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Momentum

Why We Must Stop Referring to Non-Enslaved Black People as “Free”

So you’ve stopped referring to enslaved people as slaves, what’s next?

Mar 11, 2022

Why We Must Stop Referring to Non-Enslaved Black People as “Free”

Mar 11, 2022

Should We Just Let Non-Black People have The Word, “N*gger,” Once and For All?

Here’s the thing about the word “n*gger” as ugly as it is, when used by a non-Black person, it says far more about the person using it than…

Feb 10, 2022

Should We Just Let Non-Black People have The Word, “N*gger,” Once and For All?

Feb 10, 2022

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An Injustice!

Let Black Writers Write Black Characters Until We Can Trust Non-Black People to Collectively and…

We have the Bechdel test for analyzing how women are portrayed in media; we need a similar test for how all kinds of Black people are…

Dec 30, 2021

Let Black Writers Write Black Characters Until We Can Trust Non-Black People to Collectively and…

Dec 30, 2021

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ZORA

Stop Saying ‘She Is Black, But…’

Unless you’re ready to defend racist beliefs

Oct 6, 2021

Stop Saying ‘She Is Black, But…’

Oct 6, 2021

No One Likes Wearing Masks, But Grow Up and Wear Yours Anyways, Just Like All the Kindergarteners

No one likes wearing masks because they are unpleasant and hard to breath in and make it hard to communicate with others, but they are not…

Sep 14, 2021

No One Likes Wearing Masks, But Grow Up and Wear Yours Anyways, Just Like All the Kindergarteners

Sep 14, 2021

Weeding My Garden — Poem №1

Jun 2, 2021

Weeding My Garden — Poem №1

Jun 2, 2021

Let Them Wear Cornrows at Their Own Risk: We Should Let White People Enjoy and Embrace Our Cultures…

A Reflection on Appropriation

May 19, 2021

Let Them Wear Cornrows at Their Own Risk: We Should Let White People Enjoy and Embrace Our Cultures…

May 19, 2021

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ZORA

Stop Thanking Me For Being Polite When I’m Angry About Injustice

Start Being Angry With Me about Social Ills That Require Your Immediate Attention

Apr 12, 2021

Stop Thanking Me For Being Polite When I’m Angry About Injustice

Apr 12, 2021

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LEVEL

Black Men and Boys are Beautiful, Too

A Brief Reflection on a Single Lyric by Biggie Smalls

Feb 26, 2021

Black Men and Boys are Beautiful, Too

Feb 26, 2021

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Human Parts

The Problem, and Possibility, in Asking People of Color ‘Where Are You From?’

Your curiosity does not take precedence over another person’s comfort

Feb 23, 2021

Painting of many colors.

Feb 23, 2021

Bridgette L. Hylton

Bridgette L. Hylton

She/her. I write stuff. Published in Human Parts, Zora, AnInjustice!. #BLM http://www.Instagram.com/BridgetteWrites https://www.facebook.com/BridgetteHWrites

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