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Welcome to Momentum

A new Medium blog about the fight against anti-Black racism
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How We Remember Our Past Determines Our Future

How We Remember Our Past Determines Our Future

Historical memory is far more than an academic exercise
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Tim Wise
10 Things Black People Wish White People Would Stop Doing

10 Things Black People Wish White People Would Stop Doing

Author’s Note: I published this as a comment elsewhere, but thought some of you might appreciate the read.
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Laura M. Quainoo
You’ve Got to Let Go of White Comfort in DEI Programs

You’ve Got to Let Go of White Comfort in DEI Programs

An open letter from your Black diversity consultant
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Dynasti H. Harris
My Hair Shows Me Anti-Blackness Exists Everywhere

My Hair Shows Me Anti-Blackness Exists Everywhere

My Blackness put me in a position to been seen as inhuman — and my Americanness forced me to accept it
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Jada Gomez
Yes, Black People Need Sunscreen

Yes, Black People Need Sunscreen

Does dark skin need protection from UV rays? Let’s unpack this.
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Allison Wiltz
How Intellectual Inquiry Became Code for Defending Bigotry

How Intellectual Inquiry Became Code for Defending Bigotry

Conservatives say they’re just “asking questions,” but the ones they ask have a disturbing thing in common
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Tim Wise
End Slave Plantation Weddings

End Slave Plantation Weddings

Healing and repair can’t happen while we still disrespect Black people
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Jeffrey Kass
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Why Mocking Black Americans For Speaking English is Tone Deaf

Why Mocking Black Americans For Speaking English is Tone Deaf

The diaspora wars have taken a strange turn
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Allison Wiltz
How Racism and Fascism Obscure The Truth in Florida Classrooms

How Racism and Fascism Obscure The Truth in Florida Classrooms

An essay about privilege weaponized as censorship
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Allison Wiltz
What Really Happened to Rasheem Carter?

What Really Happened to Rasheem Carter?

Police claim there was no foul play in Rasheem Carter’s death, but the facts in the Taylorsville, Mississippi case point to a possible…
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Arturo Dominguez
Gore for the Gworls: Amazon Prime’s “Swarm” as Black Horror for Lovers of Camp

Gore for the Gworls: Amazon Prime’s “Swarm” as Black Horror for Lov...

Donald Glover does it again for stans of “Atlanta” and Childish Gambino
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Faithe J Day
I Got My Drink and My Two Step

I Got My Drink and My Two Step

The many connections of dance in black culture and how I can’t (shrug emoji here)
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Will Samuels
Malcolm X Was A Black Nationalist

Malcolm X Was A Black Nationalist

A critical analysis of the facts
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Brian G (aka 'bumpyjonas') - he/him
Why Black Classes and Black Greek Life Are Under Attack Right Now

Why Black Classes and Black Greek Life Are Under Attack Right Now

We're witnessing the consequences of anti-woke culture
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Allison Wiltz
San Francisco’s Proposed $5M Per Black Resident Reparations

San Francisco’s Proposed $5M Per Black Resident Reparations

How California’s historical role in slavery impacts present
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Pamela Denise Long
My 3rd Great Grandmother is Listed as Property in Jean Vavasseur's Estate.

My 3rd Great Grandmother is Listed as Property in Jean Vavasseur's ...

An essay about the history and genealogy of Black Americans
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Allison Wiltz
Strange Fruit Part Two: They Want To Legalize Lynching

Strange Fruit Part Two: They Want To Legalize Lynching

The return of strange and bitter crops
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Savannah Worley
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