Something in me broke over the last few days. Only in America can we simultaneously celebrate one step toward accountability for police brutality and take three soul-crushing steps backward with the murder of Ma’Khia Bryant, another black child dead at the hands of police. George Floyd’s life matters to...
Continue reading...What I learned while going viral on TikTok (& then getting flagged for hate speech)
Yeah that happened. While scrolling through my “for you page” I saw a video by a black woman where she asked “Am I the only one that is low-key scared to stan for white people?” For those of you who don’t know, according to urban dictionary “stan” is an...
Continue reading...I’m black and I voted for Trump
To date, Trump has received 8% of the black vote in the 2020 election, which is about a 2% increase from his 2016 record. This is baffling. It makes me wonder if they know what “proud boys” are, or completely missed that Trump called black nations sh*thole countries and...
Continue reading...Pick Your Avatar: The anatomy of a 2020 voter
Irreparable division during a national health crisis, economic instability, countries refusing our entry, a vacant Supreme Court seat, civil upheaval provoked by irreconcilable racism, internal disrespect toward national leaders, over 200,000 lives lost to a preventable virus, an infected President flouting health directives as campaign propaganda, a country flirting...
Continue reading...Breonna Taylor: A Plea To Do More Than Just #SayHerName
I wrote a “Dear Breonna” letter too. Weeks ago. It said something like “I’m sorry black women are truly ‘the help’; invisible but essential in every way.” I ranted about toxic masculinity and sensationalized black deaths. I flirted with passive aggressiveness as if the letter were not addressed to...
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