While Black Series

While Black: Thoughts on the Assumption of Wrongness

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When I think about the Black Death, these days I don’t think about the medieval plague. Instead, it’s the widespread killing of Black people in America. Some people might find it hard to figure out why a non-American even cares about this. But Black people in a post-slavery or post-colonial context have all suffered the enduring effects of racial discrimination.

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Here in the Caribbean, many of us have Black relatives who are or have become American, or who are attending school there. Simply put, we’re scared for them.

The danger of existing while Black in the US has been proved time and time again. A short list (publicly posted on Facebook reminds us of the most recent incidents, but there have been many, many more over the decades.

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In so many cases, to be Black is to be in the wrong, before you do anything or open your…