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Black Feminism and Black Moses, Part 2

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Full disclosure: I had a serious crush on King and Malcolm X back in the day. I was infatuated by their Black radical voice and political courage. As a high school teen in a predominantly white and wealthy community, I longed for encounters with Black radical righteous indignation, which at that time predominantly came in the form of the Black male voice. Or at least that’s what was accessible to me. To be honest, I hadn’t awakened to Black feminism yet. I’m a child of the Black Church and a Black Baptist preacher. Black Moses and the Black male radical voice were Black righteous discontentment in my young mind. And it didn’t hurt that both King and X were aesthetically pleasing to my lonely Black teenage eyes in my predominately white context. One day we gone talk about how falling in love with the political mind may lead to all kinds of emotional feelings. Anyway, I used to record their speeches on cassette tapes and pop them in at night as I fell asleep. I memorized their talking points by heart. They made me feel protected, brave, and proud. However, it wasn’t until graduate school that I got to appreciate King for more than his speeches and soundbites. I got to learn about the ideas behind his speeches. The latter of which my husband and I respected so much that we named our youngest son Martin.

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