#Blackness

Heyi! I’ve been stripped of my dignity trying to prove my “blackness” to people who were never going to give me a chance so excuse me if I get triggered

It’s so clear that the way people engage “anti-blackness” as a concept is simply as “racism towards Black people” as opposed to an ontological framework through which we can understand

Dr Muna Abdi #JusticeForShukri

I wasn't Black until my family came to England... my parents and grandparents have never been Black. Identified by tribe, yes... as Somali, yes... as African, yes... but never as

hi fellow Asian-Americans, your “we need to address anti-blackness in our community” tweets are nice but if you’re not actively calling out friends & family DIRECTLY, about their anti blackness,

J. Sexton; footnote 15, “Ante-Anti-Blackness” (2012):“Blackness does not come from Africa. Rather, Africa and its diaspora become black at a particular stage in their history. It sounds a little strange

DEFUND & ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES

Blackness is not just socialization. Someone who’s had no interaction w/ this society whatsoever but has dark skin, kinky hair & “black features” will be treated as Blk by this

Jade thee Black Fairy Princess 🌻🧡

I hate the fact that people who aren't black UNDERSTAND that black people can't be the ones to fix everyone's clear problem with blackness but some people will only post

There’s a lot of (inadvertent) white supremacist apologism happening within the discourse around Doja. Not being raised amongst Black people does not excuse being a white supremacist. There’s a weird

Aliza “revolution, after this nap” Pearl (she/her)

So like pretty much all Black people, I knew what anti-blackness was from a young age. I can’t remember a “first” realization, because it was kinda always there. And it

thegirlwithfood

This news about Doja cat is really disappointing, but it underscores how important it is as a Black person to be EXTTEMELY careful and thoughtful if you want to date/reproduce

sophon chirality

please finish the works and get to the point where you begin to realize that the gradient where black (un)becomes “ambiguous” is not where your politics should be housed. if

I'm happy there is a lot of by Asians over the Asian cop in Minneapolis.But Asian American race discourse is so inadequate, all we can say about him is 'model

Danielle Clealand

Listen. I’m a Puerto Rican raised in New York like many with the narrative, we are all the same, we all have mixed racial heritage. But I was also raised

Here's why the Rashida conversation stays with me: I once had a biracial teenager come to one of my events and she asked me very somberly what she could do

Charlie's Toolbox

charliestoolbox

Having conversations with black men make me realize how behind they are in the conversation on blackness. All believe power and domination in these institutions are the keys to liberation.

This argument that it’s not blackfishing because non-BW are trying to look “mixed/racially ambiguous” and not Black misunderstands how anti-blackness, as a fantasy of whiteness, functions. BW are necessary for