#blackvoices

They want to forget how dehumanizing the "superior" race treated Black people. To them, it never happened, or it was Black people's fault to begin with. They will actually tell you that Black people were the cause of slavery because Africans sold or traded their own into slavery. Stop teaching your young people to hate Black people.

Push back on narratives that blame the oppressed for their oppression

They want to rewrite history because the truth makes them uncomfortable.

They want to pretend the brutality, the dehumanization, the theft of lives and labor never happened—or worse, that it was somehow justified.

Yes, there were African intermediaries in the early stages of the slave trade. That is a historical fact. But let’s be clear: the system of race-based chattel slavery—the kind that turned human beings into property for generations—was built, expanded, and violently enforced by European and American powers.

You don’t get to erase centuries of oppression by cherry-picking fragments of history and flipping the blame onto the very people who suffered under it.

That’s not truth. That’s deflection.

Stop teaching young people distorted versions of history that excuse injustice. Stop rewriting the past to protect comfort over accountability.

They Have No Clue Why They Hate Us

Celebrate Black History Month this February with these incredible books by Black authors centering Black characters! 

The Witchery by S. Isabelle 

The Haunting Season is here and the Wolves are awake. When students start turning up dead, four young witches realize they’ll have to harness their powers and stop the Wolves themselves. The cost to break the curse may be greater than any witch or human could ever know... Start reading! 

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Masterfully breaking down themes of climate change, race in America, privilege, and capitalism, The Getaway is an unputdownable thriller, perfect for fans of Jordan Peele’s Us and The Twilight Zone! Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of the world’s most famous resorts. Then, the richest and most powerful families start arriving, only... they aren’t leaving. In order to deliver the top-notch customer service the wealthy clientele paid for, the employees will be at their beck and call. Whether they like it, or not... Start reading! 

Monarch Rising by Harper Glenn 

Monarch Rising is an unflinching meditation on whether love can save us from ourselves, and what it takes to be born anew. Set in a chilling near-future New United States of America, Jo Monarch has grown up in the impoverished borderlands of New Georgia. She’s given one chance to change her fate... if she can survive a boy trained to break hearts. Start reading! 

Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles 

In Things We Couldn’t Say, just as Gio is owning his bisexual identity, he must also face the return of the mother who abandoned his preacher family when he was nine. He’ll soon find that there are no easy answers to love — whether it’s family love, friend love, or romantic love. Start reading! 

A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic by Debbie Rigaud 

Perfect for fans of The Sun is Also a Star and Blackout, A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic is a celebration of Haitian and Caribbean culture, all set against the backdrop of the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. A story of first love, vodou, and finding yourself, bestselling author Debbie Rigaud infuses this novel with sparkling wit and romance. Start reading! 

Muted by Tami Charles 

Muted by Tami Charles is a ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost. When Denver sings her way into stardom, the painful sacrifices and lies she has to tell are all worth it... until they’re not. Denver begins to realize that she’s trapped in this world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken. Start reading! 

The Life I’m In by Sharon G. Flake

BLACK & BROWN Women & WOMEN OF COLOR ARE FUCKING EXHAUSTED!!!! This is white privilege 101 at its finest. “Other” people & their experiences don’t matter if those who are racists feel uncomfortable. I have sat through countless Holocaust stories & never once did they make me feel bad about myself. Why?

BECAUSE I’M NOT A FUCKING RACIST!!!

If talking about issues that are happening in this world to your neighbors, friends, coworkers, fellow citizens makes you uncomfortable… you are the problem & you are racist.