It's not a crime to call a Coconut a Coconut

Professor Kehinde Andrews explains why the terms Coconut, House Negro, Coon and Uncle Tom are vital expressions of Black political thought that should be celebrated and not policed. Drawing on work in his book 'The Psychosis of Whiteness' this is a handy guide through the use of the words complete with many examples.

Marieha Hussain lost her job and charged with a racially aggravated public order offence for carrying a placard at pro-Palestine rally that rightly called Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman a pair of coconuts. They are by no means the only ones in Conservative party in UK or on the global political scene. Support her campaign at https://www.cage.ngo/campaigns/suppor...

Ben Obese-Jecty, who is running to be a conservative MP, has had more than one person arrested for calling attention to his cooning behaviour.

Enough is enough, this criminalising of Black political thought needs to stop. It is racist to shut down Black political thought, not to call out those who dance, shuck and jive their way to so called success https://make-it-plain.org/2021/02/19/...