#black philosophy

[androgyn-hexboy]

lipgloss was truly a black philosopher who's voice was really a beacon for black women of our generation, she was truly unearthing a reailty that's lived by black women everywhere, i miss her presence in the online space

[bbyadwoa]

I'm so intrigued by Black people's navigation through non-conformity. Conformity has always been about acceptance, and on a more primal level, survival. Globally, we're inherently counter-cultural. No matter how much we get with the program, we won't be part of the program.

[bideogaymes]

Did Western Philosophers Create YN’s? (Black Nihilism Explained)

I feel like this is a good video to watch as a n unintentional companion to the film BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

some of my favorite quotes presented in this video:

[maggiecheungs]

I am not inclined to lament Wynter’s unattributed contributions to political theory, since much of what motivates such an inclusion is a desire to address the pitfalls of normative disciplines so that their presence and lifespan is made more durable. It is not necessarily the exclusion of Wynter and other “tremulous” thinkers that impoverishes political theory as a site of contemplation, but rather it is the desire to incorporate such thinkers and delink them from their own intellectual lineages—a harvesting of brilliant Black minds—so that the discipline might live to see another day. This would be contrary to Wynter’s commitment to discarding disciplinary allegiance(s).

Alagraa, Bedour. "Review Essay: The Underlife of the Dialectic: Sylvia Wynter on Autopoeisis and Epistemic Rupture." (2023): 279-286.

[avoidintellect]

#Rant00

they call me names

like bleak, burnt and too dark

but when was black anything but opaque

and then the woken preach their fake

“see, I'm not like that” when 

I speak of black hypocrisy

Yea, I  am beautiful

me and my grandma, and ma five yea old niece

all cos we look similar

beautiful, yea I know what that means

“strong, powerful motherly beauty” 

You wouldn't actually want to get with an image like me

don't try lie, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable

I’ll just stitch on this smile

and say thanks, but im sick of being quiet

and when I speak im labelled as overly aggressive

nothing can drive me more crazy

than a darkskin woman

saying we’re lucky, they making us feel pretty.

the fuck is wrong

with your own self image?

why? can’t you see the darker you are

the more indigenous you are looking

the deeper your features 

the more you carry on a legacy

that was whitewashed

that’s why they look different

they tried to erase you

and your here, still... they cannot

cannot physically hurt you

so they throw shade at your uniqueness ,

get the mind and 

the body shall follow

[philosophyblr]

want to read more philosophical work on racism? check out this twitter thread here 

[toastyslayingbutter]

Intellectual and political leadership should be neither elitist, nor populist; rather it ought to be democratic, in that each of us stands in public space, without humiliation, to put forward our best visions and views for the sake of the public interest.

Cornel West - “Black Strivings in a Twilight Civilization” (1996) 

[blackrhet]

The Perils of Being a Black Philosopher

After reading so many hateful messages I began to feel sick, literally.