#Freeblackmotherhood isn’t about gentle parenting or rasing children. #Freeblackmotherhood is a framework that says mothers and mothering people must invest in themselves and heal before they can raise anyone effectively.
A. Rochaun
It’s the work that must be done BEFORE quality parenting.
FreeBlackMotherhood asserts that mothering and caretaking should be honest, intersectional, and often contradictory. It's a conversation that prioritizes the Black mothering experience but offers value beyond the limits of caretaking status, race, and gender.
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#Freeblackmotherhood says we must be healed/healing humans before we can be effective caretakers consciously raising healed children.
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#Freeblackmotherhood acknowledges that legacies of white supremacy, settler colonialism, capitalism, and homophobia/transphobia leave some parents with more access to the resources & space to heal than others.
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#Freeblackmotherhood argues that ALL people, regardless of identity, suffer under these systems, whether directly or indirectly.
And unless mothering and caretaking people have the chance to heal and systems of oppression are dismantled, communities will remain disconnected and unhealthy.
Portrayals of mothering and caretaking aren’t complex enough.
