Black? No, You’re African

The strong correlation between culture and race in America has allowed the term Black to be used interchangeably to describe both. Since it is generally accepted that race cannot be altered, it, in turn, encourages the delusion that Blacks are pawns in a hopeless fate that lies in the hands of structural forces just beyond their reach. It fosters the perspective that nothing can be done within Black communities to change their relatively poor social and economic outcomes.

However, if we can…

Silent Minority, Post, Race & CultureFunehFebruary 25, 2024black, race, blm, culture, empowerment, black enoughComment

My Experience with Discrimination in Canada (1)

I had been living in Canada for 10 years when the BLM protests came in full swing in the summer of 2020. Every conversation was around the struggles of living in Canada as a black person. The number of white folks that leaned into me as the authority on the topic of racism based on my ‘lived experience’ more than quadrupled. Non-blacks especially whites seemed extremely humble over the next few months and were willing to sit at the feet of any

FunehMarch 22, 2022Racist, racism, discrimination, blm, canada, nigeria, funehComment

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