Our Bodies Betray Us in Tight White Spaces

I am writing this as a “go sis!” to my friend Alicia, who posted this in response to the Lecrae interview. She raises a good point, and her insight inspired this blog.

Being in a fat, Black, queer body is an isolating intersection.

My presence, though mystique, is also a critique. People who prefer external rather than internal accountability will smile in your face and put up no protest when they know you've been erased. Anti-Blackness remains the thorn and Achilles heel in every American endeavor. We can ignore it or deal with it by listening to those who have actualized themselves in a world that told them they were nothing.

I know so many black womxn, with accolades and degrees who are not given opportunities or platforms because of the ways they disrupt and expose, and in that way every space no matter how liberal can feel like a tight white space.

I wrote an 11-page academic response to Lecrae's misstep but it won't get read because of the dynamics that are at play (Alicia points…