When have Black women and femmes ever rested?
Tag: Black
Black history is not only important in America; Africa also needs a re-education
Africa, let us also remember and celebrate our true history
Black Studies Part III: The First Kings In World History
For too long we’ve lived with the lie that Africa is the “dark continent” and had always needed a helping hand from Western influences to bring herself out of “development.” When in fact, it was Africa who first brought the world out of the darkness.
Black Studies: A Quick Introduction
“They give us the shortest month to learn the oldest history of any peoples on the face of this Earth”
– Robin Walker
One Year Down & We Still In This Bitch
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Stop Trusting America To Teach You Real Black History
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
― Assata Shakur
Get Real: Queer Racism is Alive and Well
White queers do NOT get a gold star for being able to acknowledge that white privilege exists. Especially if they do not take any actions to betray their whiteness and their privilege to create and uphold spaces that prioritize and uplift Black folks and other people of color.
From Ring Shouts to Stepping and Strolling: The Evolution of a Tradition Comes Full Circle
The evolution of stepping and strolling, from its roots in the ring shout, to today’s current rituals, has played a momentous part in the history of Black Greek Letter Organizations. In using these sacred ceremonial dances and patterns, Black Greek students everywhere have been able to honor their predecessors and ancestors, while building a strong sense of self-identity and kinship.
Knowledge is the key
Through this newfound knowledge, I can truly say I’ve found the key to the shackles of the slave mentality that plagues many of us to this day.
Black Trauma
Black life in America is currently and has always been, surrounded by violence and racial trauma. Rather the violence is physical or verbal, so-called self-inflicted or “cultural” is beside the point, but the fact that violence and life in America as a black person is institutionally intertwined can’t be denied.
