It’s the last day of Black History Month!
I’ve always had this weird love/hate relationship with BHM because it’s a month filled with faux interest in academia and corporate America over Black folks. It’s also a month filled with Black
Let me make up a definition for this phrase that I’m sure someone else has done a better job of ……
Black Inspo-Porn noun
the act of suggesting or celebrating black suffering as an admirable component of black success.
We all know why Black Inspo-Porn is popular during Black History month. It’s so that the horrors of Black suffering in America are more palatable to the masses. It allows ancestors of oppressors to feel just a little less guilty. This is why I love History, specifically Black history.
Historical facts cannot be disputed and my favorite part of Black History is revealing the absolute truth behind the lives Blacks lived in America. And the truth hurts.
I learned this the hard way when T. Sterling Watson aka Mastermind of the Indoob podcast asked me to do research on the Tulsa Riots for an episode of his podcast.
And now it’s time for a shamless plug!
T. Sterling Watson is a genius of creative trades and can be found on Indoob.com. He’s
You can catch me
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If you want additional hard details of the Tulsa Riots and more head over to Patreon.
Yes, you have to pay. It is 2019 and we are paying our creatives! Especially, our BLACK creatives.
Side note: watch cartoons, hug your cat, and try not to mean mug white people to much after listening.