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22 22 22 H i . E v e r y o n e d o i n g o k a y ? R u t h B a d e r G i n s b u r g p a s s e d a w a y a w e e k o r s o b a c k . I w o u l d b e d u m b t o s a y t h a t I w a s s u r p r i s e d b y t h e d e a t h o f a n 8 7 - y e a r o l d h u m a n b e i n g w h o ' d d e a l t w i t h t h e m e d i c a l i s s u e s R u t h B a d e r G i n s b u r g h a d i n t h e l a s t f e w y e a r s o f h e r l i f e . B u t w o w , w h a t a g u t p u n c h . I h a d c o n v i n c e d m y s e l f a l o n g t i m e a g o t h a t R B G w a s n ' t g o i n g t o d i e . N o t t h a t s h e w a s i m m o r t a l , b u t t h a t s h e ' d s o m e h o w c o n v i n c e d D e a t h t o l e a v e h e r b e f o r a w h i l e u n t i l e v e r y t h i n g w a s n ' t s o d i r e . I ' d a l l o w e d m y s e l f a g l i m m e r o f h o p e t h a t t h i s y e a r - t h i s y e a r - w o u l d j u s t h o l d o f f o n o n e m o r e k n e e t o o u r c o l l e c t i v e g r o i n s . C l e a r l y i t d i d n ' t . A n d t h o u g h R B G ' s p a s s i n g m a k e s m e s t o p i n t h e m i d s t o f d a i l y a c t i v i t y t o j u s t h o l d m y e y e s t i g h t a n d t r y a n d h o l d m y a n x i e t y a t b a y , h e r p a s s i n g i s n ' t w h a t m a k e s m e t r u l y s a d a n d t r u l y a n g r y . I t ' s t h e t h o u g h t t h a t i n o u r n a t i o n ' s c a p i t a l , a g r o u p o f m e n a n d w o m e n s p e n t t h e l a s t f e w y e a r s p e r c h e d o v e r t h e i r n e w s f e e d s , w a i t i n g f o r t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t t h a t a t i t a n o f p r o g r e s s i v e l a w - a w o m a n w h o h e l p e d t o c h a n g e m o r e f o r o t h e r w o m e n i n A m e r i c a t h a n j u s t a b o u t a n y o n e e l s e t h i s c e n t u r y - h a d p a s s e d . W h e n s h e d i d , w h e n R u t h B a d e r G i n s b u r g s l i p p e d o f f t h e m o r t a l c o i l , t h e y c l a s p e d h a n d s a n d c h e e r e d . T h e y c e l e b r a t e d h e r d e a t h . P o l i t i c s i s a d i r t y , h o r r i b l e p r o f e s s i o n . I g e t i t . B u t t h e t h o u g h t o f M i t c h M c C o n n e l l s q u e a l i n g t o h i m s e l f i n t h e h a l l s o f C o n g r e s s w h e n h e l e a r n e d o f h e r p a s s i n g i s e n o u g h t o m a k e m e s i c k . I a m s a d , a n d a n g r y , b e c a u s e a t r u e l e g e n d l i k e R B G i s g o n e a n d w e a r e l e f t w i t h r a w , u n c h e c k e d s e l f i s h n e s s i n h e r p l a c e . W e a r e l e f t w i t h a g r o u p o f p e o p l e i n p o w e r w h o w a n t n o t h i n g m o r e t h a n t o r e p l a c e h e r l e g a c y w i t h w h a t e v e r f o o t h o l d t o t h e i r b a c k w a r d - t h i n k i n g a g e n d a s t h e y c a n m u s t e r . I w i s h I h a d a g r i m l y p o s i t i v e n o t e t o l e a v e y o u w i t h . B u t t o d a y , t o d a y I ' m j u s t s a d a n d a n g r y a t w h e r e w e ' v e e n d e d u p . ' T i l l n e x t t i m e . - N o a h S a n d e r s , T h e R a c k e t The Racket stands against police brutality, racism and violence perpetuated towards BIPOC communities in all forms. DONATE: BLACK LIVES MATTER https://blacklivesmatter.com/ LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY BAIL FUND https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising /louisville-community-bail-fund/ THE LOVELAND FOUNDATION https://thelovelandfoundation.org/ Breona Taylor's Murderers Are Still Free: https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice- for-breonna-taylor T H E R A C K E T : Q U A R A N T I N E J O U R N A L , V o l . 2 , N O . 2 2 C o p y r i g h t 2 0 2 0 T h e R a c k e t C o v e r I m a g e : A n n a R o t t y T i t l e : R B G A n n a R o t t y a n d Z a c h C l a r k h a v e c o l l a b o r a t e d o n a l i m i t e d e d i t i o n o f r i s o g r a p h p r i n t o f t h i s p i e c e , a v a i l a b l e a t w w w .