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.
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.
The NFL doesn’t fear punishing Black players because integration doomed mass Black protests
Integration has completely warped the way many Black Americans deal with race issues.
Protests aren’t eulogies: Fighting for more than Stephon Clark and his misogynoir
By Chelsea Neason On March 18th of this year, the Sacramento Police Department committed yet another act of aggression against our nation. Stephon Clark was standing in his grandmother Sequita Thompson’s backyard—sacred land, the dwelling place of an elder—when they…
#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…
Why we need space for Black artists not to fear offending white people
By Lauren Roshan The Black community has a history of politicising our art. The Black Arts Movement of 1965 began as a Black American literary offspring of the the Civil Rights Movement, and, though short-lived, it made significant impact on…
It is our duty to fight for our freedom; not to protect the police.
By Arielle Iniko Newton The energy in D.C. was stiff on Inauguration Day. Trump supporters and opponents were careful to keep their distance from one another. I stared mercilessly into the eyes of every racist I saw wearing a “Make…
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…
