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30 Day Letter Challenge–Day Twelve: The person you hate most
Dear ******, As a general rule in life, I try not to hate people. I feel like it’s bad for the soul. I try to see the good in people, to remember that the road to hell is paved with good intentions,...
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Rage in the Bla…
Rage in the Black imagination is much more than a one-dimensional emotion. It isn’t anger. That’s far too simple. It isn’t a pathological disorder of uncontrollable self- and other-directed hatred, as...
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When we learn a…
When we learn about Africa, we learn about a caricatured Egypt, about the HIV epidemic (but never its causes), about the surface-level effects of the slave trade, and maybe about South African...
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The problem is …
The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that. Racism is a complex system of social and political levers and pulleys set up generations ago to continue...
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I have known th…
I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly and I have fondled hatred with the...
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Someone might b…
Someone might be well-versed in social justice issues, may have read all the literature, might be really good at organizing people. Maybe others look up to them, maybe they’re an “expert”. Maybe...
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Hate is not inb…
Hate is not inborn; it has to be constantly cultivated, to be brought into being, in conflict with more or less recognized guilt complexes. Hate demands existence, and he who hates has to show his hate...
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As Black people…
As Black people, we have been fed the lie that the Black body is an “Always Able” body, with no time to rest, feel safe, or breathe easy. Though there isn’t one of us who can live up to these...
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Our culture has…
Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they...
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