They will never get over the Haitian Revolution because they know what it represents. It’s a stain in their memory that the empire refuses to forget. That is why they have been punishing Haiti for centuries. Enslaved people defeated an empire.
“you think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. it was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
— “the cheek curl” 💋🪞👩🏾ྀིྀིྀིྀིྀི |
“the cheek curl” was one of the hairstyles of the 1960s for black women & this is a 1963 edition of beauty trade — a black hair publication, that displays the look.