Because it has no opinions about us — “We like to be out in nature so much because it has no opinions about us.” — Friedrich Nietzsche The tree does not care about our outfit, or whether we’ve read Nietzsche. It doesn’t care whatsoever about the content of our thoughts. And yet it isn’t indifferent. It just is. …

Three words to describe a phenomenon of profound richness — Black self-esteem is a powerful thing, and a relatively new thing for many. It is a way of believing oneself to have worth not in spite of, but alongside and even as a result of our Black heritage. …

A reflection upon performative racial blindness — When the elephant in the room is crushing you, the onus is not on you to point this out to anyone else in the room. They see that the elephant is crushing you, because they have eyes. If the elephant is crushing you, it might be a bad idea to…

On the everyday activisms of Black-on-Black respect and kindness — It’s common knowledge that Blackfolk are a community-spirited people and there is even research to back this up. However, as the racist mainstream media and racists in general will be the first to inform you, there is a saddening amount of disrespect and unkindness going on within our people. While…

It is wise not to respond to racists on their home territory, so I’ve taken the fight from Facebook to Medium — The above snapshot is of a racist comment I received in response to a Medium article I shared on Facebook. …

Contains information which is misleading and harmful. Author has been placed under surveillance for your safety. — “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”…

A poem exposing the wants of our digital devices and social media — Don’t panic! Just scroll. Keep scrolling. Keep scrolling. Scroll past the endlessly crescendoing pressure. It’s there, but you kind of forget it while you keep scrolling. Keep scrolling. Keep scrolling down into the bottomless bottom of your screen til the garish glare of the undead crowds fades to the edge of your awareness. Plunge into the depths…

For those brave enough to do the racial shadow work — Please read this slowly while paying extra attention to the sensations, feelings and emotions happening in your body in response to these words. Now let’s begin. So you want to believe that black lives are just as valuable as white lives, but do you really believe it? …

“By promoting this idea that masculinity is a dangerous, violent, and negative thing, society is already robbing men of victimhood, and thus resources and healing necessary to recover from victimhood.” — Jenny Asenci “…when we say the same thing to men over and over again — that their penis, and…