It’s 1492, in Ayiti. We’re making cassava, children are playing, and our Kacike is sharing knowledge. We then see a huge canoe approaching our shores. We’re used to visitors — we often traded with our brothers and sisters in Borikén — but these new visitors looked different. Little did we know that our kindness and […]
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, […]
Over the past week, Mexico City natives took to the streets to protest against the gentrification and displacement of their people. With this has also come a wave of anti-Blackness. Mexico has long served as a refuge for African Americans seeking reprieve from the relentless systemic oppression of the United States. For generations, Black Americans […]
