Why this word is great
AFROPESSIMIST — [Noun] One who adheres to Afro-pessimism, a theoretical framework that views anti-Blackness as a foundational and enduring structure of global society. From Afro- (prefix denoting Africa or African diaspora) + pessimist (one who expects negative outcomes). Unlike Afrocentrist (which seeks empowerment in cultural reclamation) or Pan-Africanist (which dreams of solidarity as salvation), the Afropessimist insists that Blackness is defined by its position as the abject, the unthinkable, the always-already violated. It is the Middle Passage as an ongoing event, the prison-industrial complex as logical conclusion, the way a knee on a neck becomes both spectacle and routine—a refusal to mistake survival for freedom.