Your Last Black Freebie 😘
Kamala Harris on The Drew Barrymore Show
If your journey towards expunging antiBlackness from yourself and your work is dependent solely on the amount of free Black labor presented to you in a comfortable manner then...
Last night, I received the email below from Lesther Papa of the AANHPI ‘Ohana Center of Excellence and responded immediately. AntiBlackness isn't just the N word and burning crosses, it is also playing in Black people's faces the way you would never ever play in anyone else's. It is the devaluing of and overall dehumanization of Black lives. It is finding our concerns, protests, needs, time and work laughable.
K is expected to provide more free labor for the AANHPI ‘Ohana Center of Excellence
Anti-Blackness refers to actions or behaviors that minimize, marginalize or devalue the full participation of Black people in life. The spectrum of anti-Black actions and behaviors spans from unconscious bias to motivated acts of prejudice. They include the tolerance of or indifference to the under-representation, differential success and advancement, or experience of Black people.
Joquina Reed (She/Her) made a comprehensive piece on Instagram touching on so much while exposing y'all's expectations of Black people, especially Black women, in 2024. I also touched on this in my piece Disposable Black Bodies. It is exhausting to be expected to be treated as a poisonous cure-all for everyone all while not being paid. Let this be your last Black freebie.
✨Pssst...This is a 4 part series:
Part 1 is Disposable Black Bodies ✌🏾
Part 2 is Your Last Black Freebie 😘
Part 3 is Intentional Harm 🪓
Part 4 is Eat Shit🖕🏾
K Mataōtama Strohl (They/Them)
K is an award-winning consultant, coach, writer and speaker. K is also the curator of a content space that shares “refreshingly genuine and educational bite sized yet profound insights and experiences”, as well as the host of two popular podcasts.
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