when ancestor bell hooks said “ There is only one emotion that patriarchy values when expressed by men; That emotion is anger. Real men get mad. And their mad-ness, no matter how violent or violating, is deemed natural - a positive expression of patriarchal masculinity. Anger is the best hiding place for anybody seeking to conceal pain or anguish of spirit.”
Referring to oneself as Blackis done out ofself-love and a desire to remember the extinguished stars and rolling seas of our ancestral selves / to uncover and reimagine the roots and routes of our own becomings.
Referring to oneself as Whiteis done out of self-preservation and a desperation to belong to an artificial reality, a biomythology of half-truths and empire-dreams chained to a pedestal left behind to erode in the darkwaters of the rising oceans.
You met Candace Owens … now meet Kandis Taylor. Never forget that white women make up the womb and backbone of anti-indigenous, antiblack politics and practices across the Global North, especially in the U.S. South.
From @indigenouspeoplesmovement:
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor said “The First Amendment right, which is the right to worship Jesus freely. That’s why we have a country. That’s why we have Georgia. That’s why we had our founding fathers come over here and destroy American Indians’ homes, and their land. They took it. Look at what they went through, the Native Americans, for sacrifice, for us to have the freedom we have today.”
LET HER KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS @kandisstaylor @kandisstaylorforgovernor
The biggest issue with Joanne’s understanding of racism is that she reinforces a [racist] assimilationist system of reality that one’s worth is contingent on their intellect, skill level, or “output.” If you are “contributing” to the society or assimilate into the existing framework, then you are worthy … you are, in a historical sense, an “Extraordinary Negro” or a “model minority.”
Would Hermione still be valued if she wasn’t the smartest student in her year? Would Lily be celebrated if she wasn’t a skilled witch who married a Potter?
While the segregationist racism of the Malfoys and the Wizarding government is overtly violent, assimilationist racism is the more dangerous because masquerades imperialism and settler-colonialism behind liberal politucs and social justice (both which are rooted in white saviorism and imperialism).
Rowling gave an endorsement to liberal, assimilationist racism (without any criticism or resolution) because she herself is an assimilationist.
A group of elementary schoolers came to the Zora Neale Hurston Museum today, blending the lessons on slavery, folklore, and afrofuturism with their own dreams and great big thinks about black superheroes, traveling to faraway places (and galaxies), and which ninja moves from Naruto were the coolest.
Several hours later, 18 children and 3 educators are killed not by a “a lone wolf” or a “monster” but by an ecosystem constructed by agents of empire who commodify the lives of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of our communities for profit …
These agents will turn their eyes away from the Black, brown, and beige people murdered in Buffalo, Dallas, Uvalde and all the places that didn’t make the news. They will mutter “thoughts and prayers” and tweet quotes about healing and peace as they continue to build their wealth on imperial systems that erase history lessons, silence our ancestral identities, erode accessible (and sustainable) mental health services, and stripped away reproductive and social services for communities across color and class lines.
What is happening will keep happening unless we upRoot our miseducated understanding about this Lovecraft country of ours, and start cultivating politics and day-to-day practices that move beyond these poisoned (hu)manmade ecosystems.
