A meditation on that space I need for my #Rage, or, an independence manifesto
▻http://africasacountry.com/a-meditation-on-that-space-i-need-for-my-rage-or-an-independence-ma
The space I need for my rage was taken from me long ago. I have spent the better part of my adult life recognizing both its social and personal absence.....
#FRONT_PAGE #Charleston #Dylann_Roof #Editorial #Haiti #Politics #Therapy
The connection between terrorist #Dylann_Roof and white-supremacist regimes in Africa runs through the heart of US conservatism
▻http://africasacountry.com/the-connection-between-terrorist-dylann-roof-and-white-supremacist-
White supremacist terrorists are always constructed as isolated individuals who are not part of a general culture that encourages terrorist acts towards the “other” – be they immigrants, African-Americans, women......
#AFRICA_IS_A_COUNTRY #FRONT_PAGE #Apartheid #Dixiecrats #Jeane_Kirkpatrick #Jim_Crow #South_Carolina #Strom_Thurmond
Meditation on #Haiti (and #Charleston) as a Certain Kind of Black
▻http://africasacountry.com/meditation-on-haiti-and-charleston-as-a-certain-kind-of-black
Yesterday morning I received a text from my uncle that reduced me to tears. It read: “Hi! Gina I want you to focus on the #Dominican_Republic and Haiti today......
#AFRICA_IS_A_COUNTRY #FRONT_PAGE ##CharlestonShooting #Dylann_Roof #Leigh_Patel