Not dominance.
Not extraction.
Not punishment.
Interdependence.
Dignity.
Repair.
Rest.
Joy.
Not dominance.
Not extraction.
Not punishment.
Interdependence.
Dignity.
Repair.
Rest.
Joy.
Justice model:
Truth processes
Reparative labor
Community witnessing
Trauma healing
Pathways home
No disposability.
Justice model:
Truth processes
Reparative labor
Community witnessing
Trauma healing
Pathways home
No disposability.
System design includes:
Free therapy, bodywork, grief spaces
Paid rest sabbaticals
Communal child care
Eldercare as sacred duty
Rituals for collective mourning + joy
Rest is governance.
System design includes:
Free therapy, bodywork, grief spaces
Paid rest sabbaticals
Communal child care
Eldercare as sacred duty
Rituals for collective mourning + joy
Rest is governance.
Learning model:
History told from the oppressed
Emotional literacy + conflict skills
Community apprenticeships
Healing arts alongside science
Creativity as essential, not extra
Education exists to free the mind—not discipline it.
Learning model:
History told from the oppressed
Emotional literacy + conflict skills
Community apprenticeships
Healing arts alongside science
Creativity as essential, not extra
Education exists to free the mind—not discipline it.
Power structure:
Rotating councils
Term limits
Collective decision-making
No permanent elites
Elders + youth at the table
Authority comes from trust, not force.
Power structure:
Rotating councils
Term limits
Collective decision-making
No permanent elites
Elders + youth at the table
Authority comes from trust, not force.
New economic structure:
Guaranteed housing, food, healthcare, and rest
Work as contribution, not survival
Universal income + community cooperatives
Wealth caps + community investment trusts
Reparations as infrastructure, not charity
Life shouldn’t require exhaustion.
New economic structure:
Guaranteed housing, food, healthcare, and rest
Work as contribution, not survival
Universal income + community cooperatives
Wealth caps + community investment trusts
Reparations as infrastructure, not charity
Life shouldn’t require exhaustion.
New safety model:
Community response teams trained in de-escalation
Restorative councils instead of courts
Trauma-care first responders, not armed ones
Removal from community only when necessary—and with pathways back
No cages.
No permanent banishment.
New safety model:
Community response teams trained in de-escalation
Restorative councils instead of courts
Trauma-care first responders, not armed ones
Removal from community only when necessary—and with pathways back
No cages.
No permanent banishment.
He sees the system is broken.
He rejects the old myths.
But he doesn’t yet know how to build something humane in their place.
He sees the system is broken.
He rejects the old myths.
But he doesn’t yet know how to build something humane in their place.
And an intergenerational protection clause so these rights can never be rolled back. This isn’t about catching up. It’s about repairing a stolen life system.
And an intergenerational protection clause so these rights can never be rolled back. This isn’t about catching up. It’s about repairing a stolen life system.
Reparations must also include land & housing sovereignty, guaranteed income for one generation, Black-run schools, culture & mental health care.
Reparations must also include land & housing sovereignty, guaranteed income for one generation, Black-run schools, culture & mental health care.
That means: automatic federal investigations for police violence, independent civilian courts, immediate officer removal, no qualified immunity, and lifetime care + payouts for survivors.
That means: automatic federal investigations for police violence, independent civilian courts, immediate officer removal, no qualified immunity, and lifetime care + payouts for survivors.
But money alone isn’t enough. There must be protection from state harm. We need a Right to Bodily Sovereignty — a Black Civil Protection Guarantee.
But money alone isn’t enough. There must be protection from state harm. We need a Right to Bodily Sovereignty — a Black Civil Protection Guarantee.
Economic repair must include: no taxation, full debt forgiveness, free college & trade school, universal healthcare, first-time homebuyer grants, and protected business funding.
Economic repair must include: no taxation, full debt forgiveness, free college & trade school, universal healthcare, first-time homebuyer grants, and protected business funding.
Do black folks just have an immaculate moral compass?
OR
IS IT PROGRAMMING BY OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS?
I JUST wrote a post about how black folk are unwilling to dehumanize others.
BUT damn that might have been the koolaid talking.
Do black folks just have an immaculate moral compass?
OR
IS IT PROGRAMMING BY OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS?
I JUST wrote a post about how black folk are unwilling to dehumanize others.
BUT damn that might have been the koolaid talking.
Do black folks just have an immaculate moral compass?
OR
IS IT PROGRAMMING BY OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS?
Do black folks just have an immaculate moral compass?
OR
IS IT PROGRAMMING BY OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS?