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 […]
Mexico City Gentrification & Displaced Anger
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 […]