How Black activism is coopted and deflated by liberal politicians like NOLA’s Mayor Landrieu
This is a page taken right from the Kennedy playbook of policing Black activists while publicly praising them.
Why they shoot us at home: Black people have no “safe places”
By Teju Adisa-Farrar 22 year old Stephon Clark was killed in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, California on March 19th. Two policemen shot at him 20 times, 8 of the bullets hit his body. 38 year old Marielle Franco was…
Why I will not allow the fear of a nuclear attack to be white-washed
Death tolls would be high for white populations, yes, but large-scale losses of Black and brown folks would outpace that number, due to placement and poverty.
Nigerian writers should embrace Afrofuturism in their literary work
By David Iruoje Afrofuturism in literature is more or less speculative fiction from an African perspective. It can also be considered as Black literary futurism. Speculative fiction is an aspect of narrative fiction that includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural…
What mourning my mother taught me about the Black woman’s role in movement building
It’s almost as if it’s not a real social movement if a Black woman is not almost killing herself to do this work.
Charter schools might not liberate Black children, but they also aren’t the problem
As Black families become disillusioned with the quality of their neighborhood schools, charter schools have been expanding across the nation as options for students although the concerns against them are growing and legitimate.
Yes, there are Black people in Alaska: How one cooking show dispels anti-Black myths about the frontier
By Keenan Teddy Smith You’re waking up. It’s a Monday morning and you’re drinking coffee at your kitchen counter. The snow-blanketed terrain of the Willow Creek Valley is mundanely breathtaking, as many people who visit such alleged “postcard†locales often…
Our desire for Black representation must extend to fat women
By Brittany Let’s get one thing out of the way: I’m fat and I’m a Black woman. I’ve always been the fat girl. Growing up, I thought I was supposed to be invisible, docile and quiet. I could be good…
Black women loving Black women: On the rituals that sustain community
By Jailyn Gladney “And when great souls die… Our senses, restored, never To be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They Existed. We can be. Be and be Better. For they existed.†When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou…
How anti-Black colorism forces dark-skinned Black women to be nothing more than “funny”
By Kennedy Christine My first year of college, I took a sociology class that introduced me to the term “master status,†which is an individual’s social role or description that supersedes all their other titles. Master status can refer to…
