white supremacy Archives

Sex work is subject to the same anti-Blackness as every other industry in the US

September 29, 2020
Nuni Snowden
Sexuality

When we say we are committed to Black liberation it must be in service of sex workers’ autonomy. But they are never nuanced beings. The fight for sex worker liberation is the fight for all Black lives, and until that is prioritized, erasure and respectability politics will persist. In every industry.

Liberals won’t save us, even if they are Black

But voting is not and will never be enough. Voting often legitimizes the never ending good cop/bad cop routine of the two party system.

This #BlackMansChallenge is to extend my advocacy beyond validating the struggles of Black men

For me, our revolution requires a clear, concentrated, and committed love and support for Black women, Black Trans* folks, Black gender non-conforming folks, Black queer folks, and yes, Black men.

Coded or not, it’s still racism

January 23, 2020
Dalvin Aboagye
Blackness & Anti-Blackness, Race & Blackness

While Black folks decipher this lexicon for our own survival, white folks either remain oblivious to the whole exchange or worse, actively deny any wrongdoing in an attempt to preserve a perception of neutrality.

Vanessa wearing glasses and eating a flower

Embracing ugly in a world that’s tried to weaponize it against me

October 24, 2019
Vanessa Lewis
Blackness & Anti-Blackness, Race & Blackness, Women & Feminism

The impact of being uglified has real, painful, and pervasive consequences.

How to derail productive Black discourse: mention white women

By JaKeen Fox May 6th 2018. The date will go down in infamy, not as the day John McCain said he wouldn’t want Donald Trump to attend his funeral. You won’t remember that in Hawaii, lava from a volcano destroyed…

English Prescriptivism: Being a good writer & its roots in white supremacy

January 30, 2018
RaceBaitr
Education

No amount of speaking â€œproperâ€ English, would have protected Mike Brown for being killed for the way he looked.

When non-Black POC hide behind blatant white supremacy to ignore their own complicity

By Shereen Masoud What happened during the “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, VA in August was terrifying. A mass of extremist white men from fringe alt-right groups yelling violently — and killing a counter-protester in their midst — is…

A break-up letter with academia: Not your token guinea pig, show pony, or likable person of color

May 4, 2017
RaceBaitr
Education

Academia and American educational institutions are and have been colonial projects.

We Know What Happened To Sandra Bland.

Since her mysterious death inside a jail cell on July 13th, 3 days following her arrest after being pulled over for failing to signal before changing lanes, activists have set the internet ablaze demanding to know #WhatHappenedToSandraBland. But “what happened…