Stand Your Ground: Anti-blackness and the Claim of Self-Defense

We need to transcend the narrow dichotomy that we are being fed by the corporate media and other agents of power about Stand Your Ground laws. The longer we are exposed to these narratives, the more it becomes apparent that dialogue...

Beyond the Profit Motive: The Anti-blackness of Orthodox Marxism

Since some folks still believe that there is "no war but class war" - I submit the following points: 1. There comes a time where one needs to realize that the profit motive lacks explanatory power in the face of...

Can Black People Appropriate Culture?

We cannot have a discussion about culture, or cultural appropriation, without first having a discussion about structural positions. And by that, I simply mean our way of being as races. Ontology will always determine and shape culture. Racialized slavery stripped...

Identity Will Not Save Us From Anti-blackness

I hate when dark-skinned folks go out of their way to say they are "not just black." There are a whole list of non-black terms folks use to circumvent such an identification. The most popular ones are: "bi-racial," "mixed," –...

Conversation With David M. Allen & Tareau Barron (The Couch Sports Podcast #41)

Thank you to Brother Dave and Brother Tareau for having me on their podcast. Listen to our conversation covering topics such as capitalism, race, and entertainment. Be sure to check them out at http://www.thecouchsports.com https://soundcloud.com/thecouchsportsradio/podcast-ep-41

Our Flesh is the Devil’s Asking Price

Born on the slave ships, packed in tight in a place where humanity is attached to white. Our suffering is not rooted in money or the lack of magic rights, but that the world is addicted to the tragic sight ...

Black Businesses: Repackaging Exploitation

Of all racial and/or ethnic groups in the United States, black people have the worst economic outcomes. A litany of statistics indicate that blacks are the most likely to be unemployed, underemployed, and living below the poverty line. The diagnosis...

Nameless Skeletons (5 Haikus)

Mother Africa robbed and raped for centuries. No one seems to care. Black flesh locked in chains, separated from loved ones.       Death their only friend. Starved in ghettos like societal excrement.       Objects with no...