In meditation on Darnell “Dynasty” Young -a queer black high school student who brought a stun gun to school to use in self defense against the many queer bashers Dynasty had to deal with at the Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis.
This story also disrupts the narrative of black families being more homophobic. Dynasty's mother, Chelisa Grimes, gave Dynasty the stun gun after school officials told both of them that it was Dynasty's fault for being queer bashed.
“I had to do something. They throw bottles and rocks at him...If they weren’t going to protect him,” Grimes said, “I’ll protect him.”
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Robert F. Williams on Self-Defense