internalized racism

Internalized racism is where you are racist against your own race, even against  yourself! It is also called internalized oppression, internal colonization and the colonized mind. If you grow up in America as a person of colour it is hard to avoid: you are told in a thousand and one ways that “white is right” […]

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the white lens

The white lens is that through which white Americans see the world. It is like a pair of glasses nearly all of them wear. It keeps them from seeing the world as it is, allowing them to feel comfortable with their privileged position in it. It is something that Nezua the Unapologetic Mexican writes about […]

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good hair

“Good hair” among blacks in North America and the West Indies is understood to mean hair that is flowing and smooth, preferably long and full – like a white woman’s. Bad hair, accordingly, is nappy hair, hair that is kinky, coarse and woolly, hair that does not lay down – the hair that most black […]

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Is the White Goddess blog a satire?

White Goddess (2008- ), formerly known as White Meat, is a white woman worship blog  run by a black man who calls himself tnameat on WordPress and Professor Fenwick on YouTube.  His blog is full of pictures and videos of white women, particularly those with large naked breasts. He has posts about why white women […]

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“Black is beautiful”

Disclaimer: Surprisingly, as much as this phrase is used, little is written online about it directly. So this is mainly from my imperfect memory: “Black is beautiful” (1968) was a catchphrase from the Black Power movement in America. It meant that even though American society teaches in a thousand ways that white  is right and […]

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natural black beauty

I love these pictures! Although some have appeared on this blog before, it is good to put them together in one place. I got most of them from a beautiful, beautiful post at Gorgeous Black Women (link to follow): Lauryn Hill, American singer Dakore Egbuson, Nigerian actress Oluchi Onweagba, Nigerian fashion model Vanessa A. Williams, […]

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bell hooks: Loving Blackness as Political Resistance

Some notes on an essay that bell hooks wrote, “Loving Blackness as Political Resistance”: James Cone once said that if white people in America truly understood how whiteness and racism hurts them, and not just blacks, they would want to free themselves from it, they would “destroy themselves and be born again as beautiful black […]

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All blacks are racist

All black Americans are racist. Well, at least 99%. When your life is shaped by the colour of your skin it is very hard not to see the world in terms of race. In fact, to be race-blind under such circumstances would be unwise. Some say blacks cannot possibly be racist because they lack power […]

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Suggestions

If you want to make a suggestion for the next monthly poll, add a comment below. Coming soon in the coming weeks : Mardi Gras Posts on stuff I am reading: Kola Boof: Diary of a Lost Girl black buck stereotype the state of black marriage The gentrification of Harlem Race in New York: a […]

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