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.
A man called me an ugly Black woman, but the harm doesn’t start or end with him
It terrifies me how widely accepted, how normalized, how validated bullying and fatphobia continues to be—even amongst the most revolutionary of people. We do not deserve to have our bodies be made villainous or humorous.
Here’s what happens when you proclaim “Black Lives Matter” in the whitest sport in America
To say the lack of diversity is disheartening is an understatement for Black hockey players and fans.
The necessity of combating celebrity activist worship in Black Liberation movements
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: If you not Black, this conversation ain’t for you. The Movement for Black Lives is an extension of the prolonged fight for Black Liberation which began in the bellies of slave ships when captured…
Luvvie and the Black digital intelligentsia I don’t trust
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: If you’re not Black, this conversation ain’t for you. Luvvie Ajayi is a popular online commentator who fucked up badly this week after she demonized poor Black activists who demand compensation for our labor.…
How to resist the media’s conflicting lies in the age of Keith Lamont Scott.
By Roman Johnson “There is therefore only one thing left to do; save our money and leave a town which will neither protect our lives and property, nor give us a fair trial in the courts, but takes us out…
The impossibility of justice for Black lives.
By Zoe Samudzi Over and over again—for literal centuries—Black people have had to come to terms with the invisiblization of our murderers. After prosecutors announced they were dropping charges against the remaining police officers facing trial "in connection with" the death…
#MSNBCSoWhite: Media Strategist Cherno Biko Returns Her NBCBLK28 Honor In The Wake of Melissa Harris-Perry’s Firing
For Melissa Harris-Perry, Joy-Ann Reid and Janet Mock By Cherno Biko I wasn’t going to spill any of this tea because of fear and respectability politics. As a viewer of MSNBC, I was in shock when Jamil Smith publicized MHP’s…
Voting While Black: Can You Vote For Revolution?
by Adele Thomas I’m not a Republican. I’m not a Democrat. If you wanted to suggest a label you could say that I am an African Socialist, but even that isn’t adhesive. I stand for African liberation and a dismantlement…
When Straight Guys Who Don’t “Have a Problem Wit’ Gay People” Know Best.
by Thomas Washington, Jr. At a glance, it appears that he is Better. Which means that I have to look closely. I have to see what’s actually in front of me. To hear what is actually said. His pseudonym—“Flash Knows…
