ANTIBLACKNESS & COLONIZATION
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
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…