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Cartagena: the Blackest city you never heard of

Descend upon Cartagena and first take note of its humble skyline. Feeble grasps at the height of a city’s ego, its own meager measure of…

May 15, 2019

Cartagena: the Blackest city you never heard of

May 15, 2019

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Fred Hampton vs. Judas & the Black Messiah

Soooo… I’m glad we finally got a movie on a grassroots revolutionary buuut…

Mar 28, 2021

Fred Hampton vs. Judas & the Black Messiah

Mar 28, 2021

Thunder vs. Lightning

When the Tank rolled over the Golden Boy and made him flattened mettle

Jul 11, 2023

Thunder vs. Lightning

Jul 11, 2023

The wind and the water take selfies in my mirror

pardon the rivers on my face but I’ve seen too many meet their funerals

Jan 30, 2021

Jan 30, 2021

When we say Abolish PolICE here’s what we mean

I live across the street from a former housing project in New Orleans. It’s now turned into “mixed income housing.” There’s a police jeep…

Nov 3, 2020

When we say Abolish PolICE here’s what we mean

Nov 3, 2020

(black) thoughts of a middle class comeuppance but then wary…

lest you be lassoed by the hood boy/ be noosed back to the wretched limbs of your family tree / lest all you try ghosting come back haunt…

Feb 17, 2020

Feb 17, 2020

The only business the US has in Iran is the business of imperialism as usual

War is big business. PERIODT. It’s never about patriotism. It’s never about nationalism. It’s never about pride in your homeland, father…

Jan 28, 2020

The only business the US has in Iran is the business of imperialism as usual

Jan 28, 2020

No Reforming the Capitalist State: The Fight for Genuine Socialism

What’s Capitalism?

Nov 12, 2019

No Reforming the Capitalist State: The Fight for Genuine Socialism

Nov 12, 2019

The Watermarks We Drown In: Part II

When I’m eleven in the sixth grade I learn the weight of a Tupperware lunch case. Correction: I learn the weight of a Tupperware lunch…

Oct 22, 2019

The Watermarks We Drown In: Part II

Oct 22, 2019

The Watermarks We Drown In: Part I

The other night I found out that my Great Grandmother’s brother was a hustler named Romalus. Heard he was the man when it came to running…

Oct 16, 2019

The Watermarks We Drown In: Part I

Oct 16, 2019

A Scribe Called Quess

A Scribe Called Quess

The Ellisonian Basement is a collection of my writings on Blackness & visibility in the post-modern world, OR Duboisian double consciousness under surveillance.

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