True Social Justice & Racial Equity Is Hard Work
The constant coverage of carjackings in Chicago Black men is racist propaganda used to justify the Mayor hiring more police officers in Chicago and a $9 million police training center. Talking about “lawless Black youth” is a way for the elected officials to invest money in policing instead of policies […]
But I know, and teach, that “there is no difference between groups of people and if there is a difference, it is because of a racial policy.” Research proves that “inner-city Black men” are NOT “more dangerous or criminal” than any other group when aggregated for poverty and racist policies.
Today we celebrate the birthday of a great man! Well, two great men: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, but also, and more importantly, to me, I celebrate the birth of my Uncle Larry! I love my Uncle Larry and I choose to believe when he tells me that I […]
Living through the pandemic is what my life is like living with lupus. A small part of me is relieved that so many people are living the way I have been forced to live since 2011. I know it is selfish, but this is the first time, in a long […]
My dear Lorraine Hansberry, you were a literary genius, and you left us too soon. Honestly, I think about Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” every day of my life. I see her in every Black person I see, every Black person I read about, and every Black person […]
re: domestic violence (trigger warning) Why I am terrified: Black folks have been in an abusive: physically, mentally, and emotional relationship with America for 400 years, and Donald Trump, specifically, for 4 years. If you know anything about domestic violence, you know why we, well, me (I can’t speak for […]
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. Audre Lorde Dear Black Students: I understand how frustrating it must be to see all the anti-Blackness in the world now and feel unprepared with the tools you need to fight racism in schools. Schools are normally failing Black kids, so […]
White people: yes, we technically stole, looted, maimed, murdered, and exploited millions of African and Native Americans to establish the United States of America. And, yes, technically the folks who did the stealing, looting, murder, and exploitation, wrote the constitution and our American system of laws. And, yes, all of […]
Written July 3rd, 2016 I love my family. We are an eclectic mix of folks. Mostly good, sometimes bad, with a few really bad apples thrown in. But, flaws and all, I unapologetically, unconditionally love my family. Is there stuff we need to work on? Yes. Am I still holding […]
Dear Black (Brown) folks: FIVE beautiful children have been murdered by gun violence in the last two weeks in Chicago. Rightfully, everyone wants “justice” and for someone to turn in the shooter. The thing that is the hardest for Black folks, is to humanize criminals. We have drunk the kool-aid […]