It's safe to say pretty much all of us are eagerly awaiting the release of Marvel's Black Panther.
This week, the viral hashtag #InWakanda gave us a look at what it would be like to live in the blackest nation ever created. Wakanda is an uncolonized, black utopia — a far cry from the world we live in, which brought writer Michael Harriot to imagine what life may have been like if we lived #InWakanda.
Some ideas were funny and some touched on the deep truths of our history, but all of them hit the nail on the head. Check out some of the best responses below:
#InWakanda no one has to ask who made the potato salad
— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) February 9, 2018
That’s Because #InWakanda ashiness does not exist! There is jojoba oil in the wind
— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) February 9, 2018
#InWakanda if someone utters "pretty for a dark-skinned girl" people assume the person had a stroke because they're speaking gibberish.
— Maya Rupert (@MayaRupert) February 10, 2018
#InWakanda all the pillowcases are silk & the headscarves never slip off at night.
— Maya Rupert (@MayaRupert) February 10, 2018
Also #InWakanda no matter what time you get to the cookout there’s still food left
— T. Smith (@iamtanaysha) February 11, 2018
“On my mama” is an alternative to swearing on the Bible in court. #InWakanda
— c boogie (@teamwhitfield3) February 12, 2018
#InWakanda there is no such thing as high blood pressure, sugar diabetes, or heart disease.
— That Preacha (@thatpreacha) February 10, 2018
#inWakanda we don't have to code switch.
— Ellefornow (@suburbnista) February 10, 2018
#InWakanda the macaroni & cheese is ALWAYS baked.
— khaLEEsi (@Lee_Carrie) February 12, 2018
#InWakanda There are no STEM focused community programs for Black girls cuz girls and science go together like greens and cornbread.
— DrMcDinthemaking (@nubianbutterfly) February 10, 2018
#InWakanda you can take pto to get your hair done. pic.twitter.com/F9Y1C8p9vs
— Nyasha Junior (@NyashaJunior) February 13, 2018
#InWakanda we don't even have a police force. When you do something wrong, Morgan Freeman lectures you and makes you feel really bad about what you did. pic.twitter.com/is8Gra7Kyf
— Charismatic Concepts (@CharismaOKeefe) February 13, 2018
Cultural appropriation is HIGHLY regulated & TAXED- as it should be for theft of intellectual & creative property pic.twitter.com/sg4hbAi1fo
— ⚜️⚜️Natalie Ball⚜️⚜️ (@MzSailiante) February 10, 2018
#InWakanda EVERY hair salon is a natural hair salon and you don't have to ask if they do natural hair.
— Natasha Darlene Cobb (@NatashaDCobb) February 12, 2018
#InWakanda Black History Month? pic.twitter.com/8Rnd95EFo4
— Jenelle (@jenelle718) February 10, 2018
#InWakanda the Sugar Shack is a national monument. pic.twitter.com/StSj5Nz9pf
— Mark Ricks (@markricks) February 11, 2018
#inWakanda I am not my hair has a whole different meaning pic.twitter.com/H6okEpiwax
— DrMcDinthemaking (@nubianbutterfly) February 11, 2018
Perhaps the most important thing that would happen in Wakanda:
#InWakanda when anyone says “black lives matter” the only response is:
“Duuuuh.”
— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) February 11, 2018
Now that would be a utopia indeed.
