Category: Work & Professional Power
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The music industry has always had a parasitic relationship with minority artists. It built itself on Black music—blues, jazz, rock,… Read more
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The world wants Black people exhausted, traumatized, and too tired to fight. Black joy says: not today. Black joy isn’t… Read more
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Pop culture loves cowboys, samurai, and Vikings. What it doesn’t love is admitting that Black people were all three. History… Read more
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Between 1916 and 1970, six million Black Americans left the South, fleeing Jim Crow violence, economic exploitation, and apartheid conditions.… Read more
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Black Feminism and Intersectionality: A Primer You can’t understand modern feminism—or modern social justice—without understanding Black feminism. And you can’t… Read more
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When most people hear “Black Panther Party,” they picture berets, leather jackets, and guns. That’s intentional. The FBI and mainstream… Read more
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Science fiction has always been about the future, but for a long time, it didn’t include Black people in that… Read more
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In 1921, a white mob destroyed the wealthiest Black community in America. Thirty-five square blocks of Black-owned businesses, homes, hospitals,… Read more
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Every time you use a traffic light, a home security system, or even a simple ironing board, you’re benefiting from… Read more
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February rolls around and suddenly everyone’s a Black history expert. Corporate emails celebrate “diversity,” schools dust off their MLK posters,… Read more
