There’s no limit to what life could be beyond Black church-sanctioned violence. The harvest is plenty and has always been here. By Rebecca A. Wilcox One night, my cousin and I were reminiscing about what life was like growing up in our Grandmother’s house. Warburton Avenue, a place where everyone ate, big cousins protected little...
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Jackie Hill Perry Cannot Separate Herself From The Antagonizing Nature of The Church
Jackie Hill Perry somehow thinks that she is separate from the anti-Black, anti-fat, colonialist nature of the Church. She is not. Days ago, an accomplished poet by the name of Jackie Hill Perry was invited to discuss her relationship to the Church and her sexuality by KevOnStage—a popular YouTube personality. The hour-long conversation between the...
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We All Failed Oluwatoyin Salau. All of Us.
At every turn in her life, Oluwatoyin was failed by all the people, all the places, and all the entities that were supposed to protect her. TW/CW: suicide ideation, murder, anti-Blackness, domestic/interpersonal violence, and sexual assault. I should not be here. This, of course, does not help my suicide ideation. But… I think about that...
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#ChurchToo: Spiritual Leaders are Abusing Their Power and Abusing Us
Religion is not infallible, and it continually creates space for its leaders to abuse the power that religious interpretations unquestioningly afford them. [TW/CW: This essay contains discussion of sexual violence, including molestation.] My mom once scolded me for swatting the pastor’s wife’s hand away from my head. She had been intrigued by my intricate braids and...
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Why Black Churches Are Praying for Trump to Succeed
The fact is, these black churches have not shaken the legacy of slavery. Black slaves would pray for their white masters to turn a solid cotton profit this year. Since this election, dawn of Easter, Season 2 of Greenleaf, Islamophobia, homophobia, church sex scandals and the DeVos family promising the public school system to the Protestant church, my obstinance...