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Let’s say bodies of culture to refer to all human bodies not considered white. This both acknowledges our existence as human bodies and displaces the other terms that make white bodies into the norm and otherize everyone else.

Time after time in our history, our country has exploded into violence, just as it is doing today. On one side have been people devoted to creating a nation of liberty and justice. On the other have been people devoted to whiteness.

Our bodies serve us well through a variety of internal signals. The most important of these warn us of danger. When danger is clear and present, they enable our body to bypass our cognitive brain and swiftly fight, flee, freeze, fawn, or annihilate.