By Dr. Herukhuti One of the most controversial statements Malcolm X made was his response to the murder of an imperialist, white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchal US president whose public image had been spun into a liberal friend of Black people, John F. Kennedy. According to Abayomi Azikiwe in an article for Global Research: “In March of 1964,ContinueContinue reading “Chickens, Please Come Home to Roost: The Clintons and Black People”
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The Hypocrisy of Gender Segregation at Mosques – but not during interfaith events
In Memoriam for a Dear Mentor and Friend: Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé
By Dr. Herukhuti UPDATE: Dr. Herukhuti will be guest editing a special issue of the Journal of Bisexuality on the life and work of Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé. For more information, please visit the journal’s website here. To those who wondered why we’ve been silent the last several weeks, this will shed some light onContinueContinue reading “In Memoriam for a Dear Mentor and Friend: Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé”
What’s Happening at CCSS – Winter 2016
2015 Recap Last year was an incredibly productive period for the Center for Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality (CCSS). Our webjournal reached tens of thousands of people in 113 countries, territories, and nations around the world with articles by activists, thought leaders, artists and healers such as Andrea Jenkins (poet, oral historian, and trans activist) andContinueContinue reading “What’s Happening at CCSS – Winter 2016”
Collard Greens, Christianity and Colonization
By Dr. Herukhuti Millions of Black folks will be eating black-eyed peas and collard greens over the next 24 hours as a part of the new year African tradition in the Americas. We do this to maintain our connection with our ancestors and elders, heritage and as a ritual of positive attraction i.e., drawing forthContinueContinue reading “Collard Greens, Christianity and Colonization”
Policing Black Male Bodies: Tamir Rice and Odell Beckham Jr.
By Dr. Herukhuti They said he was big for his age of 12 years. Too big. That he wore oversized clothing. It was reasonable for a grown man, a police officer with a gun, an equally armed partner and the power of the State to shoot him within seconds of meeting him. Tamir Rice wasContinueContinue reading “Policing Black Male Bodies: Tamir Rice and Odell Beckham Jr.”
Miles Brock, Yusaf Mack and the Black Bisexual Men’s Moment
By Dr. Herukhuti Miles Brock and Yusaf Mack. Where do I begin to speak my part of the conversation about these two Black bisexual men? I asked myself that question as I struggled for a week to write this article. It was a new sense of discursive constipation for me—someone who can crank out anContinueContinue reading “Miles Brock, Yusaf Mack and the Black Bisexual Men’s Moment”
Ankhing Sexual Energy
From the source: Ankhing Sexual Energy “Egyptian Sexual Energy and the Orgasm It was believed in ancient Egypt that the orgasm was the key to eternal life, and that it was intimately connected with the chakra system. A chakra is an energy vortex connected to the entire human energy field, and the Universal Heart ChakraContinueContinue reading “Ankhing Sexual Energy”
Tamir Rice Murder Was Justifiable and Christopher Columbus Has Holiday
By Dr. Herukhuti A 12-year old Black boy, plays with a toy gun in a park. Police arrive to the scene in response to a report that a man is threateningly brandishing a gun in public. Within seconds, one of the police officers shoots the boy, killing him–no warning or opportunity to establish the circumstances. Later,ContinueContinue reading “Tamir Rice Murder Was Justifiable and Christopher Columbus Has Holiday”
Azealia Banks Exposes Monosexism Among White Gay Men
By Dr. Herukhuti What happens when a bisexual person uses the F-word? The gay social media world goes ballistic. Why? Because only gay men suffer the trauma of childhood taunts, schoolyard bullying and challenges to their masculinity and manhood codified in the word faggot, right? Azealia Banks, a talented, hip hop artist from Harlem, findsContinueContinue reading “Azealia Banks Exposes Monosexism Among White Gay Men”