To me, Black liberation is synonymous with demilitarizing the murderous police state, abolishing the inhumane prison system and freeing folx from the constraints of our exploitative economic system.
Although African rituals were retained by Black Christians, much of what spawned them was shrouded in codes that must now be deciphered in order to regain its regenerative power.
Museums could be one of our greatest allies in liberation struggles. They have the physical space, the means, and the public confidence to partake in a large scale social movement against colonial powers. Yet they reject this opportunity over and over again.
We are agents and shapers of history, culture and discourse, not mere passive, thoughtless victims. We were sizing them up the same time they were sizing us up.
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.
“Professionalization,†as it is commonly referred to in graduate school, tried to teach me to trust the system.
by Adele Thomas Settler privilege, as I’ve understood it broadly, is having specific rights, advantages or immunities granted or available only to a particular group of people (settlers), while the Indigenous groups are excluded from those benefits. But when you…
