Generative incapacitation, as defined by Bayo Akomolafe, is the state at which humans exist in which our actions become so focused on maintaining existing systems of power, privilege and control that we are robbed of our creativity. This deprives us of the networks of exchanges and conversations necessary for the emergence of transformed identities, relationships and communities. Generative incapacitation increases the power imbalance in already existing social structures and reinforces the status quo. Thus, instead of producing emergent forms of place-based living, our creativity is directed towards maintaining the prevailing order and further entrenching the cycles of injustice it has brought with it.

See also: white supremacy, intergenerational trauma, slave trade, black lives, colonial order