Yesterday I watched the wake of Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old Black man that was murdered by the Sacramento Police on March 18, 2018. I remember the moment that I heard the news that another Black man had been “new age lynched,” and my heart broke. Right in the middle […]
This is For Those Black Girls For those Black girls that were told they were too fast, too grown. For those Black girls that had to swallow down pain and hide bloodstained panties cause Momma had to keep the lights on. This is for those latchkey Black girls […]
No one ever told me that I could believe that God was a woman That I was created in her image Wide hipped with hair dripped in emeralds and dipped in gold My God is hues of illustrious brown and has an afro She glistens…she is almost blinding […]
If you can’t tell from this wonderful TMZ Sports picture, Colin Kaepernick doesn’t give a damn what you and once alleged double murderer OJ Simpson thinks about him taking a knee to bring awareness to racism and police brutality. Kaepernick gives 0 fucks!
Recently I had a conversation with a friend that told me that they had met a mutual acquaintance of ours. Because I am a very introverted person, I inquired as to who this friend was that we had in common. When they mentioned her name, I was stumped. […]
To My Young Warriors, As many of you may know, you will never sugarcoat, skip or patty cake your way into justice. Justice will never come on a silver platter. Justice will never be served with triangle white bread cucumber sandwiches and a steamy cup of tea. Justice […]
In today’s episode of, Black People Ya’ll Know Better, Hyatt Hotels Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion executive Tyronne Jenkins Stoudemire took it upon himself to do a diversity training exercise straight from the Pepsi Diversity Playbook of, “Dude, What In The Hell Were You Thinking?” (Who […]
***DISCLAIMER*** Anyone that personally knows me or follows my blog knows that I believe injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. At the outset of this blog let me fully state that I support any and ALL young people that are fighting for justice. Having said that, […]
Once again America sits in silence, stunned by another school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. At the time of this blog, 17 people have been pronounced dead. That is at least 17 families that sent their child/children or mate to school today on February 14, 2018, […]