As many of you know all too well, social media platforms, including LinkedIn, love to censor people—especially Black and Brown folks—who talk about the realities of systemic racism, White supremacy, and other related things that people with power and privilege don't like to talk about, or have other people talk about.
Yesterday, I saw a connection request from Daniel Washington.
I thought to myself, that's weird, I already know Daniel. We've interacted quite a bit over the last year or so. Were we really not connected all this time?
I accepted his request and found out that indeed we were connected. Until, that is, his account was taken down for "suspicious activity." No wonder I hadn't heard from him in a while.
What the so-called suspicious activity was, was never explained. Talk about suspicious activity.
Anyway, Daniel's back, and he's looking to rebuild his network. If you were connected with him before, now's your opportunity to reconnect. If you don't know Daniel, you should connect with him, or follow him.
He's good people—all about equity and social justice and fighting the good fight.
And, by the way, he's looking for work as a researcher or graduate assistant. If you or anyone you know can help him out, please do.
Welcome back, Daniel. Here's his profile.