The My Black is Exhausted. Forever in Pursuit of a Racist-free World Where Hashtags Don’t Exist book was not an intentional project. It simply began when Dr. Hotchkins asked himself to complete the following list: Name 10 places in the world where Black people are safe. Initially, he wrote “the Church,” but remembered the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church massacre in 2015. He then wrote, “at home",” then recalled the murders of Botham Jean in 2018 and Breonna Taylor in 2020. He pondered further and responded “universities.” Pause. He struggled to recall an event where Black students, administrators or faculty like himself were killed on any college campus. Although his research confirms that they actively face psychological and physiological trauma daily due to racism experienced, his inability to notate the aforementioned was comforting. Eventually, these list exercises turned into journaling, which ended up becoming Greatest Fears, the first book chapter. He hesitated to write. Far too much unpacking who he was prior to COVID19, after George Floyd. Eventually, after many therapy sessions, he decided to craft what would eventually be his greatest literary contribution to date, “My Black is Exhausted,” the book. If you have a copy, this page is dedicated to you. Please do continue to be a member of our Kinfolk Family and do forward any pics of yourself reading the book so we can acknowledge your presence!
If you want to be a member of the Kinfolk Family do ONE or all of the following:
Purchase the My Black is Exhausted. Forever in Pursuit of a Racist-free World Where Hashtags Don’t Exist book;
Purchase Becoming (Un)exhausted. An Interactive Journal for Moving Beyond Racism;
Create a book club and/or feature Dr. Hotchkins’ book in a current book club so he can Zoom with your membership to discuss it; and
Sponsor a high school and/or college student by purchasing a book for them to read.
Kinfolk Family Benefits:
Participants will receive exclusive updates about upcoming book tour dates, discounted merchandise opportunities and behind the scenes content from the developing digital series The Dark Fantastic; and
Participants receive prior notice about the My Black is Exhausted, The Art collection
