Shaun King is an Irksome Necessity within the Movement for Black Lives
Following the execution of Michael Brown, I dedicated myself to the Movement for Black Lives. I became invested in the struggle to dismantle the surveillance police state, abolish the...
The M4BL Policy Platform is Exactly What Radical Imagination Looks Like
As the Movement for Black Lives continues to capture hearts, minds, and labor of visionaries, dreamers, thinkers, activists, educators, community organizers, and cultural producers, there are some policy wonks,...
I’m Done Being a Democrat
“The Democratic Party is the graveyard of social movements.”
Following the info dump of leaked DNC emails, it’s clear that the allegedly neutral Democratic Establishment colluded with the Hillary Clinton...
White People, I Don’t Need You to “Feel My Pain”
After the racist executions of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, many white people are reaching out to Black folk asking us what it is they need to do. These...
On Overcoming Black Exhaustion
It’s been awhile since I published a piece. Many an occasion, I found myself unable to formulate words to express my race-related opinions about major events within Black Culture.
As...
bell and Beyoncé: A Reflection on My Black Feminism
I haven’t watched or heard Lemonade. I haven’t read bell hooks’ critique. I haven’t read any think pieces related to Beyonce’s latest work nor do I intend to. But...
