Author: Starlette Thomas, Race Abolitionist

Seeking to lead words and people to their highest and most authentic expression, I am the principal architect of a race/less world.

Wakanda Forever: On the death of Chadwick Boseman and why “the Black Panther lives”

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Yesterday, the world learned that Chadwick Boseman, also known as the Black Panther, though he played Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood and several others, was battling stage 4 colon cancer.  We learned that he was really fighting for his life while playing a superhero that inspired persons of African descent to dress up in African […]

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Game over: Athletes prove they are not playing with police brutality

.Reading time 6 minutes.

  If some people didn’t get the message of the protests against police brutality, with persons around the world marching down city streets and country roads after the death of George Floyd, then the athletes of the WNBA, the NBA, and MLS are repeating it loud and clear.  Lebron James tweeted, “Enough is enough” and […]

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A force to be reckoned with

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.” | James Baldwin Pushing back on society’s image of you takes strength, discipline and conviction.  There is no easy way out, no clearly marked and accessible option other than the racialized ones.  You will […]

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Living the Dream: Seeing a Raceless Human Being

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“There is a dream in the land.  With its back against the wall.  To save the dream for one, it must be saved for all.” | Langston Hughes Back against the wall and faced with brick headed people, I will go forward, no matter what is pressed against me, no matter how close hatred gets […]

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