When the boy child was 5 years old, he called me ‘Blackie’ and proudly told me that his friend from school told him that ‘Blackie’ was another word for Black people. To say I was shocked, upset, angry was an understatement. That moment, that time the boy child called my a racial slur, was myContinueContinue reading “A chat with Black Moms Connection founder Tanya Hayles”
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Searching for my own Wakanda
My own family tree is a network of blank spots and unanswered questions.
The One Where We Talk About Black Love
Black love is resistance, it is a fist in the air, it is the power of convictions, it is striving towards change, it is people who dedicate themselves to their community, it is unapologetic in its blackness.
