Their innocence is never protected because they are never believed to be innocent.
Category: Ghetto Community
White Privilege Masks My Ethnic Name in Plain Sight
What if my name was Rei Don? Ray’Donna? La Reida? Do those variations wave a familiar flag, something one can ethnically identify? If you could put a face to those names, would it include my fair skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes?
The Myth of ‘The Good Negro’
We cannot reserve humane treatment for people who fit the description of a Huxtable family. Nor can we reserve it for men and women who, though Black, meet the favored Eurocentric aesthetics. It shouldn’t take three degrees, a six-figure income, homeownership, and an extensive vocabulary just for the possibility of earning human decency from our fellow man.
Black history is not only important in America; Africa also needs a re-education
Africa, let us also remember and celebrate our true history
“Pro-Black does not mean anti-white”; Why, as an African, I commend the Diaspora for their humanity.
Returning back home to South Africa, I began to truly appreciate what I had previously taken for granted in a majority-Black country.
Are You A Racist? Am I?
Like Newton’s 3rd law, every racist oppressive action must be met with an equal and opposite anti-racist action in order to achieve equilibrium.