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So white girls, here’s a note to you from a fellow woman, who is black. We are no different than you; we are not your saviors, your sista girl, your go-to pick-me-up to feel alive and sassy (cause white people always be feeling cool when they get to be involved in “black people stuff”), the Jennifer Hudson to your Carrie. While I am happy to share any of my black girl magic deep love vibes with the people I care about, you have to do your part too, to show you care, and to show that even if you don’t “get it” you are willing to try. The quality of our friendships, particularly over racial lines, can be such a powerful source for a broader mind, deeper…

…the reality of an indigenous Black perspective that rebuilt Islam separated from outside influence. It allows for previous, systemic attacks against whoever the government interpreted as Black and Muslim to be ignored and for Islamophobia’s antiblack roots to be hidden.

It’s not a controversial statement. Within the population of enslaved Africans who were brought to North America, historians estimate between 20 — 30% of them were Muslim. It’s important to repeat and understand that as more than an abstract statistic that happened a lon…