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Black Hx Month 2024

OIL: A few thoughts on the motion picture “Origin”

https://socialtimesinc.com/media/ben-jerrys-and-ava-duvernay-want-you-to-read-banned-books/ There are years that tear apart Years that hemorrhage. Years that kill all sorts of birds (especially the ones that mock) And years that go set out a watchman To stop the bleeding. Ava Duvernay’s cinematic interpretation of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” written by author Isabel Wilkerson (simply titled “Origin”) was… tastefullyContinue reading “OIL: A few thoughts on the motion picture “Origin””

A PSALeM 40 Days At The Well…

It hit the floorAnd stood tall in quiet reliefLike only coarse things can You must be careful touching that whichReplicates itself a million times overThat which springs. Back.That which is never too goodto scrub the floorswith steel wool accusations All of the pullingPullingPullingWhen all it ever needed was a gentle push It would have given youContinue reading “A PSALeM 40 Days At The Well…”

Blax Hx 2023: ♥️

And ain’t nobody got survivor’s guilt like the bees and their honey; mosquitos and your blood; a heart being held safe in such a time as this. #MAHism2023 (🙏🏽 Keep us safe Oh, Lord!)

Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales

More on Arks and Middle Passages… Who knew the unlearning would seem as though a vice to even ourselves? Who knew it would feel like hell? Have you ever listened to Anita Baker’s ‘Fairytales’. I was afraid of this song as a child; along with ‘Little Walter’ by Toni! Tony! Tone! (I just got theContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales”

Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages

They found her on the battlefield. She looked as though she’d traveled from some far off land. They’d get these types every now and then. Lost Souls is what they called them. But one took a second glance at her right wrist. It did not have the cut that many have. Instead there was aContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages”

Blax Hx 2023: Gift

Blax Hx 2023: In the Name

There is power in your name. Study its history, its origin. Love on it. Write it down, ball up the paper, see how it unfolds. No matter how many hard or soft covers beckon its beginning and end; no matter how many faces they give it, there it is. Etched inside. Parting red seas. AContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: In the Name”