Ever since the federal government declared January 17th a national holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr., many White people have misquoted his words, twisting them into a colorblind fantasy that goes against the very spirit of his life's work. …
First, before we get into motivations for book burning and censorship, let me first say that burning books in 2021 is one of the silliest aberrations of conservative think tanks. It's not like back in the day where words only lived on delicate pages caged within a hard body. We…
A couple of months ago, I read a story about blackface. Initially, I felt relieved that someone was bringing attention to this issue.
Then, sentence after sentence, I realized my initial assumptions, based on the title, fell short. To my surprise, this article supported blackface. As a Black writer, I…
White folks are used to seeing themselves on TV. Let's face it. Back in 1988, when the original Wonder Years series aired, mainstream American television focused on telling the same coming-of-age story. Boy meets girl — scratch that — White boy meets girl was the premise of dozens of series…
Anybody shocked at the modern-day voter suppression tactics doesn’t know enough about American history. And the attacks on Critical Race Theory show most White conservatives prefer to keep it that way. Suppressing Black votes has always been about maintaining power in the hands of wealthy, White men. When anyone challenges…
Another day, another empty gesture. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act passed Congress, so it looks like Emmett Till will posthumously receive a gold medal. A Republican, Sen. Burr, Richard of North Carolina, introduced the bill. But, this same Republican does not support H.R.55, the Emmett…
Black men and women built America from the ground up. There was never a time when America existed without Black people. "Africans were brought to the Americas' specifically for their labor,' and their descendants remain 'the most exploited and unequal component of the emerging modern capitalist labor force.' Black people…
America is in a battle with itself, and the rest of the world is watching to see what values bubble up to the surface. Will we be a country where children's education is limited by white fragility or embrace a multiracial lens? In other words, can we only read books…
The tragedy is that we have a congress with a senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting. They won’t let the majority of senators vote and certainly, they wouldn't want the majority of people to…
