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"All my skinfolk ain't kinfolk" is a famous quote attributed to author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston --
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you probably have somebody in your ancestral line who sold out a revolution or a fucking rebellion. let's be fucking honest about this right now.
not all skinfolk are kinfolk. people use a color for a cover. and some of your ancestors were cowards.
sisi breaks down traitor energy, ancestral accountability, shadow work as a moneymaker, and why she will always sacrifice one for the whole. recorded live at 5:30am from bahia, brazil.
read the blog post at faafo.app
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and while you are here -- check out this blog post "Some Of Us Are Brave: The Archive" by https://www.theblackfoxes.com/stories/skin-folk-vs-kinfolk-- which I will copy below in the event you can access or it's removed.
"...Black people who are only Skin-folk will quickly sign up to be poster child for initiatives and the like, contempt on their throne. They’ll become the faces of copy-n-paste foundations, or join DEI panels that don’t actually do anything.
Kinfolk are in the trenches, less glamorous of course but they’re often the ones makings sure we get what we need. Kinfolk are a thankless few who without nearly half the resources, make it happen. Perhaps most iconically, you had skin-folk who maintained and played by massa’s rules. Kinfolk fought for freedom and had no qualms burning it all down.
What would make a person go against their own people, seemingly shared best interests. Honestly that answer takes more time to go over than I could ever manage. Personally, one of the biggest reasons today I feel this happens is due to the “pie mentality”.
Well what’s the pie mentality? In short, the idea that there is a finite amount of success or satisfaction in the world. Someone who does well is getting your slice of success or satisfaction. This is clearly toxic, and prevents collaboration at times you’d expect unity/solidarity. The pie mentality is a product of white supremacy, and the colonial foundations our society protects. This same pie mentality will lead skin-folk to believe they need only worry about themselves and getting theirs...."
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By courtney - sisi in brazil"All my skinfolk ain't kinfolk" is a famous quote attributed to author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston --
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you probably have somebody in your ancestral line who sold out a revolution or a fucking rebellion. let's be fucking honest about this right now.
not all skinfolk are kinfolk. people use a color for a cover. and some of your ancestors were cowards.
sisi breaks down traitor energy, ancestral accountability, shadow work as a moneymaker, and why she will always sacrifice one for the whole. recorded live at 5:30am from bahia, brazil.
read the blog post at faafo.app
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and while you are here -- check out this blog post "Some Of Us Are Brave: The Archive" by https://www.theblackfoxes.com/stories/skin-folk-vs-kinfolk-- which I will copy below in the event you can access or it's removed.
"...Black people who are only Skin-folk will quickly sign up to be poster child for initiatives and the like, contempt on their throne. They’ll become the faces of copy-n-paste foundations, or join DEI panels that don’t actually do anything.
Kinfolk are in the trenches, less glamorous of course but they’re often the ones makings sure we get what we need. Kinfolk are a thankless few who without nearly half the resources, make it happen. Perhaps most iconically, you had skin-folk who maintained and played by massa’s rules. Kinfolk fought for freedom and had no qualms burning it all down.
What would make a person go against their own people, seemingly shared best interests. Honestly that answer takes more time to go over than I could ever manage. Personally, one of the biggest reasons today I feel this happens is due to the “pie mentality”.
Well what’s the pie mentality? In short, the idea that there is a finite amount of success or satisfaction in the world. Someone who does well is getting your slice of success or satisfaction. This is clearly toxic, and prevents collaboration at times you’d expect unity/solidarity. The pie mentality is a product of white supremacy, and the colonial foundations our society protects. This same pie mentality will lead skin-folk to believe they need only worry about themselves and getting theirs...."