Open Letter to America: Humanity or Racism
Posted June 4th, 2018 by Ololade in Blog, Race
There’s a scene in Season One of Dear White People in which a Black student, Reggie, goes from partying with his racially diverse friends in near bliss one moment to having a gun pulled on him by police minutes later. With guns drawn, the police compel him to produce his ID to validate his claims […]
How to Get Away With Murder, Ferguson Style
Posted November 29th, 2014 by Ololade in Blog, Genocide, Race, Racist in Brooklyn
Every time a white man is officially exonerated of guilt for killing a Black man/child/woman in a public case, the morning after, many European-American strangers avoid making eye contact with me. Is it just me? In other news, there are three major differences between Jews in Nazi Germany and Black people in America. The Jews […]
Lupita, Whitenicious and the Ownership of Beauty
Posted February 28th, 2014 by siyonbola in Articles, Blog, Culture, Fashion, Race, Womanism
The notion that Lupita Nyong’o is beautiful has been breaking news for several weeks now. I haven’t been able to participate in the public celebration of her beauty for several reasons. Because I wonder if all the people posting and reposting would have hailed Queen Lupita if they’d seen her walking down an Atlanta street […]
How to Protect Black Boys from Cold Blooded Murder, I Mean Self Defense
Posted July 15th, 2013 by siyonbola in AFRiCKA, Articles, Blog, Genocide, Race
I told myself that I wasn’t going to cry about Trayvon, because murder, unpunished acts of genocide are an everyday reality for Black people all over the planet. Because crying does nothing for Trayvon or his family, or the millions of souls victimized by the devil’s imperialism. Marching only tells his family they are not […]
The Man Who Had No Water
Posted July 2nd, 2013 by siyonbola in Blog, Business, Race, Racist in Brooklyn
So I reluctantly got off my butt last night to walk all the way to Park Slope for some vitamins. It was life or death, otherwise I would have stayed with my vegan ice cream and Bollywood film. I was happy to find what I needed at a steal and left the co-op with my […]
Let the Church Say Amen. This is My Initiation into the Church of Lauryn Hill.
Posted July 1st, 2013 by siyonbola in AFRiCKA, Articles, Blog, Musik, Race, Spirituality, Womanism
Every time this woman speaks. My love for her deepens. She is a goddess. Period. The boldness it takes to speak such truth from such a high platform is Divine. Many may disagree with her choice to not pay taxes, but I see her using it as a form of protest. I do wish […]
Racist or Crazy?
Posted June 20th, 2013 by siyonbola in Blog, Race, Subway Stories
A woman spat on the train today. It didn’t interest me as much as the people sitting around me who spoke about it for the rest of my ride. She had spent the last several minutes covering her ears and closing her eyes, actually looking somewhat peaceful. The guy sitting right next to me was […]
Why You Shouldn’t Worship this “Christ”
Posted June 12th, 2013 by siyonbola in Articles, Blog, Culture, Race, Spirituality
Many people ask me why it matters what color Christ was. Some just would rather leave the subject alone (read: are scared to find out the truth and have their paradigm shattered), others don’t believe He ever existed (read: are fed up of media lies and don’t know what to believe in). There are so […]
Yaa Asantewaa is…
Posted December 9th, 2010 by siyonbola in AFRiCKA, Blog, Poetry, Race
Is overwhelmed by the joy of my people Following this victory And knows it will be even better than this When the last battle is won Is holding her breath Hoping not to be devastated at the disappointment of her people by this blessing But to exhale the exhale of victory with her people In […]