Make Your Juneteenth A Real Hootenanny a.k.a. The Commercialization, Commodification, and White-ification of Black Freedom for White Audiences

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When droves of white people "discovered" that Juneteenth existed last year I immediately found myself thinking of commercialization and homogenization. Why? You know that old saying, “This is why we can’t have nice things?” Yeah, that’s how I feel about Juneteenth garnering the national attention it’s receiving. And I feel this way because white people are gonna mess Juneteenth up for Black people like white people and white society does for everything non-white.

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Reflections of A Year on the Anniversary of George Floyd's Murder

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It’s been one year since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of former police officer Derek Chauvin. One year of words, of marching, of protesting…and one year of stagnation, retaliation, white violence, white complacency, and little change.

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On Air Fresheners, Auto Pilot, Policing, and Black Mortality

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Daunte Wright is dead at the hands of the Brooklyn, Minneapolis police because of an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror that the police felt blocked his view, prompting their pulling him over.

An air freshener.

Daunte is dead over an AIR FRESHENER.

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Pandemic iPhone Video Chat Series - Video #6: Black Women and Black Femmes Matter. Period.

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Some thoughts on the recent litany of online attacks directed at Black women and Black femmes who openly talk about white supremacy and anti-Blackness by white cis men, white cis women, and Black cis men. It’s time for white accomplices and other Black cis men to step in and check their fellow white people and Black cis men accordingly. This ain’t about being a savior - this is about being an anti-racist and anti-hate based human being.