In 2022, the theologian Tricia Hersey published “Rest Is Resistance,” a best-selling manifesto that calls all people, but especially Black people, to slow down, not as a means toward future productivity but as an act of defiance.
Right. Your coworker is not a lazyass, he is a freedom fighter! Join in his struggle and do less! Slacktivists unite!
I had a black student in one of my classes, he showed up the first day and then I didn't see him at all for the next three weeks so I was legally obligated to report him to the registrar's office and have him removed from the class.
But, he wasn't just a lazy bum. He was actually fighting The Patriarchy and White Supremacy!
Right. Your coworker is not a lazyass, he is a freedom fighter! Join in his struggle and do less! Slacktivists unite!
Ah, so that's what happened to me this semester.
I had a black student in one of my classes, he showed up the first day and then I didn't see him at all for the next three weeks so I was legally obligated to report him to the registrar's office and have him removed from the class.
But, he wasn't just a lazy bum. He was actually fighting The Patriarchy and White Supremacy!