Derek Chauvin was STABBED - do I care?
Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison.
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Black Canadians and Public Education by UNESCO Shows Missing Black History Education
As Clinton and I have discussed several times on this podcast, our education system is failing teaching Black History in an appropriate...
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
The Dahmer Effect
Cw: Mentions of Murder,Cannibalism and sexual assault Now that Halloween has come and gone it’s time to talk about who wore it worst? I’m...
REALLY, L'Acadie Nouvelle?
Dropping the Ball in 2022 On August 16th, L'Acadie Nouvelle, described on Wikipedia as an independent French newspaper published in...
Our Condition: Working While Black – A Documentary by TAIBU CHC
As part of my day job, I get the opportunity to support Community Health Centres and learn about their endeavours. What always fills me...
Recommitting to Sobriety and The Sober Black Girls Club
It has been almost three years since I first moved from Toronto to Ottawa, built a relationship with my father, promised I would get...
What Robert Tay-Burroughs' Stepping Down from Systemic Racism Commissioner Advisor Means
If you've been following me for a while, even outside of BlackLantic, you know that I have been extremely skeptical of the work of the...
Dissecting a Post From a Troll
On our page, one specific man has continued to comment on our posts about how we are the actual racists because we hate white people....
Two Years Since the Death of George Floyd, Weeks since the Buffalo Supermarket Shooting
May 25th marked the two year anniversary of the night we watched a police officer ecstatically murdering a man in the streets, on camera,...
Micro racism is still racism.
Things like making fun of an accent, making jokes about cultural stereotypes, referring to individuals as a food associated with their...
The Blackened Room
open the door step inside the contours of your fear caress the warp in your perception that braids devastation to your cranium tight like...
Black designers who made Fashion Art Toronto innovative
This week I had the honour to both model at and attend Fashion Art Toronto. Fashion Art Toronto, directed by Vanja Vasic, is now the most...
Skin Folk Isn't Kin Folk
I hate writing about problems I have with other people who are also racialized. It feels like I shouldn't complain about my brothers or...
If there’s WHITE people and BLACK people … then why aren’t I GREY?
(originally published Dec 9th, 2021) Words. Word words, words. Why do we use them? What do they mean? Who teaches us their meaning, and...
Who is “White” Anyway?
In a recent conversation with some (white) friends, I was asked who I thought was “white” and admittedly I was stumped. I sure know I am...
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Savannah Thomas
- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Image Edition
For the past few years, I have been on a self-confidence journey, and while the first few years were unsuccessful this past summer was a...
Savannah Thomas
- Mar 10, 2022
- 3 min
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Ode to my Hair
My relationship with my hair has always been a rocky one. As a young child, I had these long dark curls that would spring into perfect...
Savannah Thomas
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: 1038
When I was growing up; discussions about the police were minimal. I knew they were there to “Protect and Serve” but didn’t fully...
Savannah Thomas
- Jan 30, 2022
- 3 min
Chroniques d’une fille métisse : édition de la noirceur.
PUBLIÉ LE 26 NOVEMBRE 2021 PAR SAVANNAH THOMAS La première fois que j’ai réalisé que je n’étais pas blanche, j’étais assise dans ma...
Savannah Thomas
- Jan 30, 2022
- 2 min
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Blackness Edition
The first time I realized I wasn’t white; I was sitting in my third-grade math class. My teacher called on me to answer the question,...
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