Colonialism and the Black Diaspora
ETA: Special thanks to Roo Bish Plz for being so kind and encouraging. I appreciate it.
Let's Talk Curry
So curry is a great sauce either with a paste or powder base and it’s taste is very regional. There is green, red, and yellow and I think the most common curries are Indian (not sure regionally within India though) and Jamaican. I’m lucky to be in big city so I have access to those two plus Thai, Guyanese, Vietnamese,…
Black Nova Scotia: Rocky Jones
So I’m still working on Black Canadian History even though it’s March. I’m still working on a piece about Windsor, ON which is tough because the overarching story is the Underground Railroad which is something you (should) already know. I want to give a rounded picture of Windsor which is very rich in history beyond…
I Want Cake
I would tempt you as well but I can’t post any damn images (KINJA!!).
Africville Part 2
I tried to get an image to share but...I can’t get google to cooperate so balls.
Shrove Tuesday
Here is your reminder that it’s Shrove Tuesday. Those of you participating in Lent what are your plans? Those of you participating in Pancake Tuesday what are you making?
Africville
My intent is to go quickly summarize the history of Africville, because I believe you should know it already - it’s infamous, however I don’t know if I can be quite so brief. So we’ll see.
Bonus
For those of you following at home here is a map of Canadian Black Settlements:
Take a Seat. Are You Ready? Black Folks in Alberta! Wah?! I know!!! Y'all's Ancestors Have Been Everywhere.
That’s John Ware, born into slavery in South Carolina in the 1800's. Lived a freeman in Alberta in the mid 1800's and...wait for it....wait...introduced Longhorn cattle to Alberta! Wait. What? Oh it doesn’t stop there my friends. Ever hear of a little ol’ thing called the Calgary Stampede? Well he made steer wrestling…
Black B.C. : How American Freemen Protected BC From the US
You didn’t know...I didn’t know. Black people have history in BC. We are about to learn about this together.
Black Quebec Part Deux
Here is a link for Mathieu DaCosta:
Black Quebec and the story of Marie-Joseph Angelique
Did you know that Canada participated in the slave trade? Hahaha of course you don’t! You think Canada and you think underground railroad and freedom - Yay! Well, your not wrong. That is a part of our heritage which I will cover dead last this month. But slavery is also apart of our history too. Remember we a French…
BLack Loyalists of Nova Scotia
I am a descendent of the Black Loyalists who settled in the Annapolis and Halifax regions. Loyalists were a mixed group of Americans who allied with the British forces during the (one of your many) revolution to abolish the British State. Among the soldiers were Black Americans lured by the promise of land and the…
Relationship Whine
GroupThink is really like my sounding board. Honestly. So this could be boring but once again I need a little perspective if you’re willing to read a very long long long loooooong post.
It's Indecision Tiiiiimme....
Okay, Do I? Don’t I? Elections for the local President of my Union are coming up in December. I’ve got to decide if I’m running or not.
Inspiration Wanted
Tell me about a time or the time when you just said fuck it and began anew, just scraped it all and started from scratch. New career, new hobby, new attitude - whatever sort of major life event that put you in on a different path. What changed and why did you change and how? Where’d you find the motivation, time,…
Office Stories
So I might be turning into an office crazy but...
Who Hasn't Heard of the Black Liberation Army?
I’m listening to an NPR interview with Bryan Burrough regarding his book Days of Rage. The book is about the radical movements of the seventies and specifically the guerrilla groups like the Weather Underground and how they operated within the framework of violent radicalism. The interviewer asked about the BLA and…
Y'all Lie...
I saw Wonder Woman the other night and you all LIED. That movie was one long cliche with a Rom Com disrupting the action. *SPOILERS*
On Accident or By Accident?
Which do you use and how old are you? According to this article...