Abstract

 
 
 
 The negation of Black people is pervasive in the historical genealogy of white supremacy. Black society, and Blackness, as defined and fabricated by Western thought and action, exists in “outer-space” (Sexton, 2011). However, white constructs of Blackness are merely that—constructs. This piece acts in three parts: 1) an intellectual conversation with scholarly thought holders, 2) a space of personal reflection and interpersonal dialogue, and 3) pieces of prose and imagery that embody various forms of Blackness. This piece explores Black clairvoyance through examples of Black youth identities, social movement politics and practices, and affirmations of our creations, sacred spaces, and rituals. Our praxes are visible in our daily gestures even as we hold trauma—sometimes informal or episodic—but always seeped in love, creativity, ancestry, and spirituality, existing as moments of movement and healing resistance.
 
 
 
Highlights
The negation of Black people is pervasive in the historical genealogy of white supremacy
I was sure at that moment that was his spirited dialogue one of clairvoyance, but that he embodied the presence of past lives and future ancestry
Inspired by my comrades in the Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), a member-based activist organization dedicated to Black liberation through a Black Queer Feminist lens, and my work as one of the founders of BYP100’s Healing & Safety Council, join me in seeing and remembering all of the ways we affirm each other, our creations, our spiritual clairvoyance, and ourselves
Summary
Black people face profuse constrictions and suppositions, yet we survive. Toni Cade Bambara reminds us that English is not our native language; we are limited by its inadequacy to express our essence. White constructs of life and being do not belong to us, nor do they hold us.
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