Conflating the lesser evil with “progress” is a surefire way to ensure evil is preserved
We must be able to carry multiple truths at all times. Our president is a racist. But he and his ilk are not even the tipping point of our problems.
Hating Trump does not make you “woke”
What is more necessary at this time, I would assert, is not to think that declaring our like or dislike of a politician is enough.
#TakeAKnee exposes how liberal hatred of Trump is used to obscure anti-Black violence
By Leslie Afua Sometimes, we can be gullible as hell. I’m not even going to touch the fact that a lot of us are still watching the NFL despite its anti-Black and sexist history. Instead I’m going to focus on…
To the Black people who were too radical to vote and now have regrets
By Timothy DuWhite Rumor has it that you stayed home. You checked into Facebook and wrote a lengthy status instead. You rolled your eyes at every “just voted”-stickered selfie that popped up on your timeline. You had words for everyone…
Jeff Sessions’s racism and lies are American, not an anomaly.
By Kadeem Fuller Last week we discovered that Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak twice while working with the Trump campaign last year. The private meetings between the two are a direct contradiction to the statement…
Why we must stop de-centering Black Muslims in the fight against Islamophobia.
To fully combat Islamophobic violence, we must reject anti-Black imperialism altogether.
The nasty-fication of sisterhood.
By Vitula Henderson I’m struggling with this new, post-election sisterhood with white women. I feel like this relationship is moving too fast, passing over the reckoning that I feel is necessary for me to move forward with confidence. It feels…
Notes from a Black educator on the front-line of a Trump election.
By Belinda Bellinger We fight. We organize. We create. We protest. We dialogue. We coalition. We push. We sing. We rap. We griot. We speak. We write. We listen. We read. We empathize. We challenge. We humble. We agitate. We…
Enduring whiteness: the tragic love affair that gave rise to Donald Trump.
By Quentin Lucas It is a powerful reflex, almost a soul’s nervous tic, to wonder and worry, about what whiteness is going to think — even while knowing that whiteness doesn’t allow much room for thought. That, of course, isn’t…
The snake has risen. What now?: Meditations on the coming era.
By Victor Bradley My speech feels like vapor. While the tide turned Trumpward, I sat in mournful counsel with friends from around the world, drawn together both by the power of the internet and fear of the unthinkable. Our fears…
