I was debating on whether to continue the topics of last week’s blog, or to save all of that heaviness for another week; instead choosing to write about spirituality or sensuality or something else of that nature. I did want to kind of take a break from last weeks topic(s), but I left so many things undone… Chiefly, my promise to you all that I would elaborate on certain subjects I brought up; this will now be fulfilled. I need to complete my thoughts, and not delay—Get the rest of this truth, and my heart that has been marinating on these matters, into the blogosphere.
This week I have received weird and menacing phone calls… Usually the death threats that I have encountered, or other types of harassment that has come my way; it has been a mostly online sort of occurrence— Though I have had some real life, face to face experiences at times, with race hatred based harassment… This time, the intimidation came via phone. The fact that it happened after I released last week's blog; this does not seem coincidental to me in the slightest.
One of the sources of the phone calls, spoofed their phone number to make it look like the calls were coming from a different area then they were in.There are a few different types of people who would/could be upset with me over last weeks blog; wanting me to shut-up. Those people are: Opportunists that have something to hide, white faux allies who’ve been manipulating and harassing, and/or members of BLM… Especially the Kentucky chapter since I called out how they have recently treated police brutality survivor, Antwynette Houston. I do have more information on what’s going on, but I am keeping it to myself.
What I will say is this, I am safe, and I will continue to be so… I am not afraid, and I WILL NOT SHUT-UP! How do I know I’m okay? The CREATOR, the Ancestors are all around me… This energy reassures and comforts me… I am very protected, I am very loved… Y’all better be careful, you’re just alerting karma she needs to visit you swiftly😉
In last week's blog, I told y’all I would tell you more, in a forthcoming post, about why I went from staunch support of the organization Black Lives Matter(BLM), to realizing they were not really about what I thought. The time has come, and what I will be recounting is over 1.5 years worth of information, that I have been patiently quiet about. Please go to last week’s post where I talk about the difference between the org and the many people moving in action since the execution of Mike Brown in Ferguson…How we all came to use the phrase “ Black Lives Matter”—How there are opportunists who only care about themselves and their crew. How there are also genuine people who are doing work, but who don’t realize the underworking’s about us, and that those underworking’s are undermining BLACK Liberation. Yeah, check all that out if you are not familiar before proceeding. If you are already hip, let’s continue…
Something I didn’t mention last week was that I have also lost faith in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)…I was uber gung-ho about M4BL until recently. I know some of y’all who are just getting familiar about this current wave of our continued struggle toward BLACK Liberation are like, what the hell? Another name? Another title? Another designation? Yes, I know… But trust, it ties in easier than you may think. Take a deep breath, and I guarantee it will unfold clearly in your mind.
In July of 2015, in Cleveland Ohio, M4BL had it’s first convening. I almost didn’t go, but I was so glad that I decided to attend at the last minute. The M4BL Convening was a way to bring together every BLACK Person in the movement who could make it … Orgs & individuals working toward BLACK Liberation from all over the country, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean… Yes, people flew in from abroad, and that was also very dope to me. My favorite part of the convening was an intimate talk I was able to engage in, with some of our most revolutionary and beloved radical elders… Individuals who have paid high prices for our people…Those like Pam Africa and Baba Eddie Conway. Also, the convening included former SNCC members, Original Black Panthers, the Ferguson Fam from various orgs or independent freedom fighters… The Young, middle & elder folks from all over the country, active in BLACK Liberation… Healing spaces, and lots of beautiful BLACK Folks walking around, and interacting in an ALL BLACK space. It was 3 days of a much needed insulation from the obtuseness of whiteness, and I loved it… For the most part.
And yes, the org BLM was there, and yes, they were apart of this convening. BLM didn’t take the outward lead, though behind the scenes that was a totally different matter. At the time of the convening, I had no problems with the org BLM… But honestly, some things did happen during that convening that made me start to question BLM, and afterwards more things would unfold to make me totally distrust this org. I thought, at the time, that M4BL was the answer…Like I said, until recently, I have always been very happy about the idea of unifying in the way that M4BL could potentially foster. However, as with most things in this life, there were intra-communal politics stirring just below the surface.
Now that you understand, from my previous blog(part one)— That I am for us( BLACK People) moving toward BLACK Liberation in these current times, and have been very active in that… Now that you get that there are genuine freedom fighters, faux white allies, and BLACK opportunists… Now that it is apparent that COINTELPRO type tactics are at play right now, stifling our moving and our being… Yes, now that a lot of this has been established in the previous blog, and in this one you are reading right now… Let’s get to why I no longer support the organization(network) of Black Lives Matter(BLM), the entity that has become the Movement for BLACK Lives (M4BL), and how that won’t stop me and others who see what I see… It won’t stop us from moving, being, growing, giving, serving BLACK People, as we move toward our collective and individual freedom, from oppression in every form.
The first reason I no longer support BLM( the org) or M4BL is because as an African-American & Ethiopian Jewess—My BLACK ass does not matter to either entity. I am in a unique position in BLACKNESS; an intersection people seem to want to run away from like the plague. Israel’s horrendous treatment of Palestinians, people in the west not understanding what life is like there, or the history of the land going back further than just 100 years, media miseducation and the ever so present erasure of BLACKNESS in this region… All of these “ingredients” mix to form a very disagreeable gumbo… Many BLACK People here in Amerikkka eat big bowls of it, and the sick feeling they get from it, makes them want to forget they ever tasted it. Basically, many BLACK People in Amerikkka decide to throw away this issue; deciding to overlook how BLACK Lives are treated in this land of Israel/Palestine, in order to be able to concentrate on Palestinian Solidarity from their limited perspective.
Many simply want to support Palestinians without addressing the systematic racism Black People face from racist Ashkenazim (white jews) on the Israeli side, nor do they want to address the anti-Blackness that non-BLACK Palestinians subject BLACK People (Palestinians, Jews, Christians, Black Bedouins, and other BLACK groups) to on the Palestinian side… BLACK People from Amerikkka have been making so many trips to the region recently, without helping BLACK Lives; this is deplorable!
Listen, I have tried to raise the alarm, but no one has wanted to go too deep, or get involved in a sincere way. I have always tried to educate about this subject, since I have lived in Israel, and have faced the racism and anti-Blackness firsthand. Like I said, it isn't the “popular” thing for people in the west to engage in, which is why many refuse… It’s such a misguided taboo.
Listen, I have tried to raise the alarm, but no one has wanted to go too deep, or get involved in a sincere way. I have always tried to educate about this subject, since I have lived in Israel, and have faced the racism and anti-Blackness firsthand. Like I said, it isn't the “popular” thing for people in the west to engage in, which is why many refuse… It’s such a misguided taboo.
I wrote a post, on a blog that I am no longer active on, in February of 2015 on this very subject… Check it out here! In this particular blog entry, I elaborate on the racism, and the anti-BLACKNESS I have faced in Israel/Palestine… A lot of people ended up reading this particular post; it was even plagiarized in parts by some online news outlets. People would tell me it was eye-opening, but would go back to continuing the erasure of BLACK Lives in this region. I understand that as the People in Ferguson rose up to fight the system, there were Palestinians tweeting us on how to ease the effects of being gassed, and that is understandably why so many feel linked and obliged to solidarity efforts with them—I was in Ferguson in the early days, and I have been gassed( CS) several times. And though I do want the best for Palestinians, and acknowledge Israel has not done right by them… I also know that anti-Blackness is huge in their community, and I do not feel BLACK People should sacrifice the BLACKNESS and the oppression thereof, of those BLACK People in the Palestinian Community, by not seeking these said BLACK People out, and demanding they be centralized in Palestinian struggle, as a condition of our solidarity with them. After all, doesn’t everyone always say that the most oppressed should be centered in freedom work?
I know for a fact that the various BLACK Peoples in the Palestinian Community are ostracized, and many are so use to it; they don’t even have the fight in them to demand better…It’s just accepted, this mistreatment, and that is very sad. Folks try to talk around this issue by saying they(Black Palestinians) face problems solely because of Zionists, which isn’t true… Everyone non-white faces issues from racist Ashkenazim(white jews), but BLACK People face the harshness of anti-BLACKNESS from the Palestinians too… Imagine being BLACK in this region.
I also know that BLACK Palestinians are purposely hidden when non-Black Palestinians want to “unite” with us ( BLACK Folk) from Amerikkka… I’ve even seen articles written that talk about BLACK Amerikkkan Solidarity with Palestinians, and how we face the same issues… Yet all of the BLACK People actually going through systematic racism identical to what we face in Amerikkka; they are totally left out of the picture. But why?
Come on now, do you really think Palestinians want the BLACK People in their community to become front and center in their struggle? Think about it! The erasure of BLACKNESS in Palestinian society should be more important to Black People in Amerikkka, especially since so many are haphazardly blending our movements together… Especially entities with high visibility like BLM & M4BL, who perpetually advocate intersectionality. Don’t forget, BLM is a part of M4BL… BLM is one of the orgs that has pledged allegiance to the M4BL platform… This platform further ties BLACK Liberation to Palestinian Liberation, without addressing anti-Blackness and BLACK erasure in Palestinian Struggle.
I personally feel BLM has a huge say in what happens with M4BL, an entity that includes various orgs from around the country… It seems to be a way for BLM to have more control over other orgs, without looking like it does, and in some cases those orgs not realizing that it does. Unity is all good, until it is united in areas that leave others who should be included, out of the equation.
I personally feel BLM has a huge say in what happens with M4BL, an entity that includes various orgs from around the country… It seems to be a way for BLM to have more control over other orgs, without looking like it does, and in some cases those orgs not realizing that it does. Unity is all good, until it is united in areas that leave others who should be included, out of the equation.
So both of these entities, that operate as one at times, are all about intersectionality when it comes to BLACK LGBTQ and BLACK Women’s issues (two issues that are very important to me by the way)… But are these the only ways these entities are willing to apply intersectionality? Or really, is this all an issue of money controlling the narrative? I say it’s both!
When BLACK People ignore Black Lives in the world, in order to show solidarity to NBPOC (non-BLACK People of Color) who have strong anti-Blackness issues they are not addressing… What in the actual fuck is that about? How is that not participating in the very things you supposedly are fighting to correct? How are these BLACK entities from Amerikkka sending delegations to Palestine, and not demanding the anti-Blackness be addressed throughly and thoughtfully while there? Why are all the BLACK People in Israel perpetually ignored? BLACK Jews face the same issues we do in Amerikkka plus other indignities, and the BLACK refugees there are being killed & deported along with the other systematic issues… Why are they left out the conversation? Do their BLACK Lives matter, or nah? The avoidance of this subject, and the issues thereof; it let’s me know that their lives don’t matter to most of y’all… Because of, well… Agendas.
A retweet here and there about forced sterilization or deportations mean nothing, if you go to the region and don’t even go see how you can help them, and learn their stories while you’re there… But everyone spends all the resources and energy and time to make sure Palestinians, who erase BLACK Palestinians in their struggle, get all the solidarity efforts... Wow!
And yes, some BLACK communities have complex relationships with one another and various needs, but we can’t even get into that yet, because folks gonna keep ignoring BLACK People all together… Like, what the fuck? Is that how it’s gonna continue to be? For real? If they are not good enough to meet with and fight for when you are over there, don’t retweet random articles that only tell, in part, of the horrors they face because of State sanctioned white supremacy in Israel.
And yes, some BLACK communities have complex relationships with one another and various needs, but we can’t even get into that yet, because folks gonna keep ignoring BLACK People all together… Like, what the fuck? Is that how it’s gonna continue to be? For real? If they are not good enough to meet with and fight for when you are over there, don’t retweet random articles that only tell, in part, of the horrors they face because of State sanctioned white supremacy in Israel.
When BLACK Folks come into this region for a few days, do they not realize that they probably won’t experience said anti-Blackness, because the ones who brought them over want and need BLACK Power to align with their cause… To strengthen it? They are using BLACK People as their Ambassadors in Amerikkka, riding the gale of change( the movement) our Ancestors blew our way to get us free of oppression, and further along. I get it though, they want to use this moment in time to pressure the Amerikkkan GOV here, so that the Amerikkkan GOV can directly pressure Israel to stop oppressing Palestinians. I want Israel off their backs, but not at the expense of ignoring other BLACK People being oppressed in that land…That’s a terrible deal!
Ask the visible (non-BLACK) Palestinians what they are doing to help BLACK People in their own land? They can’t just pressure the GOV like we can here in many ways, but they could work on eradicating anti-Blackness in their community as a sign of good faith. Ask them how our solidarity with them benefits us( BLACK People in Amerikkka)? If Ferguson had not risen to fight back, and a movement blossom as it has…Would they(visible Palestinians) want to be in solidarity with BLACK People because they saw us suffering? These are questions everybody needs to be asking.
We have aligned ourselves with other NBPOC in the past, including Palestinian Peoples… What did it do for us in the past? Did we build bridges that are beneficial for both? Did it last? Why not? Historically, we always end up at the back of our own movements when we align with NBPOC, because we don't demand more from them, and many do not really see us as their equals in humanity. We are very trusting, and think it’s cool when someone wants to stand with us… But listen, we need folks to not just stand with us… We need folks who say they are in solidarity with us, to move their legs and walk with us! This means they must be willing to take risks on our behalf, even if that forfeits the NBPOC privileges that they can access... Because let's be real, NBPOC have a closer proximity to whiteness, and many times they have thrown us under the bus to maintain it.
We (BLACK People) always work hard for our freedom, and for the freedom of others…Carrying everyone on our backs, and then we have the nerve to wonder why everyone else has a strong community, and we knee-grows from Amerikkka don’t. Those we align with get further along on their freedom journey, and BLACK People get what? Seriously, what have we received? Does the anti-Blackness mysteriously go away on its own? I'm afraid it sure the hell doesn't!
So, if we get Palestine free of Israel’s tyranny, how will BLACK People fare in their land and in Amerikkka? Metaphorically speaking, let's say you have sex with someone, and they climax... But you don’t. And to make matters worse, they don’t care that you didn't because they’re “taken care of”--Chile, I’m just saying. How many times will we repeat this cycle? We can support NBPOC, without sacrificing other BLACK People in the process. BLACK Liberation requires we take care of our people on a global level first, not leave them by the wayside for fair weather alliances.
We (BLACK People) always work hard for our freedom, and for the freedom of others…Carrying everyone on our backs, and then we have the nerve to wonder why everyone else has a strong community, and we knee-grows from Amerikkka don’t. Those we align with get further along on their freedom journey, and BLACK People get what? Seriously, what have we received? Does the anti-Blackness mysteriously go away on its own? I'm afraid it sure the hell doesn't!
So, if we get Palestine free of Israel’s tyranny, how will BLACK People fare in their land and in Amerikkka? Metaphorically speaking, let's say you have sex with someone, and they climax... But you don’t. And to make matters worse, they don’t care that you didn't because they’re “taken care of”--Chile, I’m just saying. How many times will we repeat this cycle? We can support NBPOC, without sacrificing other BLACK People in the process. BLACK Liberation requires we take care of our people on a global level first, not leave them by the wayside for fair weather alliances.
Seriously…Think about it! What are BLACK People getting out of these alliances? How can BLACK People benefit if no one, including the BLACK People from Amerikkka... If BLACK Folks are not making sure that Black People in Palestine & Israel, no matter religion or ethnic persuasion; making sure that all of these BLACK People are being brought to the forefront and included in solidarity efforts. If that's not happening, how can there be true solidarity, and why are folks blending our movements in the midst of such epic erasure of the BLACK People on the Israel/Palestine side of things. This really has me hot!
Have y’all ever asked some of the BLACK Palestinians who have always lived in that land( not those who just got there in recent times or even the last hundred years)… Has anyone ever asked them who stole their lands? Imma give you a hint, it wasn’t the white jews👀. But, oh yeah… The BLACK Folks making these “solidarity trips” don’t go further into the region, and none of the people who bring them over there, make sure they are given the full picture… The full picture doesn’t benefit the people funding or benefiting from these trips, egos don’t want to take in the full picture either—Folks are willing pawns in a game that they do not fully understand.
When I went to the M4BL convening in July of 2015, I told y’all I had a great time for the most part. The exception was the last session that I participated in while at the convening… Before the closing of our coming together that weekend. The last session I participated in was an international one… It was about us planning ways we could fight for BLACK Lives on a global scale.
I have a unique perspective in BLACKNESS, because of my background. This automatically gives me a global vision, so being in this last international session was imperative for me. Beforehand, I had no idea who would be over it, or what all we would be discussing. I have kept much of this story to myself since it happened, because I didn’t want to be petty, and I was still hopeful that perhaps things could change.
But now, as the Ancestors winds blow, and I feel truth needs to be told… I am over that “don’t want to be petty/ sacrifice myself in one-sided/harmful ways for the good of the movement " type bullshit! I always try to give our people the benefit of the doubt… Room to grow, relearn, expand... Always I am patient and give more than a few chances for folks to do right... Systematic racism has not been easy on the BLACK psyche & soul. But now that M4BL & BLM have proven that they will not address this BLACK erasure in Israel/Palestine, I am just going to lay it all out so that this issue can be better understood.
When Opal Tometi, one of the co-founders of BLM, first came into the room for the session; she looked at me funny, and rolled her eyes. I am so use to people treating me badly; that folks don’t easily get under my skin enough to move me, or to make me shut my mouth😉. What I didn’t know at the time, is that right before this session, some of the BLM People and Ferguson people were arguing… It was very heated from what I was told second hand. I guess… Maybe she( Opal) knew I was cool with Ferguson folks, and decided I deserved disrespect? Maybe she had seen my tweets at some time about the BLACK issue being ignored in Israel/Palestine, and didn’t like me because of it? I can only guess why she was acting this way toward me, because I don’t know her, nor had I ever had any interaction with her during this entire convening… Until this session, that is.
I remember after she saw me and gave me a dirty look, she called this girl out into the hallway… I don’t know the girls name, but I have seen her in some pictures of a recent trip to Palestine by folks picked by M4BL. She was very light skinned with naturally straight hair… I assumed she was BLACK because it was a BLACK only space, but she was one of those type of BLACK People who could pass for white if they wanted…Not at all saying that she would want to do that. I would later realize that the side bar conversation Opal and this girl was having, was about me… I guess she was supposed to try to interrupt me, because every time I spoke during this session, she tried to act like what I was saying was not relevant, interrupt me, and just overall behave very rude to me…VERY VERY rude! Maybe they were trying to get a bad reaction out of me for some reason… Trying to intimidate me into silence? I dunno, but if that was “the plan”— I wasn’t falling for that either…So I kept participating😁.
People in our session were from all over the country, a few places in Europe, and a few places in South America as well. Everyone but these two were kind to me, and many were wanting to hear my ideas and experiences. The whole time, this girl who Opal tasked with trying to deflect my ideals & Opal herself; they were looking at me funny and rolling their eyes… It was so bizarre. When I did get to say something about BLACK People being erased in the convo about Palestine, they tried hard to detour that from being a topic. Then Opal decided we would only talk about the Haitian issue in Dominican Republic, a very important issue by the way… But the way by which they were trying to silence me was really low human behavior, and very telling.
After the session, I was trying to talk to Opal, despite how she was treating me… She didn’t want to look me in the eye… I guess she was nervous about having to deal with me one on one… She tried to ignore me, but I wouldn’t let her😁. When she couldn’t ignore me anymore, and I asked her about the issue I brought up, she gave me this fake answer( I can’t remember verbatim). She told me to write my email down, and that they would include me in further discussion on the subject… This never happened, of course! Well, I’m sure they discussed the subject further with those they deemed worthy, but they certainly didn’t reach out to me... A person with first hand/lived experience on the subject... Wanna know why? ‘Cause my BLACK ass don’t matter😉 It is what it is, right?
As time has gone on, I have watched M4BL & BLM, continue to not address the issues I have throughly discussed in this blog… The issues concerning racism and anti-Blackness in Israel/Palestine, whilst they spend so much time, energy, resources building BLACK/Palestinian Solidarity, that does not include BLACK People in that land… Just us BLACKS here in Amerikkka because we can help affect change for them… Messed up, right? I think it is.
I continue to educate, have spoken at events, but folks here just do not care… Why don’t they care? Because the largest entities in the movement don’t care…That’s why. Most people are not leaders, even though they think they are… Most people only want to go with what is popular aka what is funded and visible. Many people do not care about a cause as much as they care about how they can benefit from being involved in said cause… And along with that, people are always choosing whether they will be loyal to what is right, based solely off of who they may get to rub elbows with in the future.
I have watched elders I respect greatly like Angela Davis and Danny Glover work on these campaigns to bridge the BLACK folks in America with the non-Black Palestinians. I am not sure if they have been made aware of the whole picture… I don’t know if they realize how many BLACK People are being ignored, and could use solidarity from other BLACK People like us. I do know that when I engage people, they are interested, but ultimately do not care enough to join me in heralding this issue.
Also, my contacts back in Israel, an Ethiopian Jewish brother specifically who is on the front lines fighting against systematic racism & police brutality… He says he wants to work together, but at the same time… He and other BLACK Jews think that BLACK People in Amerikkka don’t care about their plight, or what to be involved with them… And to be honest, he is right. Folks here truly don’t care about them, which is like saying you don't care about me.These people are flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood, just like African-Americans are to me. Ethiopian Jews are my people too, so I take this erasure of them and every other BLACK person in that land personal... This is personal to me, because I fight for our people here in Amerikkka, but I truly feel my people here don't have my back. Cops almost killed my ass just last month at a protest… Shooting live rounds at us on the 2 year anniversary of Mike Brown’s execution, but that doesn’t matter to most… I truly love BLACK People, and want liberation for us all… That is why I fight, because if it were based off the love I felt from my people…I wouldn’t do anything at all.
In my last blog(part 1)—I talked about the BLM chapter in Kentucky, treating a police brutality survivor badly… This chapter isn't the only one I have witnessed acting questionably. I live 2.5 hours away from Cleveland, and I have travelled many times to stand with the people there, as they began to move on behalf of those being killed by cops. When Brandon Jones was killed in March of 2015, I drove up to stand with his family and the people gathering. I helped local organizers( not BLM) as they plotted their next moves… Nothing ever progressed as far as sustained pressuring from local activists, organizers, orgs… BLM (Cleveland chapter) didn’t reach out to his family(according to his mom who I talk to often).
The biggest case in Cleveland, at the time, was that of our dear Tamir Rice. There was a lot more publicity of his case than the others, because of his age and the circumstances. BLM was/has been there for the family of Tamir. I am not sure if they have been so for the others killed by cops.
Brandon was unarmed and had taken some things out of a closed store… He did NOT deserve to die. Just this Friday, the cop who unjustly executed him was indicted on a lesser murder charge. The cops who killed Tamir, Tanisha, and others didn’t even get indicted. An indictment isn’t a conviction… If he is convicted, will he even have to serve time? Such a tedious and hurtful journey for the families of those killed by cop demons.
I remember reaching out to Brandon’s mom on Facebook last year, and asking her if anyone was helping her, because I wasn’t hearing anything about the case, or any action on his behalf. I was very surprised that no one in Cleveland, especially BLM was assisting her, planning actions—No support. I started to build with her and her family… I would drive all the way up, and do what I could, which wasn’t much. It was hard for me, not being from Cleveland to get people together… Many who could help get people together were uninterested… I reached out to many of those whom I have stood beside in protest who lived in Cleveland, and most of them could care less.
I continued to do whatever I could to support the family, but it was so messed up to me that the burden of trying to organize was on the family… There are so many ways to support people… Even just picking up the phone and asking them if they want to go to dinner, offering a laugh, finding resources, making sure they have folks supporting them when there are court dates…So many things people who live in Cleveland could do, but wouldn’t.
For the one year anniversary of Brandon’s execution, I was glad that mothers from other cities came to stand with the family… But seriously, her hometown activists totally abandoned her and her entire family. I talk to her, and it’s hard for her everyday.
I see BLM and other groups from various places, always wanting to be on the ground for the most publicized cases, but paying other folks dust…Folks who really need any type of support that can be mustered for themselves, and their executed loved ones. It’s a pattern I do not like, and that I will not support.
I see BLM and other groups from various places, always wanting to be on the ground for the most publicized cases, but paying other folks dust…Folks who really need any type of support that can be mustered for themselves, and their executed loved ones. It’s a pattern I do not like, and that I will not support.
My hometown isn’t too much better when it comes social justice, no matter the group or org. We have a lot of big egos, and folks not wanting to do what needs to be done, to affect change…This is a disastrous combination. Ohio lacks the energy to fight back as need be… I don’t know what it is about this state and the BLACK People in it…There will be a rally when cops murder one of us, maybe 2 or 3, but then the momentum dies… We need to do way more than protest, and if we do protest it needs to be epic and totally disrupt… Otherwise at this point, we’re just putting on a show for the winds. None of us can be a movement by ourselves, no matter how radical we are… It’s so frustrating, because we should have Ohio rocking for all the injustices done here… Folks just aren’t with it, though.
So, right now, I am not going out to protests, and I am not joining with people who do not vibe on a revolutionary LOVE frequency. I am helping my people in various other ways right now… I am not disrespecting the goddess in me by allowing myself to be disrespected… My life may not mean much to those I have fought beside, but it means something to me and those who actually do love me… I have too much still to give, to waste in shallow, stagnant waters. I am open to taking action and even risking my life; I will just be sure it is expedient for me to do so… No more wasting of energy and vibe.
So… I have really gone deep about why I don’t support BLM & M4BL at this point… But understand, that does not mean I am not still doing this work. Understand that there are individuals who are involved in these entities, that are fighting sincere and true, and are just unaware of the underworking’s —I just believe COINTELPRO type tactics, greed, and selfishness has taken over. I feel this is a time that the true freedom fighters need to stand against the shit hurting BLACK Liberation. I have been a freedom fighter since childhood, I’m a healer…I will always be helping my people in some way… I will always stand against injustice!
In Unashamed Négritude & Revolutionary Love,
ORIT
