African upon Departure, Black upon Arrival – Culture as Geography

Dominant histories and realities, underpinned by colonial and capitalist forces, have produced controlling images of Black life that, as Patricia Hill Collins writes, “are designed to make racism, sexism, poverty, and other forms of social injustice appear to be natural, normal, and inevitable parts of everyday life.”¹ These images, in turn, shape the physical geographies that prescribe the conditions and possibilities of Black existence