Blackness doesn’t need whiteness to exist because whiteness didn’t create it. We did
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.
Hands Across America: What we can learn from “Us” about systemic inequality
While “Adelaide” may be difficult to sympathize with once we know her secret, we cannot deny that this terrible, violent, and unforgivable thing she did was for all of the right reasons.
Misogynoir wants me to feel ashamed for being single today. Here’s how I’m refusing
I refuse to blame myself for the inability of others to see the many gifts I have to offer.
It’s impossible to fight for justice and the world not call you crazy when the world is unjust
Regardless of who destroyed the Earth, I’m still expected to clock in on time, not steal from them people, not lie to authorities, not kill Daniel Hortzclaw.
The pervasiveness of anti-Blackness in the cannabis industry
Supporting Black dispensaries is a necessary strategy to combat these anti-black policies, demarcations and conferences of respectability, access and performance.
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.
Here’s what happens when you proclaim “Black Lives Matter” in the whitest sport in America
To say the lack of diversity is disheartening is an understatement for Black hockey players and fans.
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.
