Black Consciousness

If you think you’re ‘woke’ you’re not.

race vibes, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people

If you think you’re ‘woke’ you’re not.

i can't stand the term 'woke'. But i get the meaning behind it and sometimes we need to use words we don't like, simply because that's is how the majority of people will understand what we're talking about. But anytime i ever use the word 'woke' [which is really hardly ever if i can help it] i give it a huge disclaimer [something along the lines of "i hate this word"] and always use the [...]

By brettfish|2017-04-19T10:20:04+02:00April 19th, 2017|race vibes, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|1 Comment

I Write What I Like – Steve Biko: Part History and Heroes

A further extract from the same chapter as the last one i shared, this one looks at the history that is taught and the need for young black men and women to have stories and heroes they can relate to: One writer makes the point that in an effort to destroy completely the structures that had been built up in the African Society and to impose their imperialism with an unnerving totality the colonialists were [...]

By brettfish|2019-09-12T16:35:25+02:00June 9th, 2015|pain and Hope, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, what i am reading|2 Comments