#blacknames — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #blacknames, aggregated by home.social.
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"Black naming practices, so often impugned by mainstream society, are themselves an act of resistance. Our last names belong to the white people who once owned us. That is why the insistence of many Black Americans, particularly those most marginalized, to give our children names that we create, that are neither European nor from Africa, a place we have never been, is an act of self- determination." Nikole Hannah-Jones #1619project #blacknames #blackhistory #transnames #1619 #blackpower
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"Black naming practices, so often impugned by mainstream society, are themselves an act of resistance. Our last names belong to the white people who once owned us. That is why the insistence of many Black Americans, particularly those most marginalized, to give our children names that we create, that are neither European nor from Africa, a place we have never been, is an act of self- determination." Nikole Hannah-Jones #1619project #blacknames #blackhistory #transnames #1619 #blackpower