ANTIBLACKNESS & COLONIZATION

There is no decolonization without uplifting Black lives.

By Whitney Sparks

As a black woman of Turtle Island I am asking EVERYONE to STOP speaking of “Decolonization” without explicitly naming and confronting Antiblackness.

Antiblackness is deeply, unshakably inherent to colonization — as much as land theft, rape, genocide, white supremacy, hierarchy.

“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist — we must be antiracist.” — Angela Davis

What does it mean to be antiracist?

It means taking the following actions:

1. DECOLONIZING ONE’S PERSONAL & HOME LIFE

2. RECOGNIZING ONE’S OWN PRIVILEGE

A few notes on TOXIC WHITENESS

3. DISRUPTING ANTIBLACKNESS EVERYWHERE

In action the praxis of being antiracist is a lifelong process and unending series of practices, experiments upon oneself, developmental excercises…