Affirmations for Black men (35+)
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Affirmations for Black men
- Allow yourself to grieve for loss at the hands of white supremacy and anti-Black racism.
- Allow yourself to receive Black love from a Black person you trust.
- Ask a Black person you care about, “what is the best way that I can support you?” and listen.
- Ask the Black people in your life if they feel valued.
- Build an altar honoring the ancestors and trancestors who have fought and loved hard enough for you to exist.
- Celebrate the successes of Black folks in your life
- Celebrate your successes.
- Cook a dish that includes an ingredient that has supported the survival of Black folks.
- Create a Black love playlist.
- Create a gratitude list of things you appreciate about your Black life.
- Create a space for Black youth in your life to process about being Black.
- Create spaces and events that affirm and support Black parents in fully participating with their children.
- Define what success means to you.
- Describe your Blackness into the future.
- Detach yourself from social media outlets that devalue Black life.
- Don’t deny that anti-black racism does not exist.
- Don’t deny that internalized anti-black racism does not exist.
- Don’t propagate content created by white people sharing Black folx ex
- Donate money to bail funds that support BlackLivesMatter protesters rising up against police brutality.
- Every part of me is beautiful
- Everybody respects me
- Everyone loves me
- Go on a joy date with a Black elder in your life.
- Go on a joy date with a Black young person in your life.
- Go to a karaoke night and sing songs that honor Black life.
- Honor a part of your body you have not noticed in a while.
- Honor the inherent value of all Black life including folks who are disabled, incarcerated, immigrants, queer, trans, fat, sick, old and young.
- Host a community skillshare where Black folks can share strategies around combating state-sanctioned violence.
- I accept a healthy body
- I accept a healthy mind
- I accept a healthy relationship with everyone
- I accept abundance
- I accept honesty
- I accept joy
- I accept myself for who I am
- I am a good person
- I am a great person
- I am a magnet of success
- I am a positive person
- I am a product of peace and righteousness
- I am a strong black man who deserves all the good things in life
- I am beautiful
- I am better than I was yesterday
- I am bigger than my circumstances
- I am bigger than social pressure
- I am blessed
- I am comfortable with my own skin
- I am compassion
- I am courageous
- I am disciplined
- I am fearless
- I am filled with happiness
- I am filled with joy
- I am filled with love for myself
- I am focused
- I am grateful for everything the universe has blessed me with
- I am happy
- I am intelligent
- I am proud of my culture
- I am proud of my upbringing
- I am proud of myself
- I am strong
- I am successful and everyone knows it
- I am the hero of my own story
- I am worthy of love
- I believe in myself
- I define my individuality
- I deserve to be loved
- I give and receive love
- I have a strong will power
- I have a vision and I work for it
- I have decided to stick with love
- I have everything that I desire
- I inhale confidence and exhale doubts
- I respect everything and everyone in my life
- I work hard to achieve my goal
- I worth everything I desire
- Identify ways you are complicit in violence against Black people.
- If you have money, send it to Black-led organizations that center the voices and brilliance of the most marginalized Black folx.
- Indulge in selfies of your Black royalty.
- Indulge in three pleasures you have postponed.
- Join nearly 200,00 people who have taken the pledge to stand with the Movement for Black Lives.
- Learn what you have internalized about Black lives and shift what causes harm.
- List five ways you plan to be nurtured and taken cared of in the next 6 months.
- Make a list of friends who nurture your Black life .
- Make a recipe book of survival strategies that you and your community have leaned into in times of fear and violence.
- Make a scrapbook of the legacy of Black freedom you come from.
- Mastrubate !!!!
- My black skin is beautiful
- My body is a gift and I love it
- My love and positivity brings me joy and happiness
- My mistakes are stepping stones for success
- My skin glows
- People are attracted to me instantly
- People are fond of my skin
- People around me are supportive
- People around me encourage me
- People love me for who I am
- Post a photo of your younger self, honor where you have come from and where you are headed.
- Practice receiving compliments from folks you trust.
- Practice saying “NO” to things and people who do not affirm Black life.
- Read a book honoring Black herstories.
- Read books celebrating Black transstories.
- Recall a compliment someone offered you about your Black life, savor in it.
- Recognize, name and transform the ways you benefit from anti-Blackness.
- Record your voice affirming your own worth and value. Play it when you need.
- Release an old habit that does not affirm your Blackness.
- Schedule a friendship date with a Black person you love.
- Send postcards to five Black friends who live in another state, affirming their Black life.
- Stargaze and send a wish out to Black liberation for every star you see.
- Study the legacy of Black ancestors who have cultivated their imagination to fight for Black freedom.
- Support actions against sexual assault of Black trans women
- Support anti-oppression practices and principles in your community.
- Support Black cis men in taking action against sexual assault
- Surprise a Black person you know with a gift that honors their humanity.
- Surprise your Black co-worker with a gift honoring their resilience and resistance in the workplace.
- Take one action today towards a dream you have for your Black life.
- Take yourself to a sacred space and savor the solitude of silence and stillness.
- Tell a Black person in your life that you love them and tell them why.
- Tell a Black person in your life you love them just because they exist.
- Thank you universe for everything
- Things that make me different are things that make me ME.
- Trade books about radical Black imagination with a friend.
- Upcycle a shirt and engrave/screenprint/sharpie/sew-in a quote on it that reminds you of your Black power.
- Use your platform and raise awareness for the #BlackLivesMatter movement
- Visit and volunteer at local community garden stewarded by Black farmers.
- Wear something that affirms your Black brilliance.
- Write a letter to your future Black self about reminders of your resilience. Read it when you need to remember.
- Write a letter to your inner critic, the part of you that believes in anti-Black racism. Defend your worth and your value.
- Write a love letter to your inner Black child.
- Write down a list of how you would like to be nurtured.
- Write thank you cards to a Black ancestor.
- Write thank you cards to a Black trancestor.
