We should all be Black Feminists (Until the non-heteronormative Black woman is free, we will never be free).
Prof. Dr. Gloria Wekker & I at BE.BOP 2018: Coalitions Facing White Innocence photo credit: This post was originally published on Facebook on Monday September 17th, 2018: In my book, I write about the Combahee River Collective but I neglected to write that it was a Black Lesbian collective. I ommitted the word "lesbian" not on purpose, but because of my own ignorance embedded in my extremely heteronormative socialization and lapse in self-interrogation on how this has influenced my gaze. I now understand the violence of that omission and I apologize for this. It was something I spoke to Prof. Dr. Gloria Wekker about when I had the privilege of meeting her this past summer at BE.BOP 2018 and I had asked her how I could remedy it. This is part of this remedy - and of course it will be rectified in future printings. I'm writing about this now, because when I read the manifesto of the Combahee River Collective - the words resonated with me. There can be no liber...