The Ancestors Want A Refund On Black History Month 2026

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Somewhere in the afterlife, the ancestors are sitting at a long mahogany table.

Harriet Tubman has her arms folded like she already knows this meeting is about to be stupid. Frederick Douglass is rubbing his temples the way you do when you realize you escaped slavery just for people to still be arguing about your humanity. Ida B. Wells has receipts stacked so high they’re touching the ceiling. Nat Turner is sitting there tight-jawed like, “See… this is exactly...