This one has some tears welling up in my eyes--of strength, pride, and CONNECTION.
The Irish and the African diaspora--particularly the kidnapped & enslaved families & descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade have so many threads that tie us together. While it's sorrowful that so many groups and cultures have been marginalized, eradicated/erased by the same fabricators of systems of oppression and methods of genocide: It's a beautiful reminder that we are global community..
I just watched Donnell's documentary the other night and this article it has me reflecting on some of the aspects that Donnell discussed. The oppressor's biggest fear and catalyst of empire downfalls: The unity and the unified message. The message that is counter to the culture of oppression.. And we see it throughout history: It's not just the unity that's dangerous to the oppressors.. It's the message disseminating long before the unity happens..
Anyone who hasn't seen it go watch the damn thing! The reason why the revolution isn't televised is because revolution starts in the mind and in the heart.. And when we act as our best as individuals for the collective good, we can make one helluva rebellion/resistance. We can topple empires. It starts with our hearts, and my! What fiery hearts have we! So much joy revisiting what our collective hearts can do. Next up and out of order b/c I'm playing catchup: The Irish and the Carribean!!
Yes, yes, and yes again. The connections run deeper than most know—woven through struggle, stolen land, and resistance songs that echo across oceans. Our liberation is braided. And you’re absolutely right: the threat has never just been unity—it’s the clarity of a shared message, the refusal to forget, the audacity to remember together. That’s what shakes empire. That’s what they’ve tried to bury over and over again.
Donnell’s doc lit a flame—and I’m so glad this piece added kindling to the fire already alive in your chest. We are remembering, reclaiming, and refusing to let our lineages be rewritten. So let’s keep lifting each other as we rise.
Never forget 8 September 2022, the day Black and Irish twitter finally unified. Best day of all time on the internet.
That was a good day! The memes, jokes, stories, and connections.. Core memory built in my 40s!!
It was the BEST
This one has some tears welling up in my eyes--of strength, pride, and CONNECTION.
The Irish and the African diaspora--particularly the kidnapped & enslaved families & descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade have so many threads that tie us together. While it's sorrowful that so many groups and cultures have been marginalized, eradicated/erased by the same fabricators of systems of oppression and methods of genocide: It's a beautiful reminder that we are global community..
I just watched Donnell's documentary the other night and this article it has me reflecting on some of the aspects that Donnell discussed. The oppressor's biggest fear and catalyst of empire downfalls: The unity and the unified message. The message that is counter to the culture of oppression.. And we see it throughout history: It's not just the unity that's dangerous to the oppressors.. It's the message disseminating long before the unity happens..
Anyone who hasn't seen it go watch the damn thing! The reason why the revolution isn't televised is because revolution starts in the mind and in the heart.. And when we act as our best as individuals for the collective good, we can make one helluva rebellion/resistance. We can topple empires. It starts with our hearts, and my! What fiery hearts have we! So much joy revisiting what our collective hearts can do. Next up and out of order b/c I'm playing catchup: The Irish and the Carribean!!
Yes, yes, and yes again. The connections run deeper than most know—woven through struggle, stolen land, and resistance songs that echo across oceans. Our liberation is braided. And you’re absolutely right: the threat has never just been unity—it’s the clarity of a shared message, the refusal to forget, the audacity to remember together. That’s what shakes empire. That’s what they’ve tried to bury over and over again.
Donnell’s doc lit a flame—and I’m so glad this piece added kindling to the fire already alive in your chest. We are remembering, reclaiming, and refusing to let our lineages be rewritten. So let’s keep lifting each other as we rise.
Never forget 8 September 2022, the day Black and Irish twitter finally unified. Best day of all time on the internet.
Thank you for this wonderful history of Irish liberation!
I wear green for my ancestors who would not be erased.
I wear purple for my LGBT sisters and brothers who are fighting not to be erased.
I wear white for the women's suffrage fighters who were beaten, jailed, and force fed when they were on hunger strikes.