Black History Month is wonderful. But the best thing about our history is that it’s not going anywhere. It’ll be there for us whenever we need it. But the present? That can slip through our hands like water if we don’t pay attention—water that can thin the “gumbo” and dilute its flavor.
So, for the next twenty-eight days, I propose we kick off a celebration of Black Present Month by gifting ourselves with wonderful creations by inspired artists and writers currently putting pen to paper and digit to keyboard. What’s out there now that we can pluck from the shelves or add to our feeds?
And for those of us who feel the drive to create as well as consume? Well, a Black Future Month is in order. The pot’s waiting.
Throw something new in it.
Cheryl Lynn “Digital Femme” Eaton
Cheryl Lynn is the founder of the Ormes Society, an organization supporting black female comics creators, characters, and consumers. Her work has been invaluable to the development of the Black Creators category at the Women in Comics Wiki, and I support her proposal 100%.
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But that’s just it. It won’t be there whenever we need it. It’s already disappearing. I say we do both.
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