ABOUT US

BLACKnOUT has been created as a place to celebrate black achievement and history through the inspiration of our blogs, videos, pictures and apparel. Developing a narrative to get out of our own way, to begin to experience and embrace a world of legacy too often forgotten. Its time to remove the misconceptions surrounding us as a people and the black experience.

From three fifths a human to our ancestors’ wildest dreams...

We are BLACK-n-OUT

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE

BLACKnOUT?

CULTURE

Being African doesnt mean i was born in Africa. It means I have embraced my culture and acknowledged my worth. I am an African not because i was born in Africa, but because Africa is born in me.

DANCE

Why do I dance?
Dance is my medicine it is the scream that eases for a while the frustration common to all human beings based on race, creed or color are 'invisible'. Dance is the fist in which I use to fight the sickening ignorance of prejudice.

FAMILY

Just imagine how powerful the Black family would be if we put forth the effort to break generational curses that have brought about pain, suffering, struggles and resentments. We cant afford to continue passing on these behaviours. Its time to change the narritive! Trade disfunction for love, unity, encouragement and support. Black power and Black unity breeds Black Excellence. Its time to build Black generational wealth... Its our time!

MOTHER HOOD

Has faught a thousand battles... and is still standing... Has cried a thousand tears... and is still smiling. Has been broken, betrayed, abandonded, rejected and still walks proud... Laughs loud, lives without fear, loves without doubt. This woman is beautiful. This woman humble.
This is a Black Mother!

SELF LOVE

I am Black... I am Beautiful... I am Intelligent... I am Enough
Society doesnt define me. Media does NOT tell me who I am. I come form overcomers, the true definition of perserverance and strength. therefore i will accept nothing less than that for myself.

JUSTICE

WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANNEL OUR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION INTO ACTION.

#sayhername
#breonnataylor

INJUSTICE

"It comes as a great psychological collision when you realize all of these things [you see] are metaphors for your oppression, and lead into a kind of psychological welfare in which you may perish."

James Baldwin

HISTORY

The civil rigths movement begin in Montgomery and it did't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.

Julian Bend

POP CULTURE

What would the world be like if they loved Black people as much as they love Black culuture?

ANCESTORY

We are the grandchildren of the slaves you couldnt kill and the descendants of Kings and Queens you cannot stop.

COMMUNITY

When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.

Ethiopian Proverb

MEDIA

"If you're not careful the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."

Malcolm X

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POST TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS), a term coined by internationally renowned researcher Joy DeGruy, PhD, to describe the multigenerational trauma and injustices experienced by African Americans — from the dawn of slavery to the recent deaths of Black citizens at the hands of police.

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chron·i·cles

/ˈkränək(ə)l/z

noun

a factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence.

verb

record (a related series of events) in a factual and detailed way.

"A LIE HAS MANY VARIATIONS, THE TRUTH HAS NONE".

AFRICAN PROVERB

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