Whitewashing slavery is a dangerous and calculated erasure of the truth, and if we are to move forward, we must remember it for what it was and call it by its true name.
Author Archives: Mustafa Ali, Word In Black
Posted inClimate Justice
Scorched by Design: Extreme Heat, Redlining, and Neglect
The heat crisis disproportionately affects Black and Brown communities due to decades of underfunded infrastructure and policies that prioritize profit over people, and until we fund solutions to protect these vulnerable populations, we are essentially practicing state-sanctioned violence.
Posted inInternational
We Carry on: Black Family Reunions in a Time of Erasure
They try to erase us. Again. Erase the stories, the elders, the recipes handed down on index cards stained with soul. Erase the baby with thick curls chasing cousins through […]