White Violence Against Black Bodies: 1619–2021
The Whip
Threats of violence against African villages
Black bodies sold to European “explorers”
Lives and livelihood disrupted by their evil racism and greed
Claims of Manifest Destiny
False notions of white superiority
Human trafficking along the Middle Passage
The Triangular Trade becoming a Black hole of death
Slave ships sailing along…
By love I mean reads, claps and comments please
Before I ask anyone to read, clap, and comment on any of my work, I feel obligated to explain why I’m making such a request. Of course it’s because I would like the reads, claps, and comments, but it’s really because I’m exhausted.
My new job is keeping me extremely…
Writing Community + WEOC Perspective
Some people are just salty. Let it go and move on.
In usual fashion, whenever a big contest of significant monetary prizes is involed, the haters come out of the woodwork as soon as the winners are announced. The recent Medium Writers Challenge is no exception. I have been reading the comments on social media and many people are simply salty.
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A re-interpretation of the creation story
The beginning
In the beginning, I created the heavens and the earth. Of the billions of galaxies I created, the earth was most precious to me. Although it was formless and empty, with darkness over the surface of the deep, my Spirit was always present, hovering over the earth’s waters. My desire…
How social media exposes their truth
I previously published an article entitled “White People, It’s Time to Stop the Performative Allyship.” In it, I call for an end to various methods that are celebrated by white people as allyship but are recognized by Black people as being nothing more than performative. These would include the self-congratulatory…
The trauma of being Black in America
What do you do when your spirit is broken
Because you’re “sick & tired of being sick & tired”
When your mind and body ache from a pain
Buried deep within your soul
When your heart is shattered into tiny little pieces
And is no longer capable of healing
When…
It’s all about “dominion”
In a 1967 article entitled “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis” by author Lynn White, he argues that “Christianity bears a huge burden of guilt for the ecologic crisis.” …
Why I became an anti-racism writer
He is instructed not to get out of his SUV or approach the person. Zimmerman disregards the instructions. Moments later, neighbors report hearing gunfire. Zimmerman acknowledges that he shot Martin, claiming it was in self-defense.¹
It was February 26, 2012 when the nation learned of the ruthless murder of Trayvon…
Please handle with care
You are appreciated, you are valued, and you are loved
Beautiful Black Queens
You are the earth, the moon, and the stars
You are the mother of humanity
The sister of tranquility
And the daughter of creation
Cultured, classy, and cool
Your blackness is entwined with your magnificence
The universe breathes in your essence
And saturates its spaces with your…
