette smoke and crime. Though they forget to mention the Democrats. Regardless, doesn’t matter, this is your fault for sleeping just a little bit longer because you’re white.
“We’re dealing with an inheritance of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation was a…deliberate tactic of slave owners to basically make the mind feeble,†he said. “That same tactic has only evolved.â€
Who’s depriving them now? They never say.
To help resolve this chronic lack of sleep, Acosta and Sosa are calling for rest as reparations. Yes, they’re looking for an ease to the many burdens that might prevent Black people and people of color from sleeping like systemic racism, socioeconomic struggle, and more. But they’re also looking for the opportunity to rest and have leisure time — time that will allow people to dream and heal.
Sounds like people are just angling for constant paid time off.
