Why The Change From Afro 2 Afri
As I was checking Stories on Instagram. I ran into this post being shared by @chossanation called Children of Stolen & Sold Africans. I follow their content on IG because we have a similar message in how we identify ourselves.…
Hey Black People, Have You Looked in the Mirror? (Identity Short Poem)
If our hair is black and doesn’t match our brown skin tone. How can you call yourself black if our skin tone doesn’t check the name? Black People say they recognize the word “black” as a noun and adjective. Let’s…
The term “People of Color” needs to EVOLVE!
Let’s question the term, people of color because it’s a term still circulating in African Americans and English-Euro Americans (aka White people). African Americans did not create the term, people of color. It was created by the British coming to…
Does the African Diaspora Really Have Black Skin to Call Ourselves Black People?
I am on a mission to heal our racial identity with so-called “Black People, Black Americans, Blacks, Colored People, or People of Color” that originated from prejudiced race perception of the African race. We have questioned our identity in some…
Why Black People Refer to Themselves As “Black” Due to Historical Oppressive Systematic Conditioning
I always ask myself why Black people are still calling themselves Black Americans. The black identity in America is continually being threatened by police officers while serving and protecting their communities. The sad reality of bad apples within the police…
The context difference between “Black American” vs. “Afri/African American.”
I want to bring to the table to the African Diaspora, but mostly getting the attention of any person who refers to themselves as “Black” within the African Diaspora. There are African communities within the African Diaspora that still hold…
How Black and White Americans Are Masking True Racial Identity
In the United States of America, Black and White Americans are the only race group of humans still stuck in the past with racial identity. It’s not a coincidence that Black and White Americans still identify by colors since it’s…
