The Hold Laid Edges has on the Black Community: Texturism, Locs, & Desirability

We have to be prepared for the reality of the shifts we are creating. Repost from @mayowasworld • Here are some of my thoughts on the rise of the word “decolonization”. I feel like people are using it as a new way to alter the same broken system but with a ‘ethnic spin’ and it ain’t it. Colonialism is so deep and we are rushing to solutions without truly sitting with the atrocities it’s brought and letting that rage guide us. The whole system is broken, and the most “decolonizing” thing to do is to completely start over. I feel the same way about words like “anti racism” or any other fluffy word to seem like you can take a crash course and unlearn anti blackness. With all that being said I know unlearning colonialism / decolonizing is a lifetime of work as black people but when it’s sold as something else I cringe Image description: yellow orange background with text that reads “ I don’t like how people use “decolonize” like a buzzword now. I hope people realize that Colonialism was unimaginably violent, so the process of decolonizing isn’t a pretty one or one that can be repackaged and sold for consumerism.” Second slide: “I saw someone talking about decolonizing Christianity & I struggle to believe that we can decolonize a religion that was forced on us through colonialism.I feel like you can revamp Christianity to fit into your black life but how do u decolonize the tool that was used against us?” Third slide: “Most of the time, if not every time decolonizing means abolishing. And abolishing is always violent.” #mayowasworld - # #defundthepolice #theyOVRpoliceBlackneighborhoods #TheyOVRpolice #TheyOVR #WeOVRpolice #Blackpeoplearepeopletoo #nojusticenopeace #makeitmakesense #wtf #whereisthecrime #DecriminalizeBlackness #ReframeBlackNarratives #LetBlackPeopleLive #BlackLivesMatter #Also #LetUsLive #TheJuneteenthProject #DontBeSurprisedWhenWeBurnItAllDown #HowMuchMore #TheCamelsBack #LegalizeBlack #DecolonizeBlackLife https://www.instagram.com/p/CSYCkObjeB7/?utm_medium=tumblr