Now There are NO Mistakes at this Genocidal Rate Chance Gittens was 17 years old, one of his last Facebook posts read, “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside of […]
Being revolutionary and spiritually aware are not mutually exclusive. I’ve had people ask me how I could be a revolutionary while also practicing Christianity, the “white mans” religion. In response, t I want to address the idea that Christianity is a “white man’s” religion because it is not. The Bible was not written by white […]
Now that Obama is officially our former president, his presidency is officially apart of Black history and at this end of the first week of February I want to take a moment to reflect. During the near end of his presidency I wrote a letter addressing the way he’s served the Black community by progressing […]
America’s greatest sin, slavery, is a practice that continues to plague our community into the 21st century. The rate of incarcerated individuals has steadily increased since slavery’s ‘abolition’, or rather, re-appropriation. How could we think that the United States would simply give up its most lucrative business? Slavery has been the country’s most profitable economic […]
This documentary style film takes a look at the direct relationship between the circumstantial abolition of slavery and the modern era of mass incarceration. Ava DuVernay, directed, wrote and produced the documentary, threading together interviews from Michelle Alexander, Angela Davis, Jelani Cobb, Henry Louis Gates Jr., David Keene, James Kilgore, with other activist and scholars. […]
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party’s formation in Oakland California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seal. The party modeled their programs after an undying love for the people. And still, so many of the original members and leaders within the party do not live to see today. They were […]
A Response to Mahammed Alhammami’s A Letter to Black America Earlier today I read a letter from Palestine that relates oppression between Blacks’ in America and Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. The letter urges both groups to unite in the fight against worldwide injustice. As a student I studied the Israeli occupation, heavily touched […]
September 27th, 2016 I made the mistake of watching only Donald Trump’s (Republican nominee) and Hilary Clinton’s (Democratic nominee) responses to Lester Holt’s questions during the 1st presidential debate. On September 27, 2016 I was one of 84 million people around the world who watched Clinton and Trump on television. A few days later, after seeing Stein’s […]
Song of Inspiration: Jamila Woods- Holy “Help me to walk alone ahead Though I walk through the darkest valley I will fear no love Oh my smile my mind reassure me I don’t need no one Woke up this morning with my mind set on loving me” It is so important as a woman, especially […]
The radio disgusts me. No, not in a lighthearted sarcastic way that will still allow myself to listen to the radio because I’d rather hear something than nothing, but in the literal meaning of the word. I experience a feeling of, “revulsion or profound disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive.” Like Webster describes, the […]