Published inMomentumWhy We Must Stop Referring to Non-Enslaved Black People as “Free”So you’ve stopped referring to enslaved people as slaves, what’s next?Mar 11, 20222Mar 11, 20222
Should We Just Let Non-Black People have The Word, “N*gger,” Once and For All?Here’s the thing about the word “n*gger” as ugly as it is, when used by a non-Black person, it says far more about the person using it than…Feb 10, 20229Feb 10, 20229
Published inAn Injustice!Let Black Writers Write Black Characters Until We Can Trust Non-Black People to Collectively and…We have the Bechdel test for analyzing how women are portrayed in media; we need a similar test for how all kinds of Black people are…Dec 30, 20214Dec 30, 20214
Published inZORAStop Saying ‘She Is Black, But…’Unless you’re ready to defend racist beliefsOct 6, 20217Oct 6, 20217
No One Likes Wearing Masks, But Grow Up and Wear Yours Anyways, Just Like All the KindergartenersNo one likes wearing masks because they are unpleasant and hard to breath in and make it hard to communicate with others, but they are not…Sep 14, 20211Sep 14, 20211
Let Them Wear Cornrows at Their Own Risk: We Should Let White People Enjoy and Embrace Our Cultures…A Reflection on AppropriationMay 19, 202144May 19, 202144
Published inZORAStop Thanking Me For Being Polite When I’m Angry About InjusticeStart Being Angry With Me about Social Ills That Require Your Immediate AttentionApr 12, 202115Apr 12, 202115
Published inLEVELBlack Men and Boys are Beautiful, TooA Brief Reflection on a Single Lyric by Biggie SmallsFeb 26, 20215Feb 26, 20215
Published inHuman PartsThe Problem, and Possibility, in Asking People of Color ‘Where Are You From?’Your curiosity does not take precedence over another person’s comfortFeb 23, 202115Feb 23, 202115