Standing in Solidarity with The Sanders

So what are we missing? A blind man can see what is happening in the deliberate delayed or non-drafting of Shedeur Sanders by the NFL

Deion is a confident Black man who is an excellent Father who has raised his sons in his image. They, too, are confident Black men. What scares America more than confident, self reliant, Black folks, Black Men especially? Nothing!

This public rejection of Shedeur is about so much more than football. The messaging is an age old message intended to be heard and internalized by folks far beyond the Sanders family. 

This public flogging of Shedeur, Deion by extension, smacks of America's history of making sure Black folks, Black men especially, know and are kept in our place. 

This rejection of Shedeur smacks of America's history of promoting that Black men, the backbone of football, are not smart or strategic enough to be coach or quarterback. WHO is running this country? WHAT is their overall mission? WHO is their ultimate target in their relentless pursuit to return America to her previous state of "glory"?

Is not this situation reminiscent of the public humiliation and rejection of Colin Kaepernick? WHO was behind the obvious collusive efforts of the owners to make sure that never again will Colin play? So do you still think it a coincidence what we see happening to the Sanders Family? 

NONE of this is by accident. There is little this country enjoys more than tearing down Black men. While this is awful, Deion is a strong and strategic Black man. His very being is the source of ire for small and racist minds. He and his sons will be OK. They will come back strong. They are built for this...

Black folks, love Deion or hate him, do not join this bandwagon of hate against him and his children. See the larger picture and don't support the double standard applied only to us, by which we are judged and expected to quietly abide. Don’t be the crab pulling a successful Black family back into the barrel. 

As any good Father should, Deion nurtured and guided the talent of his children. Were he not Black, it would not be a problem. His confidence would not be labeled or condemned as arrogant. Conversely, it would be expected and celebrated along with the confidence of the children he raised. 

Black folks don’t be the voice or provide the convenient Black face of deflection being used solely to represent an excuse for anti-Black racist sentiment and the messaging of others. Don’t do the[ir] dirty work. Stand in unity rejecting the double standard. Support the Sanders! 

Keep your head up Shedeur! Don't let them break you. You are built for this AND we've got your back!

Black folks, let's get 'Black to the Basics', recreate and support our own sports leagues. Stand in Solidarity! IJS... 

~ Miss Higgi 

What Does Racism Mean?

This is my response to a general inquiry made by someone on a social media platform, what does racism mean to you?:

I find myself being intentional not about racism, but anti-Black racism specifically. Racism in America begins with anti-Black racism yet somehow, I'm being facetious, discussion of the Black experience in terms of acts of racism has been swallowed up in use of terms such as racism in general, multiculturalism, POC, diversity and now certainly DEI. 

Use of these other terms allow that we conveniently avoid conversations about anti-Black racism specifically. It is my hope that use of the term anti-Black racism becomes as common as anti-semitism and practice of such becomes regarded in equal contempt.

When we hear anti-semitism, we know it is in specific reference to the treatment of people of Jewish faith. When we hear racism, we're not so clear on who we're talking about. I want us to be specific on who we were talking about. 

As a Black person, I want us to clearly name the experience and effect of racism on Black people. But for us, is this even a conversation? Call us by our name when the subject is us. Stop running from talk of America's sin, Anti-Black racism. Sit in it. Be uncomfortable in it. Be honest about what it is. Make people look at themselves and fully understand who and what is the target of their disdain, sometimes their hate...