I am unchoosing the academy because I no longer want to play monkey for white validation
This is what the academy wants us to do. Devour with words and hands and thought. Wants us to strip, pull away, entertain. Be monkey.
Appropriation is not a matter of authenticity
Fixating on the difference between others who "put on" our culture & those who create from "authentic" experiences obscures why we challenge appropriation in the first place.
When liberal orgs tell QTPOC to “bring your full self to work,” it’s a lie. I know because I fell for it.
By recognizing the unwritten rules and expectations for what they are, we can better navigate these spaces or leave them altogether to build our own.
We can hold Omarosa accountable without throwing a Black woman away
Perhaps this kind of "I don't care what happens to so and so" is also a reinforcement of anti-Blackness.
‘BlacKkKlansman’s false promise in America’s next chapter and police
What could possibly come in the next chapter for America if these are our heroes?
All your non-Black friends say “n****r” behind your back
By Kejhonti Neloms They all call you nigger behind your back. You were right when you thought you heard your boss at the Dollar Store say it. Your daughter was right when she thought she heard her teacher say it.…
“I’m the only Black in the village”: Why Black Americans avoid other Black people while abroad
If your most salient connection to your experience of Blackness conjures pain, then it makes sense that you seek to find a release by distancing yourself from reminders of it.
I left the U.S. to escape anti-Blackness, only to learn how unavoidable it is in therapy
My husband and I recently sought therapy here in Belgrade, Serbia, where we moved from Zagreb, Croatia some months ago after living there for close to three years. A point of contention in our marriage has been my desire to…
No, the white man behind “Why Anyone Can Be Chinese” is not the “Chinese Rachel Dolezal”
By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda Last month, yet another white man infuriated the Asian-American community by writing an article for the Wall Street Journal called “Why Anyone Can Be Chinese.” In this badly written article, author Daniel Bell makes so many false…
“The Girl with all the Gifts” is a nightmare for white supremacy
By Sherronda J. Brown Writer’s Note: This essay contains spoilers for The Girl With All The Gifts The zombie narrative in Western horror has always been rooted in fear of the destruction of the dominant white society, the disruption of…
