I’m tired. Really tired. I’m tired of fighting against a white supremacist empire that’s adaptive in it’s violence. I’m tired of how easily white supremacist values are held and legitimized by white folks who benefit the most from it, from...
Many people have a very limited understanding of the millenials and what they believe, think and do. In most cases, the millenials are defined as the people in their late twenties to early thirties. They are considered "different" from...
I spent the first 18 years of my life in Seattle, Washington, a city largely known for how White it is. Grunge music, biking, softball, and skiing were as much a part of my cultural arsenal as were Kwanzaa, my...
Confession: I have not watched — nor do I intend to watch — the video from McKinney, Texas. From what I gathered from my various social media feeds, the video shows a cop viciously pinning down a 14-year-old bikini-clad...
To be a woman who loves hip hop at times is to be in love with your abuser. Because the music was and is that. And yet the culture is ours.
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015
Robert Kelly is...
Displaced: to force someone to leave their home, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disasters.
This war being waged on black bodies is resulting in our persecution, and there is nothing natural about this disaster. It is methodological, institutionalized...
On a large scale, I find that Black folk refuse to dream radically. We have vast imaginations and deep yearnings for freedom and liberation, and yet … we remain stunted within the confines of oppressive systems.
When the prolific Ta-Nehisi...
To be pro-Black does not mean to be anti-white. To be pro-Black means to be anti-white supremacy.
I wrote these words in a piece about interracial dating some months ago. The piece argues that being pro-Black means to affirm Black...
I’m not writing about Rachel Dolezal. There’s no need for her — and her lies, cultural theft, violence, and overall fuckery — to take up any more space.
But since we’re all so transfixed with Black women now, can we perhaps channel...
The Impact of Racism on our society is palpable. But there are ways to cope, confront, and engage. In this article, we'll explore ways to best deal with racism, from identifying its causes and roots to learning how to...
