The demonization of African spirituality in the church is antithetical to the history of Black Christianity
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 powerful, liberatory spaces if they let go of their colonial practices
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.
Blackness doesn’t need whiteness to exist because whiteness didn’t create it. We did
A man called me an ugly Black woman, but the harm doesn’t start or end with him
Academic rawness and the colonized coffee that fuels it
âProfessionalization,â as it is commonly referred to in graduate school, tried to teach me to trust the system.
Stolen people on stolen land: decolonizing while Black.
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…