No bad apples: Actors in anti-Black systems have created too much collective harm to be judged individually
It feels too enormous a task to mourn so many at once.
It’s not Black people’s responsibility to end anti-Asian racism
Where was all this concern about not referencing a group of people or a place when talking about a disease, when Ebola was named after a river in the Congo?
What exactly is “micro” about microaggressions?
Between macro and micro, I would choose neither. I haven’t been able to make the microaggressions feel any less aggressive than a full slap to the face. For me, the macro only provides substance to the micro.
How slavery taught me to be hyper-vigilant in a never ending chase after safety
It is exhausting to always be this vigilant, and all too often it is still not enough.
It’s impossible to fight for justice and the world not call you crazy when the world is unjust
Regardless of who destroyed the Earth, I’m still expected to clock in on time, not steal from them people, not lie to authorities, not kill Daniel Hortzclaw.
“Don’t get caught slipping”: My daily reminder to never trust white people
There are no safe spaces for Black people as long as whiteness exists.
For all the poor Black kids who become prey for rich white liberals
He knows he can ruin poor Black folks lives, and then just retreat into his money with no guilty conscience. A monster.
All your non-Black friends say “n****r” behind your back
By Kejhonti Neloms They all call you nigger behind your back. You were right when you thought you heard your boss at the Dollar Store say it. Your daughter was right when she thought she heard her teacher say it.…
I don’t blame the Mexican men who robbed my white neighbor
Living while Black in the United States is living in a perpetual state of Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Unlike Peter's robbery, there is no sense to our deaths.
I could not grieve Las Vegas because I have run out of tears for white death
By Kejhonti Neloms Flint’s water is just as poisonous to those black children living in that black community as it was 2 years ago when Barack Obama filtered the brown liquid on live television. Your ancestors deaths are just as…
