by Jessica Dunston | Jun 25, 2021 | Blackness, Healing, Race, Spirituality
I am a hoodoo. My ancestral roots in this country are NC, SC, VA. People of the land. My ancestors are a mixture of predominantly West African, Central African, even some Southern African peoples, along with a bit of Lumbee Native American Tribe, and of course...
by Jessica Dunston | Feb 8, 2021 | Blackness, Education, Healing, Love, Uncategorized, Womanisms
So… Since the win and successful transition into the 46th presidency of the United States, Joe Biden restarted the conversation on getting our beloved ancestor known as Harriet Tubman, to replace known racist Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. For those who may not...
by Jessica Dunston | Jan 21, 2021 | Blackness, Healing, Politics, Race, Reflection, Society
As we move through inauguration week, there are and will be many things to reflect on. This new administration is monumental and groundbreaking in certain ways, at least visually or performatively. We of course still have not yet seen most of these individuals...
by Jessica Dunston | Nov 5, 2018 | Blackness, Politics, Race, Society
I wanted to take some time out to discuss a very unassuming yet important thing. The Black vote. It’s a mythical thing that simultaneously does and does not exist and is a thing of ultimate power, apparently. To hear everybody else tell it. In almost all angles,...
by Jessica Dunston | Nov 3, 2018 | Blackness, Race
In a recent opinion piece in the Daily News, Alexis Grenell attempts to blame white supremacy and racist violence on Minister Louis Farrakhan….. Ya know… I’m just a little over it when it comes to ways in which some Jewish people overstep a very...
by Jessica Dunston | Jun 25, 2018 | Blackness, Healing, Newark
Things you need to stop saying: The Black family is broken. XYZ is a threat to the Black family. The Black community is broken. Black love is broken. What you need to say instead, because it’s what’s actually true: My family is jacked...
