June 2012
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“It cannot be assumed that the conditions of domination alone were sufficient to...”
– Saidiya Hartman, Scenes of Subjection, 59 (via negrosunshine)
unobject: Whats that quote about the inability for radicals to separate out ‘identity politics’ from a tendency to reify identity, and its connection with a racist carelessness towards womanist theorizing? Think this article “Who Is...
Ms. Lauryn Hill: It was reported yesterday that... →
mslaurynhill:
It was reported yesterday that Ms. Lauryn Hill has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor failure to file taxes. These charges were incurred for the years of 2005-2007, during a time in which Ms. Hill had removed herself and her family from society, in order to keep them safe, healthy,…
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i swear i left these ways back in cali ;)
but we...
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“sometimes i forget it’s only semi-popular to hate the police. and i always...”
'Question From the Inside' by Tamara K. Nopper →
james-bliss:
from the article:
This story is not an isolated one, as I have met more Asian Americans who develop an affinity with Black politics and people but then jump ship when they get a chance to be with Asian Americans. Many of us, Asian American or not, have drunk from the fountain of knowledge we call Black politics only to spit the water back into the well when we are no longer...
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the simple things that make me smile when im...
there was this report back in 1965 that said Black families are dysfunctional, particularly because of strong Black matriarchs and emasculated Black men. This was called, The Negro Family: A Case for National Action, written by, then Assistant Secretary of Labor, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. We commonly refer to his report as The Moynihan Report. He was a liberal and this report was largely...
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The Beat Center (1)
I remember them. Neka was always with James, and they were always with Kuwasi. The three of them occupied the brownstone where Lorde Street meets Langston Drive. It had a great big front yard, with a black iron gate racing around the perimeter. The yard and Lorde Street could be seen from the front porch. Langston Drive had to be monitored from a room window on the right side of the building. They...
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a time and space.
As the silence crowds out her sense of space
he lay uncomfortably on his side, unable to move.
Torso resting on her left elbow
Feeling its connected hand in a slight fist,
thumb resting inside, neatly tucked behind his fingers.
Lips quivering against her right bicep
An arm twists above his head.
He feels riffs from her nostrils breezing the inside of her elbow
She lay uncomfortable, still, for...
