The student debt fight is why understanding the history of race construction, racism, race hierarchy is critical. Our divestment in public goods begins with integration & Black people getting access.Large # white people oppose economic policies if they think Black people benefit.
“I rise up, in every way, that feels right in my own soul” powerful and fitting words/mantra for my spirit on this resurrection Sunday re: @BeautifulChorus. May you also rise up! Asé.
Chronicles of a #BlackPhdstudent: Confession-sometimes I read my scholarly articles for class aloud in the tone and cadence of a southern Baptist preacher. It helps 🤷🏾♀️ …😂🤣😭
One final done ✅ One more to go...20-25 pages on Colonial Tools leveraged across the African Diaspora, with specific focus on Religion (i. e. Christendom and Islam)
This book has also made me reconsider my previous identification with the term “queer” and I will no longer use it as a descriptive for ANY black body, but ESPECIALLY not for Black Womxn. Tuh. 😤
Y’all...This book is HARD to get through. I had to set it down several times, I had to venerate my ancestors and uplift spirits. AND it’s one of the most important and insightful texts I’ve read in awhile. +
Black womxn have an intricate and nuanced history and positionality with the criminal justice system and incarceration. Which is pertinent to understand our present social moment around policing, jail/prison, and labor.
I’m not an aborisha , not a Orisha devotee (yet), but Mother Oya is popping ALL AROUND my life right now. I feel like she’s inserting herself into my consciousness. IDK how to respond...