by Dr. Herukhuti As the surge in protests, looting, and uprising occurred several months ago, close friends and colleagues, unbeknownst to each other, asked me the same question, “do you think this is it?” By it, they were referring to a change that would fundamentally transform the society. Being known as a revolutionary scholar, IContinueContinue reading “Reparations or Revolution, There Are Decisions to Make on All Sides”
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7 Reasons Not to Call Someone A Hotep
By Dr. Herukhuti Recently, I’ve noticed an uptick in progressive Black folks and others using the Kemetic word “hotep” to label and critique other Black folks who promote a brand of Black nationalism or cultural nationalism that is frequently rooted in the cisheteropatriarchy of white supremacy and Western thought while purporting to be antagonistic toContinueContinue reading “7 Reasons Not to Call Someone A Hotep”
Chickens, Please Come Home to Roost: The Clintons and Black People
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”
New Study: Religious Counseling Underserves Suicidal Black Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals
by Dr. Herukhuti Black people don’t do therapy. It’s an often held belief rooted in reality. For many reasons, people of African descent consume mental health services from psychologists, psychiatrists and other psychotherapists at lower rates than white folks i.e., people of European descent. Because we disproportionately experience greater levels of economic violence and inequality, weContinueContinue reading “New Study: Religious Counseling Underserves Suicidal Black Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals”
Black Queer Activism and the History/Future of HIV Prevention
Dr Herukhuti’s Opening Remarks at Black Queer Activism and HIV Event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, November 2013 Welcome everyone to tonight’s panel discussion on Black Queer Activism and HIV. Thank you Steven Fullwood, In the Life Archives, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, and Schomburg Center for Research in BlackContinueContinue reading “Black Queer Activism and the History/Future of HIV Prevention”