According to Wikipedia, “The word negrophilia is derived from the French négrophilie that literally means love of the negro. It was a term that avant-garde artists used amongst themselves to describe their passion for black culture.” Born out of the french’s obsession with all things African during the 1920s and 1930s or THEIR COLONIZATION OF AFRICA….
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Glad I’m Not Biracial
Part six, the final post in the Incomplete Thought Series is me expressing happiness to not have an extra layer of fucked up-ness in the daily struggle of being black. I read a post from a sister that I am in a social media group with and it’s sad. She said her white mom was…
In My Negritude
Part five of the Incomplete Thought Series is short, but poignant. In my negritude. In the black skin that I am in, how do I wake up and face a world that is Anti-African? by
The Incomplete Thought Series: The Global Genocide of Black People
In part four of the Incomplete Thought Series we cling to a quote from Brother James Baldwin. “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” The Global Genocide of Black People: So if to be relatively conscious is to be…
Bringing Kids Into World That Is Already Against Them
Part three of the Incomplete Thought Series is just raw and honest. It’s killing season and the prey is us. Bringing Kids Into World That Is Already Against Them …Really makes me afraid to procreate. It hurts like hell, your life changes and then they aren’t liable to live to old age because the world…
The Incomplete Thought Series: You WERE NOT The Prototype
Part 2 of The Incomplete Thought Series is still in the realm of relationships, but this time it’s heartbreak. You WERE NOT The Prototype. Read below: “If we happen to part lord knows I don’t want that. But if we do, we can’t be mad at God. We met today for a reason…” I…
The Incomplete Thought Series: Selfishness
Going through some drafts that were never published and decided to create a series of old incomplete thoughts. I want to let these posts stay where they are-in that time and space where I was really feeling and living and growing. You gotta go through it to get to the other side. Looking back, I…
Straight Outta Compton: The Review
So tonight I finally got around to seeing Straight Outta Compton and here’s my review of how it was executed. I felt like it was the Dr. Dre show. I was like Gyat damn, like…are there other members in this group? I feel it was cast pretty well. Lil Cube did a good job, but…
Learning to say NO without explaining
A major personality trait of many women is the “want” to be liked by everyone. It stems from not wanting to disappoint or let down their friends and loved ones. This “want” to be accepted leads to us compromising and stretching ourselves too thin. This causes a lack of self-preservation throws us off our center….
BET Brings Back Uncut: I Guess Black Lives Don’t Matter To Them
You fuckin kidding me? Out of all the shows to bring back, this shit? In the times we are living in BET decides to bring back programming that doesn’t push positivity, spread knowledge, and enforce black pride. Unbelievably irresponsible! Even though BET isn’t owned and operated by Black people anymore, you’d think that the couple…