You Owe Me What Was Always Mine

Brianna Cuffie

Repair means returning the slaveholding records your ancestors have passed down, family to family, generation by generation. It means uncovering and atoning for crimes committed long ago. The gaps in my genealogy are not the fault of my parents nor my elders; they are – in a multitude of ways – the fault of white people past and present.

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Conversation is NOT Enough

What happened last Wednesday started at home. A lot of y’alls brothers (& sisters), sons (& daughters), nephews (& nieces), uncles (& aunts), cousins and friends were either at the Capitol on…

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Repair Begins in Your Backyard

The argument for reparations has always centered around U.S. governmental complicity; in fact, countless economic effects of racism can be traced to local, state, and federal laws designed to keep…

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At the Intersection of Black History Month, Mental Health and Racial Healing

Therapy has made a tremendous difference. As a Black woman, I take a risk in affirming this. While white people have embraced models of therapy for generations, mental health is still a bit of a taboo topic in Black communities. Historically, it hasn’t been safe to talk about “our business,” to admit that we struggle; this is especially true with mental illness, and with regard to discussing it with white people.

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