It’s America’s 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations | Morgan Jerkins
The 250th anniversary is arriving among Black communities as a whisper instead of a roar Not soon after Donald Trump ’s 2025 inauguration, there emerged a viral illustration of four Black women sitting at the top of a building while watching the world burn at a distance. They are observing with coffee cups in hand. An American flag hangs over the edge. If that exhaustion hadn’t been made clear enough, Black people, particularly across TikTok and Threads, have urged one another to “not give them…


