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On the ascension of bell hooks

Wednesday, December 15, 2021…11:08 pm

2 min readDec 17, 2021

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On the ascension of bell hooks

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Latrina Kelly-James

Whiteness is burning: From Black Wall Street to Minneapolis, Our Souls Will Be Free

May 31, 1921: Black Wall Street, an all Black American, economically independent community, was set on fire by White supremacists who…

4 min readMay 31, 2020

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Whiteness is burning: From Black Wall Street to Minneapolis, Our Souls Will Be Free

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Latrina Kelly-James

Chopping Down Apple Trees: Chauvin Verdict, Black Joy and Dismantling law and order

Every part of me wanted to see joy in today’s verdict. I really wanted to conjure full on joy. But a 15-year old Black girl named Makiah…

5 min readApr 21, 2021

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Chopping Down Apple Trees: Chauvin Verdict, Black Joy and Dismantling law and order

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Latrina Kelly-James

Screaming to be heard: My Maternal Health Story (part of it)

I was literally screaming.

4 min readApr 12, 2019

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Screaming to be heard: My Maternal Health Story (part of it)

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Latrina Kelly-James

You’ve Lamented, Now Be Free

Open Letter to all my peeps on the day of your constructed Doom’s Day (Obama Farewell)

2 min readJan 20, 2017

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Latrina Kelly-James

A Thank you Note to Queen Sugar on this day, 11/9/16

In the past 24 hours we watched the inevitable. This new era of overt racism, out of its proverbial shadows and back into the light. It…

3 min readNov 10, 2016

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Latrina Kelly-James

Latrina Kelly-James

Latrina Kelly-James is a proud Black woman who chooses joy. She is a wife and mother of two beautifully Black daughters, and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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