How to create sustainable revolution and be kind to yourself — Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement wrote a book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart, which left me being kinder to myself. Her words never made me feel guilty about the times I could have and should have spoken up, or…

Even with justice, there is still no relief — I still feel numb. Yeah, I know I should feel a sense of relief that those three white supremacist vigilantes will die in prison for murdering Ahmaud Arbery. But I don’t cause they still living and he’s dead. Maybe I am still stuck on how Kyle Rittenhouse got away with…

Netflix Western ‘The Harder They Fall’ honors Rasta version of Redwood — The Netflix blockbuster, The Harder They Fall, had me squealing! That’s because it hit me different than most people watching it. It spoke to my Black Power self, my Black feminist self, my lover of global Black music self but also my Pan African- and Rasta- minded self. The film…

October is BHM in Britain and the separation of Black history from British history only exacerbates racist narratives. — Stop holding your breath and close your mouth. Now please continue reading…Black History Month is a celebration that justifies the relegation of Black people’s presence along Britain’s Imperial and Colonial timelines to one month. Viewing British history through a Black lens one month a year allows for the misrepresentation of…

They have to be magical and otherworldly to survive racist abuse On a school ski trip to #Austria my headmaster said to me, “Just because a #dog is born in a barn does not make it a #horse.” I have learned over the years that dogs 🐕‍🦺 are just as…

Viral meme highlights British racism and reinforces Black and White resistance against it England has never been in the European Championship final (think regional World Cup) and the country is literally in a tailspin. It’s just like a Miami Dolphins fan wondering if they’ll ever win a Super Bowl! …

Renaming J’Ouvert rum doesn’t change the fact that Killmonger woulda beat his ass — The popular African American phrase coined by Zora Neale Hurston “All my skinfolk ain’t kinfolk” was dramatically expressed in the behavior of actor Micheal B. Jordan when he launched his Caribbean rum brand J’Ouvert. …

Angry White Brits need to suck it up. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter Lilibet is in a class of her own. — When I heard the name of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s newest addition to their family, like most White British people, I fell all the way out. Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. I was giddy. In contrast, many White Britons were seething and considered it audacious of the duke and duchess of…

The ‘Underground’ director tells Momentum how his Amazon Prime series tells a different slavery story. — Barry Jenkins’ 10-part adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Underground Railroad had me drinking wine, burning candles, chanting psalms, and asking for guidance on ancestral wound healing. Jenkins won an Academy Award in 2017 for the film Moonlight. …