Musing: Conversations about colorism are both fascinating and exhausting. They start off kinda janky and end up like the band on the titanic. Really, the shit gives me a headache and makes me want to use my power arm to throw a shoe. It’s why I seldom engage in public discourse about colorism.

After baring witness to some public discussions, I’ve come to the thought that too many of us Black people across the diaspora are unable to have productive & healing conversations about colorism. Why? Because too many of us in the collective remain invested in the white supremacist…

We don’t talk enough about the ENERGETIC ties the US has to the “Empire” aka the United Kingdom. Back then, people may have been protesting the tyranny of the crown, but know that the apple DID NOT fall far from the tree. Unfortunately.

Spiritually, we cannot underestimate the ties that bind. The systems that carried over, the colonialist and imperialistic attitudes that underlie everything that is the United States. Language, laws, legal system, MARRIAGE, land and property rights, the ruling class, the concept of labor. Slavery.

All of it.

So! As you continue to do your individual and collective anti-racism…

Something To Consider: Let’s not pretend that our attachment to money and addiction to greed is some choice that only morally bankrupt people make.

No. Our entire economic system is rooted in consumption and wanting more, more, more. Our lives have centered work, work, work, work. Work is our identity. It’s what we’ve said makes us valuable & worthy. “This job says I’m worth $75k.“ “This “business coach” said I can make “6 figures in 6 days” by selling something I have no business selling.

For many of us, if we’re not working, we have no clue about who we…

There are a lot of illuminating conversations happening and this is a step in a forward and just direction. As you have these conversations with friends, family, allies and peers, here’s something to consider:

If you’re not talking about police brutality AND white supremacy, “the system” AND white supremacy; about colonization AND capitalism; about industrial complexes AND power; and policy as a tool of terror, you are not having a complete conversation.

We no longer have the luxury to piecemeal and compartmentalize and not call things what they are. None of our issues are independent of one another. …

Please note: I am sharing my opinion and my observations. I’m also known to say the things that need to be said, so there’s that.

Some people in the country of Libya are on a level of fuckery that is beyond evil, but the blame doesn’t end there. Let’s look at why migrants are running from their respective African Countries to an unknown future. Let’s look at how the priorities of some African Leaders are so jacked, that people are risking limb, life and sanity to leave their homes of hopelessness. …

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Earlier this year, I was invited to give a talk at a local event celebrating all things Black Love. My talk was entitled: Self Love in the Age of Distraction. A week before the talk, I was still trying to figure out what to say and how to say it in a way that would land, resonate and plant seeds of transformation. I remember going into a meditation and asking my guides “what is it that I need to say about this topic?” …