REPOST @fiyawata /// “soooo my insomnia post early this morning got folks engaged&hell

REPOST @fiyawata /// “soooo my insomnia post early this morning got folks engaged…and in my DMs. “Identity politics” is “my thing.” Especially as it pertains to people of African descent surviving White supremacy (or not). So let’s talk… Me myself - I am a first-generation American-born Ghanaian who was raised in New Orleans. In many cases, I identify as African, but in MOST cases, I identify as Black. “black” is a color in the crayon box. “Black” is a political identity. (If you are referring to human beings, capitalize the B. Thank you. When the rules of the English language were created, Black people weren’t considered human beings. So there’s that). Capital B. “Black” is a political identity that denotes people of African descent ALL OVER THE WORLD. For ME, it reflects a Diaporic perspective and connection. For ME, it aligns me with MY PEOPLE across time and space. “Black” is the larger umbrella under which the identities “African American,,” “African,” “Afro-Latinx,” “West Indian/Caribbean,” etc. find a home. I know that to the unsuspecting eye, we all look alike , but we’re not all African American. I am not African American, I am Black. There’s a difference.
That said - how do you identify? And why? Is it something that you’ve thought about and made a conscious, informed decision about? Or is it something you’ve adopted / acceptance outside of yourself?” #50shadesofblack #blackisbeautiful #Black #afrolatinx #african #ghana #carribbean