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SUCULTURE started the topic "Hierarchy of Racism" – Should Diane Abbott have been suspended? in the forum Black Feminist Perspectivespinned post
“Hierarchy of Racism” – Should Diane Abbott have been suspended?
Background:
To respond to the ongoing the Diane Abbott furore it is important to provide some historical context.
In June 2021 a Texas House Bill [3979], and its companion bill — Senate Bill [2202] were signed into law. It is one of the many nationwide, and t…Read More
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SUCULTURE started the topic A new wave of consciousness: Rise of The Obidients. in the forum Academia, Scholarship & Researchpinned post
A new wave of consciousness: Rise of The Obidients.
In the summer of 2020, there was a rise in the Black Lives Matter [BLM] movement in the United States [a decentralized political and social movement] which initially began as a campaign to combat police brutality towards African Americans.
Despite the protests subsiding,…Read More
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Charlotte started the topic Naomi Osaka: 'It's O.K. Not to Be O.K.' in the forum Sportspinned post
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Charlotte started the topic Hair Love. in the forum Tot's & Mum'spinned post
Psychoanalytic
theory and film?!
The pioneering scientific study by renowned psychologists, Kenneth and Mamie Clark, provides a blueprint on how the fundamentals of representation and inclusiveness contributes to the development of the conscious qualities, confidence, and self-identification in African American children.
Repr…Read More
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SUCULTURE started the topic Slaves, or Enslaved. Merchants, or Scoundrel. Saints, or Sinners. in the forum Academia, Scholarship & Researchpinned post
Introduction and timeline
Ancient Africa was not isolated from the old world.
Historical and archaeological research provides a firm understanding of the ancient trans-saharan trade, from approximately 4000 B.C (long prior to the 1st century C.E; and described as beginning with the age of African metallurgy in the case of Senegal),…Read More
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Gen-Z Talks replied to the topic The Cost of Aspiration: College Affordability, Student Debt, and the Black Gen-Z in the forum Gen Z and Millennials
Reading The Cost of Aspiration felt uncomfortably accurate.For many of us, college was presented as the escape route — out of poverty, out of instability, out of generational struggle. Nobody sat us down and explained that the escape route had ‘tolls’ that would follow us for decades. It also captures something rarely discussed: we do…Read More
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The African Monetarist replied to the topic The Cost of Aspiration: College Affordability, Student Debt, and the Black Gen-Z in the forum Gen Z and Millennials
Student debt disparities are not accidental market outcomes, but predictable consequences of historical and contemporary policy choices. Financial aid systems remain bureaucratically complex in ways that privilege students with familial institutional knowledge. This asymmetry functions as a hidden curriculum, where cultural capital determines…Read More -
The Nubian replied to the topic From Freedom Songs to Hashtags: Digital Activism and Social Justice in the forum Gen Z and Millennials
@genztalks Social media and microblogging platforms that are not focused on Black communities, are not neutral. Algorithmic systems prioritize content that drives interaction, which can inadvertently privilege polarizing, or traumatic content. This has implications for activist burnout and public discourse quality. -
Gen-Z Talks replied to the topic From Freedom Songs to Hashtags: Digital Activism and Social Justice in the forum Gen Z and Millennials
@nubian Particularly valuable is the discussion of algorithmic co-optation and surveillance capitalism. This raises a critical question: Black digital activism often relies on infrastructures owned by institutions historically indifferent or hostile to Black liberation.Digital platforms, while lowering barriers to participation, operate…Read More
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The Nubian started the topic From Freedom Songs to Hashtags: Digital Activism and Social Justice in the forum Gen Z and Millennials
From Freedom Songs to Hashtags: Digital Activism and the Evolution of Social Justice Engagement.
Abstract Digital activism has transformed how social justice movements are organized, communicated, and sustained—particularly among Black Gen-Z. Often dismissed as performative or ephemeral, online activism is in fact the latest phase of a l…Read More
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