Dream Bigger: The Day Michelle Obama Tweeted Me
In one day, in fact, less than 24 hours, I went from speaking about Michelle Obama to having Michelle Obama speak to me. Don’t tell me what isn’t possible!
Dear White Women, It’s Not You, It’s Me. I’m Breaking Up With You.
Dear White Women, I have thought about writing this letter for years and have finally realized that it is time. Perhaps a letter that has been long overdue. I have spent more than half of my life writing everything from poetry to novels trying to speak to women […]
Love, Sex & Revolution
As the stress from day in and day out activism piled up, the endless videos of #BBQ Becky’s, mounted on top of police body cam footage released on social media showing the death of yet another Black victim, I wonder, “How can I deal with the stress that […]
The BIGGEST LIE White Men have pulled on the WORLD is Pretending EVERYONE ELSE IS THE ENEMY.
With just a few days before the November 6, 2018 election Hitler Squared Donald Trump is revving up the racism to ensure that his cult, idiots, followers, supporters will go out and vote for more racists. There is no better way to do that than to stoke the […]
Many Resisters Don’t Want Change; They Want to Get Back to Brunch
Throughout history, photographs have captured the emotion and message of movements or pivotal times in history. Many of us can recall seeing images that spoke to the times with many of the photographs moving, inspiring, challenging, angering or calling us to action. I can still recall the emotion […]
Newsflash: Kanye West Is Not the Scapegoat For Your Covert Racism
I remember when I was a kid my brother and sister and I would crack jokes on one another. Some jokes were funny; however, some jokes were mean and cut to the core. But no matter what, I knew at the end of the day, they were my […]
Dear White People, Being An Ally is More Than Inviting A Black Person To Brunch
It was a typical night on Twitter as I scrolled through memes, funny videos and provocative comments about the impending confirmation of Brett I Love Beer and Sexually Assaulting Women Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Make no mistake about it, I was never under the delusion that Kavanaugh […]
DWP, For the Millionth Time, I Am Not Racist
“THAT’S RACIST!!!” “You are talking about racism, and THAT’S RACIST!” “You called me out on my racist behavior, and THAT’S RACIST!!” If I had a dollar for every time someone called me racist on social media, I could finally pay off all my loans and go live on […]
Why Are You Angry, White Man?
Only White men are allowed to be angry… So I ask… Why are you angry, White man? Did the world give you too much? Did too many women bow down to your needs? Didn’t she swallow just the way you like it? Didn’t the church make you the […]
Teardrops & Trust Funds
I saw teardrops and trust funds White men in suits that could fund dreams That Maria and Maybel have long suppressed Because they learned early in life That dreams don’t pay bills or put food on the table Rotund bellies Swollen from years of aged bourbon and cold […]