TBT 💙 @leauwkey

Dead and no way to remember and memorialize them. Gone with no connections, no heirlooms… that shit hurts.

And that is exactly why they didn’t want them reading and writing! They knew that written documents could be used as pieces of history to connect us

Super similar.

It’s interesting to see, how I see me

And how someone else sees me

I don’t think these two point of views have ever been so close

I threw an Open House Art Auction! There’s more to come

Favour Jonathan Uses Passport Style Selfies to Celebrate Black Hair.

Beach Bod

Beach babe

Ocean breeze

Met with

Ocean waves

The vibrance

The color

The melanin

The color

The expectation

The warped reality

What a trip this was

What a trip I wanted it to be

The sun can fuel your spirit

It can melt away The negativity of your mind

It can do so much if you let it

It also allows you to hide yourself behind the shade or your hands

To escape into hats, mask, and shadows

Tears can fall as you shiver under the breeze of the beach

You have to give to receive

I tried to recieve the light

Without letting go

I asked the sun to wash away my strife

And it required me to offer it up

But instead i received more

I added to my pile of dismay

And let it cook under the pressure of the heat

I clutched onto my layers of aggravation

And added heat

A photo

An image

An idea

An ideal

But a memory

The story behind it

Behind the editing

Behind the “candidacy”

The memory will last

And the longer I ponder on it

The less I’ll remember

The more I recall

The less I’ll get right

So this photo stands

But who knows where this trip will fall

Artist - Eva Kosmos

Naomi Osaka of Japan hugs Serena Williams of the United States after winning the Women’s Singles finals match on Day Thirteen of the 2018 US Open 

If we can cancel Artist then we can cancel the N-word

Cancel culture is toxic in a sense that it doesn’t allow room for evaluation and growth.

But when it comes to the N word

I’m on team cancel it

I get the reclamation of the narrative and choosing how you want to change the power of words.

But in doing so you are separating the word from its maker.

If we can’t play Step In the Name of Love at a cookout

Then why should we continue to call black people by a name that wasn’t born with us but weaponized against us?

Now if there is a way to change the mind of the maker and watch as they develop into something more fruitful,

Then I think with growth comes rebirth

You shed your former layers and embrace new ones

You don’t put glitter on your old skin and slip it back on.

You rock the new one

Why can’t we use new words to describe the people of the diaspora

Why can’t we wear new names that we choose to glorify us?

Why must we try to force ourselves into last centuries terms

When everyday we choose new paths

New labels

New brands

New names

And all for the better

If something’s not right in cancel culture we cut it

But for some reason we can’t cut the N word

If cancel culture can reach back in time and take away St.Patricks Day, R.Kelly, and Gucci

Then it can cut, the N-Word

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With love

A Diasporic Queen