Black People Have Every Right to Distrust You For Being Light Skinned
My dad is Black and from the US. My mom is Scottish-Irish. I came out very light skinned. For most of my early childhood I was universally read as white. […]
Author Archives: Benji Hart
Apology to a Non-Black Partner
I’ve been writing this piece for a long time. I’ve been apprehensive about sharing it. I ultimately decided to because it contains things I’ve wanted to say, and that I feel deeply. […]
#TurnUp4TT: A Public Statement from the Organizers
On September 11, 2016 TT Saffore, a young, Black, trans woman was found murdered in a park on Chicago’s West Side. Today, a coalition of Black, trans and gender-nonconforming community […]
No Abolition Without Demilitarization: Black and Muslim Solidarity for Ending Policing Worldwide
On July 4th, 2015 Itemid “Angel” Al Matar was climbing an el train platform with a backpack full of food she’d just purchased. She was headed home to break her ramadan […]
Far From Over: 4 Lessons Non-Natives Can Learn from #NoDAPL
Many celebrated the decision of three government agencies this past Friday, in opposition to the ruling of a federal judge, that Dakota Access cease building the Bakken Pipeline until reviews […]
The Political Significance of Being Inconvenienced
“To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.” – James Baldwin Last fall, Black Youth Project 100 along with Fight For 15, Organized Communities […]
To Fight For Black Lives Is To Be Anti-Police
Since the murders of five police officers in Dallas, TX and three more in Baton Rouge, LA over the recent days, their has been renewed condemnation of the Black Lives […]
Black Kids Don’t Get to Wait to Talk About Police Violence–White Kids Shouldn’t Either
I’m presently between jobs, and am working the summer as a counselor at a music camp for elementary aged kids. It’s an expensive and elite program, and a majority of […]
To a Black Child Learning About the Movement in Fifty Years
I want you to know they despised us above all else watched us turning every corner even as we slept for years we implored them screamed in agony they told us […]
The Wisdom of #ByeAnita: On Political Perfection and Radical Strategy
Earlier this month, Chicago’s state’s attorney Anita Alvarez was decisively voted out of office. Her key role—not merely in covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald, but in regularly defending […]
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