True Social Justice & Racial Equity Is Hard Work
Growing up, I was starved for accurate information in schools about who I am. I ached to hear stories about people who look like me, or see the names of Black scholars in math or science, or even to talk about Africa, without talking about poverty and slavery. One of […]
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address. Like many other U.S. citizens, I see our current president as deeply flawed, lacking in empathy, racist and unable to take responsibility for his actions. But as a Black woman, I view Donald Trump as just another tone-deaf, […]
Tonight, President Trump will deliver, “The State of the Union.” President Trump has so many flaws; too many for me to list in one piece, but his inability to feel empathy, his blatant racism, and his inability to take responsibility for his actions, are the most frustrating of his flaws. […]
THIS IS A POST FOR PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR ARE MIXED WITH BLACK Okay, I’ve been warned by multiple people, not to write this, because I will be vilified. And, I tried to let it go out of my spirit, but I couldn’t. After a particularly difficult conversation, […]
It is cold as Ann Coulter’s heart in Chicago. Which means, many homeless people, will be utilizing public spaces, to keep warm. The most vulnerable homeless population is that of double diagnosis: substance abuse and mental illness. These are the folks who are unable to stay in a shelter, housing, […]
Around middle school, I began to grasp the civil rights movement. In a real way; not the way we teach it in school. I understood, on visceral level, the terrorism my family endured in Arkansas and Illinois. I could conceptualize the historical structural and institutional reality of American racism that was: Slavery, The […]
January 29, 2018 An interesting phrase, with an equally interesting hashtag, has started to go around: #StayWoke. This phrase was especially present during the Women’s March after the inauguration of President Trump. There are many different ways to interpret what it means to “Be Woke;” but I posit, that instead of just focusing […]
“God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.”- Dr. King, “Strength to Love”, 1963 Although I’m not a history teacher, I love history and work hard to teach true history to my daughters. One of the hardest […]
As the Black mother of two Black girls, I am always acutely aware of how Black girls are harmed in this society. However, there are some moments in America, when it is amplified that me and my girls, are truly at the bottom of the totem pole of those deemed […]
Musing on faith, the State, and crazies: When people do stupid stuff in name of religion, any religion, I feel embarrassed. I KNOW that religious extremist are rare and don’t represent the majority of believers but I still feel embarrassed. The foundation of all religions is having faith and […]