The Closest I Can Get to Understanding the Black Experience

A response to the article “When I Visualize Slavery, This Is Literally What It Looks Like” by Ezinne Ukoha

All Oppression is Connected is a wall painting by Kenyan artist Jim Chuchu, inspired by the poetry of Jamaican artist Staceyann Chin.

I originally wrote this response October 14, 2022. I wanted to publish as a standalone piece because of the importance of the topic to me and the intersectionality it discusses. We so…