His Walk, His Hair, His Fucking Little Waist

His walk, his hair, his fucking little waist 🥵

‘A son for a son’ cursed vs wholesome

sorry in advance for this edit

Black Panther Wakanda Forever was a beautiful representation about how people of color are pit against each other because of hurt and pain caused by colonialism and the fear of it.

Too often we treat oppression as if it is a competition. Who has suffered more, whose history was the roughest, who receives more compassion or hate from the rest of the world. And even when we try to work together often we don’t want to bend in our ways or be open in order to understand another or communicate/listen effectively to come to an agreement on how we can stand together.

In this movie, the UN and the CIA were of course a threat to the protagonists, but they truly didn’t even have to intervene directly. The mere threat of exploitation and colonization was enough to nearly drive Talokan and Wakanda into a frenzy and start fighting one another and hurting each other. And sometimes we get so caught up in the hurt and the vengeance until we’re bleeding out with our hands around each other’s throats and we pause to think “why are we even doing this to each other?”

Ultimately it’s pointless, the endless cycle of pain and hurt and for what? That’s what the colonizers want. The UN/CIA knew nothing about Talokan, but if Wakanda and Talokan had wiped each other out, they would’ve loved nothing more than to sweep up and exploit the vibranium resources left behind without having to do any of the dirty work. Shuri realized that being consumed with vengeance wasn’t going to help anybody, and the fear/threat of losing more loved ones was only going to get more people hurt. It killed Killmonger and it was killing Shuri, Namor and their people. The very people they were trying to protect. They both saw the beauty in each other’s cultures, and they knew it was worth dying to protect, but not like this. Why should they tear each other down like this when they have both fought such hardship to thrive?

Originally Talokan saw Wakanda’s act of opening their borders as a threat against themselves, but it was the fear of what the colonizers would do, and yet Talokan attacked Wakanda for it. In the end, their perspective shifted, and Wakanda also chose to respect their decision to remain a closed culture.

We celebrate each other’s differences in their cultural uniqueness, and we come together to unite over our values in order to support one other.

The only way we stand a chance against the effects of colonization and the systems set in place today is if we continue to find ways to support one another and stand together, instead of doing the work for the oppressors and tearing each other down.

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!!

To all my Black followers, I am wishing you lots of love and celebration. Let's all take this time to appreciate our melanin and our cultures. To express our blackness loudly and unapologetically. We have every right to be proud of ourselves and our accomplishments and the fact that we are all alive another day.

All of you are worth far more than one month of celebration. We are worth being celebrated and loved everyday single day, not only by the world but by ourselves as well. Black people go through so much on a daily basis, so celebrate getting passed all the shit you have made it through to get here today. Celebrate everything you have done even the little things.

We are beautiful. We are smart. We are talented. We are inventors. We are strong. We are revolutionary. We are proud.

And a message for all my non-Black followers. Please be mindful of this importance that this month. It is not just a celebration, but a month for education and respect.

Learn about the Black history the school system failed to teach. Learn it, understand it, and most importantly share it with others.

Remember to speak up and not for.

Be an good ally not only this month, but every month.

Be an ally to our queer Black brothers and sisters.

Be an ally to our trans Black brothers and sisters.

Be an ally to our non binary and genderfluid folk

Be an ally to our curvy Black folk and out skinny ones.

Be an ally to our Black folk with a disability, mental or physical.

Be an ally to ALL Black people.

This month isn't about any individual. It's about all Black people, not just those who fit the "norm". Remember that.

Now stay happy, healthy, and hydrated 💕💕

Listening to the how to train your dragon soundtrack is not enough... I need to eat it.