“...I'm tired of folks, — them closed-minded folks. It's like we got a demo tape and don't nobody wanna hear it. But it's like this, the South got somethin' that's say. That's all I got to say.”
- Andre 3000
As a recovering coastal elite from California, my relocation to Houston, Texas has me confronting, reconsidering, and ultimately overturning all of my preconceived notions about Texas, the U.S. South, and revolutionary change. “What could this place possibly teach me about organizing and activism?,” I asked myself six years ago when my arrogant wokeness 2.0 was at its peak. After an entire doctoral dissertation and reluctant personal integration into Houston organizing, the answer is, well, everything.
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