Caricature – car·i·ca·ture ˈkerikəCHər,ˈkerikəˌCHo͝or/ noun a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. Several months ago, I remember I was standing at my closet looking for something to wear to […]
Recently Nnedi Okorafor posted on Twitter about racists telling her to go back to Africa. Dear racists on Twitter (and elsewhere), telling me to “go back to Africa” is not an insult. 🙄 — Nnedi Okorafor, PhD (@Nnedi) November 26, 2017 My response was the following: Right! And […]
I am going to present this conversation as much as I can in its entirety, periodically drop in commentary and then follow up. What’s over? People knew he was when they voted for him and had no problem with it. When someone shows you who they are, believe […]
*This blog contains spoilers about Mudbound.* Netflix released its feature film Mudbound a story of two men, Ronsel and Jamie, who have both returned home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi. Ronsel is the son of Hap and Florence, a Black family […]
Several weeks ago, I started looking over my life and the goals that I wanted to accomplish for the remainder of the year and beyond. When I quit my job two years ago, I knew that I was on the verge of a change because inwardly all I […]
OJ, if you don’t sit yo ass down!
Rose, White Feminism & Intersectionality (Or some other buzzword that’s hot this month) Rose…Rose…Rose… Really, Rose? In your righteous fight against men that have sexually assaulted women in Hollywood, you went overboard by saying being called a woman is comparable to being called the N-word. To double down on your […]
As if Dove has been living underneath a rock and is not aware of the current climate regarding race relations, they thought it wise to take a page out of the Pepsi playbook for advertising and post an ad on Facebook with a Black woman removing her t-shirt […]
You kidnapped us from our Motherland, packed us on slave ships like human sardines, shackled us and thought you could lasso a human’s desire for freedom, and still, we stand You enslaved us, and still, we rode the Underground Railroad to freedom
“I’m sorry to ask you this but…” “I’m sorry for calling you but…” “I’m sorry to say this but…” “I might be silly but…” “This might be stupid but…” “I hate to ask this but…” “I’m sorry to send this text but…” “It was my idea but…” “Sure, […]
