There is a Difference Between: “I Want This and I Do Not Want This”
updated from July 31 2016 Consensual sex and sexual violence are not the same. They are not close.They are not interchangeable.They do not belong in the same sentence without care,…
updated from July 31 2016 Consensual sex and sexual violence are not the same. They are not close.They are not interchangeable.They do not belong in the same sentence without care,…
So we have reached the place where the n-word is actually Black American people’s fault. And that is part of the cycle of harm. Evading accountability. The concept of “the…
As Big Brother Legend on X.com says, “I unfollow (Black) people who don’t understand this.” At this point in my life, I choose to disaffiliate with people who do not…
Many Black people have endured generations of: “It’s not that bad.”“You’re overreacting.”“They didn’t mean it.” That pattern is its own harm. “Racism is like a Cadillac. They bring out a…
There is a pattern that deserves daylight. Some movements wrap themselves in the language, symbolism, and moral authority of the Black American freedom struggle. They echo the rhythm. They borrow…
Watching language warning about life or death flatten into a “trend”…. is frustrating. “‘Stay woke’ began as a warning, not a trend. This episode traces the word’s roots through the…
Black women speaking about maternal death are not “race baiting.” This is a call-out of minimization, deflection, and tone policing when mothers and babies are dying. We can remind leaders…
I hope that these last few weeks have taught us to take history as a tool for learning lessons …..for everyone. Education is never a “scam”. The price may be…
Like every abused woman and child Black Americans reside in a county that pushes us to “move on“, “get over it“, and “forgive and forget“. Heavy emphasis on the forget.…
You are seen. You are heard. Survivors are speaking in this moment.And when they speak, something important shifts. Not toward labels. Not toward debates.Not toward protecting identities that were never…