#Blackness

Hari Ziyad

HariZiyad

I don’t think “respectability won’t save you” does the work we want it to do. Because yes and no. Respectability won’t stop anyone from experiencing anti-Blackness. But, usually manifesting as

Toubab Crematorium

no_slave_coasts

"anti-Blackness and other deeply held notions of race in precolonial and colonial Korea (1883-1945) were pivotal in how Koreans made sense of their vulnerability and, later, subjection to colonization... and

acab

amyqucumber

yeah it certainly doesnt feel Awesome when ppl brush off asian cultural appropriation but theres a very salient point i think a lot of asian americans miss out on- the

Zalika U. Ibaorimi, MA (The Final Girl)

ZalUIbaorimi

I see too many people who I love today spreading misinformation regarding China. Is there anti-Blackness in China? Yes. Is there also anti-Blackness everywhere? Please stop sharing that awful source

saint nook

jessi_ex

Fellow Asians: we need to educate our community on radical thought & inspire our people to dream bigger than the goals that capitalism has forced upon us. I feel like

regalo del cielo

SosoTheWanderer

I know there's a @TheGrapevineTV episode on being Black in corporate America, but I would love to see GV or someone else do a panel on being Black in professional

Raquel Sofia Sandoval

sofsandovl

The problem with “Latinx 4 Black Lives” is that it erases Black Latinx narratives & fails 2 address the systemic anti-Blackness within the Latinx communityI wrote this piece calling 4

samantha

DECOUTURIZE

we as non-black people need to do more than just 'say' we support BLM. we need to callout anti-blackness in our own communities- an off-hand anti-black comment might seem "small"

aasiya 🌒 ᵇˡᵐ

celiasvelyn

hi booktwt! i think in these times it’s more important than ever to educate yourself on racism, so i’ve put together a thread of books you should read. half of

Bachata in the mosh pit

brujacontumbao

Blackness is really not seen or treated like a culture or racial experience specific to a set of people (specifically Balck ppl im the hood) but as a common cultural

cathmeme

zhangcathleen

when are asian-americans ever going to confront anti-blackness in our communities instead of siding with oppressors?? the entire myth of the model minority was created in order to antagonize black

Dr. Jessica B. Hernandez

doctora_nature

The fact that a lot of folks are labeling street vendors in Los Angeles “Mexican” shows how disconnected they are with these folks & how even Brown folks equate everyone

César Vargas

CesarVargas365

Oof. What a day. I believe there is merit to policing an identity, that is absolutely necessary for the material, mental, and spiritual well-being of a marginalized people—of their most

a Black-passing Latina.

aliciasanchez

I’m seeing terrible hot takes about the word #Latinx. there are: -Black Latinas saying that “Latinx” (but not Latina/o? ) erases Blackness.-white + non-Black Latinos complaining about destroying spanish.-and ahistorical

Surprisingly Articulate

most_articulate

Blackness isn't a fun theoretical exercise or a thought experiment--a space to demonstrate one's own intellectual prowess or a tool to prove one's political commitments. It is, of course, a

Son of Baldwin (Robert Jones, Jr.)

SonofBaldwin

Family,I am in a state of complete and utter shock and sadness. Jess La Bombera, an activist who I often deferred to and stepped aside and gave the mic to