our children. We see validity in it and have measurable results as well.

I haven't assigned a title to it, that's you and all them other folks just trying to coin some shit for fame and recognition....I think titles are silly. Nobody renames the earth over it's millions of years of evolution....it's just accepted for it continues to evolve into.

Black is and Black will always be.

Not sure why you're concluding that anyone is cutting off their past. If anything, it's a conscious assessment and acknowledgment and calculated decision to advance the approach on our existence. This is a result OF learning.

You don't teach math by starting with the equations and problems....you start with the numbers. They'll learn about racism,
but we're not approaching it the way our parents did.

I remember making a post 10-11 years ago when my first daughter was born asking for book recommendations that don't beat you over the head with blackness. It was poorly worded for shock value of course, but there was validity that i'm sure now some folks get where I was coming from since a lot of us have kids now vs. back then....regarding that specific book, never been a fan of it. There's no real reason to teach a child, at the age group it's geared towards, that others hate or don't understand their hair....We own 2 copies because we support Black folks...but we held off on reading it to both of our girls for a while.

When I say "We" I'm talking about ME and my WIFE...that's not a collective we. I was raised in a southern bible toting, church going, Black family of southerners that'd been southerners since being brought over on the slave ships. Wife was similar, but not exactly. I have an arabic name that was a result of my parents being caught up in the movement in the mid-70's, but it didn't stick with them and they reverted back to being just regular Black folk by the time my younger brother was born. I sought out and learned about Black Nationalism as a direct result of Hip Hop in the 80's...they didn't stiffle my exploration, but they also didn't nourish it or encourage it. They allowed it. So i'm sharing MY experience, don't equate it as me making a blanket statement about everyone. We are not a monolith.

I sense that your kids, being in the pre-teen age bracket, are at the prime time for them to be exposed to and educated on racism and race in a way that allows them to be empowered by the knowledge. I personally don't think anything younger than 9 is an appropriate age...which I acknowledge is likely not a popular opinion. Our oldest is 11 and she's at the age where i'm able to talk to her about stuff and i'm confident she processes it in a way that doesn't diminish her self impression. My 7 year old though?? If you tell her that her pants are getting to short she translates that to you telling her she's an awful human being that will never amount to shit because she's rocking highwaters....*shrugs*

Again...none of this is "post Black stuff".


"Get ready....for your blessing....."
"Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"