"Hey, You! N*****!" The Process of Dehumanizing People
When I was thirteen years old, I took a walk with my friend down the road to McDonald’s. We got about halfway back when a car of high...
20 Black Americans You Can Celebrate This Black History Month Other Than MLK and Malcolm-X
Happy Black History Month! And Happy "First-Time-Breaking-My-Blogs-On-Sundays-And-Tuesdays" routine! My first post of February couldn't...
Black Baby Jesus
A news story on I've seen a few times since Friday is that the Mall of America hired the first Black Santa since their opening decades...
Turban Time
It seems as though my most interesting stories lately have all taken place in check-out lines (see my previous blog post). This story is...
Donuts, Cheese, and PTSD
Happy Belated World Mental Health Day! To celebrate, I was busy taking a mental health day. Right after I was finished "celebrating," I...
GET REAL
Over the weekend, I went to a Black Lives Matter rally, and one person who spoke up about injustices said that we need to get real with...
Same Sad Song
For those of you who have been following me since I published my very first books, you'll have noticed that I am terrible at blogging. I...