If your public school education is not answering the question why are most black people poor in America the education is an unmitigated failure at raising conscious citizens.
#A2council #A2BlackClimate

A memory of an ally...
One thing I think about frequently is how poorly and dishonestly white people talk about intergenerational accumulation of wealth, knowledge and status.
#A2council #A2BlackClimate

until
you stop making them.

I’m waiting

for the next bad thing

to happen.

#A2Council #A2BlackClimate

Jen Strayer-Eyer-Irwin strenuously demonstrates Ann Arbor's values. #A2Council values shall not be infringed.

Congratulations!
You did it!!
#A2Council passed the CLUP while preserving Ann Arbor's values and presenting no rubrics, metrics, or decision trees for change.
The 'Protectors' win again!!
#A2BlackClimate

The same case has been presented to this fauxgressive #a2council crowd in the past.
They don't think council has any accountability for these numbers.
They say it's illegal for them to report what % of the city budget is spent with Black owned businesses.
Ask them.
#A2BlackClimate #gaslight

Travis Radina - My constituent, @GerardCampain, has called for this change in language as well. Acknowledging the troubling history around "Master" nomenclature, I am trying to adjust my own language to "Comprehensive Land Use Plan" #A2Council whyy.org/articles/shoul... Adam Jaskiewicz - Can we move away from the term "master plan"? Seems like it should be straight forward to do. #A2Council "Performative in the streets bankrupt in the ledger"

More questions...

How will the new CLUP
- increase Black homeownership in Ann Arbor?
- decrease Black homelessness in Ann Arbor?

How much generational wealth was denied Black folks in Ann Arbor?

What percentage of the city's budget is spent with Black owned businesses?
#A2council #A2BlackClimate

Yup, just watched again.
It's a reminder there's many different strategies at work in the #a2council machine.
Where are the rubrics, metrics and decision trees the Mayor promised? CM Harrison forgot to mention- increased tax base will go to the DDA.
#A2BlackClimate #gaslight

Caption: Live look at #a2council passing a CLUP that ignores decades of housing segregation and refuses to include anti-racist metrics.

White-washed policies wrapped in "progressive" harmonies.

#A2BlackClimate #gaslight #AnnArbor

Performative in the streets,
Bankrupt in the ledger.
They’ll honor the antagonist
While ignoring the pressure.

In a town built on "Vibes,"
Data is the only truth—
And their toxic white silence
Is killing our youth.

#a2council #a2BlackClimate #gaslighting

Remember when a scientist asked #a2council for basic data?

What’s so hard about a number?

What % of the city budget goes to Black-owned businesses?

If we can track police discipline, we can track spending.

Make the implicit explicit.
#A2BlackClimate

The City That Won't Agree?

While folks debate “disagreement” on #a2council, this was happening:

City HR described as toxic, racially intolerant, and unchecked for years. Concerns ignored. Harm compounded. Equity undermined.

Votes don’t tell that story. Power does.

#a2council #a2BlackClimate

What percentage of the City's budget is spent with Black owned business?
#a2council #a2BlackClimate

#a2council posted a “perfect score” on LGBTQ+ inclusion.
So what’s the score on #a2BlackClimate?
Is there one?
If inclusion can be measured, so can Black outcomes: health, education, housing, wealth, jobs, policing, displacement.
Equity without metrics is branding.
What’s AA's #a2BlackClimate score?

Kodak’s Shirley Cards made white skin the default, leaving Black and brown people underexposed. Ann Arbor City Council works the same way: policies calibrated for whiteness, then surprise when Black folks disappear from the picture. That’s systemic racism. #a2council #a2BlackClimate

Greenbelt: Because Ann Arbor wants affordable labor, not affordable housing. A Burwood Wall with native plants.

Orville L. Hubbard would approve.
#a2council #a2BlackClimate

Are you Black in Ann Arbor?
#a2BlackClimate ##a2council

The Mayor's theater and entertainment training shines through when asked: "What will your leadership do to ensure Ann Arbor is actively anti-racist?"
Staying warm by the gaslight.

What percentage of the City's over $600 million budget is spent with Black owned business?
#a2council #a2BlackClimate