Back to Black Futurism

September 13, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Anti-Racism, Melanin Deficiency & You

This is why I love Black futurism, or Afrofuturism: It allows an honest inspection of the past in order to re-imagine the future. Afrofuturism evaluates the past and future to create better conditions for the present generation of Black people through the use of technology, art, music, and literature.

Back to School, Back to Black Futurism

September 06, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Activism in Education, Anti-Racism

What the Republicans have used to fear-monger and rabble-rouse whites naturally signals what I’d like to take as a moment of hope for the U.S: the more we educate all people, most especially Black and peoples of color, the brighter our collective futures will be.