6 Search results for "afro centrism"

Comic: I’m tired of homophobia and feigned Afrocentrism from Black Christians
by JeCorey Holder
Afro-centrism, the Offspring of Euro-centrism?
Whatever the name, Black Studies, Africana studies, or African American Studies, university disciplines designed for understanding African history have a problem of attempting to be too Black. When I say “too Black” I’m not saying that Africana culture (relates to both African and African-Diaspora culture) is annoying, but that the way that scholars handle it […]
Reading ‘Black Museum’ and ‘Get Out’ as comparative Afrofuturist zombie slave narratives
This essay contains spoilers for Get Out and Black Mirror S4, E6, “Black Museum” Can we just agree that Get Out is obviously a lost episode of Black Mirror? More specifically, it’s a companion tale to season four’s “Black Museum” (which feels very much like a series finale) that somehow found its way into Jordan […]
Comic: Homophobia and the weird double standards it creates about indecency with children
by JeCorey Holder Content Warning: This essay mentions pedophilia and childhood sexual abuse On today’s episode of Straight People Seem to be Physically Incapable of Minding Their Basic Heterosexual Business, let’s talk about the highly selective ignorance folks seem to lean on in regards to exposing kids and babies to sexuality. Tell me why […]
Comic: I’ll believe The Lord is against homosexuality when he tells me
by JeCorey Holder
Church makes me sick: How Black Christians are stalling Black liberation
by Roni Dean-Burren, PhD Church makes me sick. Christians make me sick. I really do mean that. They make me sick. Wait. Let me reword that. We make me sick. I regularly attend a church. I am a Christian, but there are plenty of days that I wish I didn’t identify as such. But I […]