Today I am so frustrated with my Black community worldwide because it seems like my community refuses to do the work of decolonization of their lives and their mindset around disability even though Krip-Hop Nation has been doing the work for twenty five years. It’s hard to see Black activists and Black musicians from the US to Africa still using the outdated mindset of disability and many have foundations that supposedly to help people with disability but how can you do that when your mindset is outdated and you see people that you are trying to serve as a charity cases? What makes the above so painful is that these individuals and their foundations take up so much space and time and money that the rest of us who are doing the real work and groups like Krip-Hop almost never get the attention and support and funding to change that horrible mindset especially in our Black community here in the United States and in the African Diaspora! All that Krip-Hop Nation can do is keep doing our work. It’s funny that Krip-Hop just had a wonderful international meeting but seven hours later I can witness how our work is so small compared to people who have the microphone but not the right mindset and some refuse our education because it would mean changing how they think and do their work but now I know that the system wants it that way! It’s just hard to realize all of this and continue to keep doing the work!
Another day
Leroy
