Black History Month

Panelists discussed student athlete compensation but also dug in on how the events and conflicts may reflect broader social issues.

“We decolonize our imagination when we recognize that resistance has always been in us, even in the music that we play,” he said. 

To me, Black Radical Imagination is a portal to a future that hasn’t existed collectively but has likely existed in the minds of our ancestors for centuries.

For my Black Radical Imagination, I escape to a place where I see the poems, prayers, and promises of Black people before me who envisioned a radically different future.

In my world, we stand on a land where our humanity is valued without the need for validation. We do not go far for validation unless we need it for parking.

I believe that we must defy the ills of our reality by imagining a society free of what has oppressed our beings. Our defiance of reality will be rewarded with a society where love is abundant, and everybody can be what they want to be.