Protecting inanimate objects and “values” over Black lives has always been essential to America
None of this is new, and when we remember this we get stronger in our strategies of dismantling the systems that produce this violence.
Dear Ancestors: How connecting with our dead teaches Black people how to live
I once told a therapist, “The only reason I haven’t killed myself is because I’d anger and hurt so many people who love me.” I suspect I was mostly complaining because love was hacking away at my American sense of individualism.
This #BlackMansChallenge is to extend my advocacy beyond validating the struggles of Black men
For me, our revolution requires a clear, concentrated, and committed love and support for Black women, Black Trans* folks, Black gender non-conforming folks, Black queer folks, and yes, Black men.
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.
Let our dead bury their murderers: Police & protests aren’t our only options
When do we hold the State’s feet to the fire? When do we experience righteous justice?
Nothing is clean enough for a pandemic when your blood is dirty
The funny thing about the order to stay “six feet” apart from one another is that folks like me can’t be too sure if the orderer is suggesting the distance we should be standing, or the distance we should be buried.
There is a COVID-19 conspiracy. Scaring Black people away from healthcare & vaccination is part of it
While Black people are vulnerable to targeting when medical treatments are being developed, we are also among the last to benefit. That is the conspiracy.
Social distancing is just part of the problem if we don’t account for anti-Blackness
Social distancing is a privilege that the well-to-do have already been practicing for centuries to keep their resources away from marginalized people.
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?
How we are conditioned not to account for the mental health needs of Black people who commit violence
A cop with biases is dangerous to the community. If you are more passionate for them than for us all, mind your tongue.
