Category: black

• A Week of Thoughts #12

  

  Attempted murder in the US, murder in the UK.

  crushball

  April 28, 2023

  black, blackness, creative non fiction, critic, non-fiction, opinion

  creativenonfiction, critic, Kansas, Metpolice, nonfiction, Peckham, RalphYarl, thoughtcollections

• ENCORE: EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

  

  I’m somewhere in Europe this week, let’s hope it goes far better than it did two years ago.

  crushball

  February 24, 2023

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, untoldstories

  blackbritain, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, critic, europe, nonfiction, Racism, reflection

• A week of thoughts #2

  

  Strangers in the house and Gym culture (and clutching for straws)

  crushball

  May 12, 2022

  black, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, family, feelings, god, Grandma, lessons, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, untoldstories

  creativenonfiction, family, god, gym, gymculture, nonfiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, untoldstories, work

• Being Tired Can Change Everything

  

  Youtube, good exhaustion, child Q, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe/Annosheh Ashoori

  crushball

  March 17, 2022

  black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, journalism, London, non-fiction, opinion, Racism, reflection, tired, untoldstories, untoldstories, work

  AnooshehAshoori, black, ChildQ, creativenonfiction, feelings, god, hope, London, NazaninZaghariRatcliffe, new, nonfiction, Personal, Racism, reflection, stories, thoughts, unfiltered, youtube

• Stories from the 2021

  

  I’m bloody tired

  crushball

  December 31, 2021

  acceptance, black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, newyear, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  2021, 2022, acceptance, black, Blackbrits, creativenonfiction, dreams, feelings, god, hope, lessons, life, newyear, newyearsresolutions, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, unfiltered, values

• A week of thoughts #1

  

  It feels awkward, suspicious to be someone of few opinions.

  crushball

  November 8, 2021

  anti-vaxxers, black, blackbritain, blackness, Coronavirus, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, fiction, non-fiction, opinion, passive, personalanechdote, reddit, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, untoldstories, work

  antivaxxers, black, Coronavirus, creativenonfiction, diary, feelings, nature, nonfiction, opinion, Personal, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, thoughts, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories

• Don’t forget…

  

  My Grandma has Dementia, but somehow that’s done nothing for my own memory.

  crushball

  September 27, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, Dementia, Disease, emotions, family, feelings, god, Grandma, Grandparents, lessons, livingwithgrandparents, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, Dementia, family, god, Memory, nonfiction, Personal, Promises, Religion, stories, thoughts, Trust

• Black People are Real People

  

  A fully alive, fully outstretched black person taking up as much space as they need is the most frightening black person, so be scary.

  crushball

  August 30, 2021

  advice, black, blackness, ElijahMcClain, feelings, lessons, non-fiction, Racism, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  advice, adviceandcritic, black, blackness, creativenonfiction, ElijahMcClain, feelings, institutionalracism, Multifaceted, nonfiction, Personal, Policebrutality, Racism, stories, thoughts, twoyears, unfiltered

• EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

  

  They just watched us get darker and darker, welcoming in the deeper glow, disgusted. But what could they do?

  crushball

  August 8, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, nonfiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection

• Black Tragedy: One Familiar Story of Blackness

  

  His story isn’t unique to him. The details may be, but the overall portrait of his circumstances lend themselves to the narratives of black people murdered by the streets all over.

  crushball

  July 10, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, guncrime, institutionalracism, knifecrime, non-fiction, Racism, youth

  blackbritain, institutionalracism, knifecrime, nonfiction, Racism, reflection, youth