Get Out: Is Colonial Stockholm Syndrome Preventing a Mass Blaxit?
Through foggy lenses in the airport security line, I stared at my two small bags, vision blurred by the N95 mask. My one-way ticket to Puerto Vallarta felt heavy with my father’s plea to remain in the United States. His familiar sermon on a mental loop, “You know your ancestors fought for our right to […]
Diaspora Wars: Doing the White Man’s Bidding
Too often, I see arguments about who is “allowed” to claim their Blackness. Who counts as Black, who doesn’t, who has the right to call themselves part of the African diaspora? These arguments, which are the loudest online, are exhausting. Imaginary lines, colonial borders, and different languages don’t determine if you’re Black or not. Race, […]