Thoughts on the Netflix documentary — Slavery was a crime of crimes. Slavery was a violation of violations. It was an absolutely reprehensible institution. It was a crime against humanity. It was a crime of immeasurable magnitude. It is a crime that keeps on giving and has very real , ubiquitous markers on society as of…

I got my first weave in the early months of 2013. I was working as a cashier in a supermarket. It was roughly six months into living in my truth full time and the weave moment was a powerful one for me. One of my customers, an older Black woman…

I’m tired. I ‘ve been tired for a long, long time. It’s the kind of tired that has never been healed. The tired that I’ve never woken up from refreshed. It’s tired fed continuously by a steady stream of realities and myths that shape the society I find myself in…

I ask the humans tasked to be so called leaders all over the world to just stop. Stop any and all activity. No writing, signing or even talking about your constituents. Take a day to not think of ways to exercise your self ordained by the divine driven egos in…

Accepting my ugliness afterthoughts — As Accepting My Ugliness trends for me , I am overcome with an assortment of emotions. I am happy so many people have enjoyed this piece. I am happy that many people are coming forward with their own woes in regards to beauty and its’ rampant weaponization. I realize that…

Amazon Prime’s Swarm is a must-see for film noir lovers. — Swarm was the crazy tale I didn’t know I needed until I binged the entire series in a day. Usually, I try to watch stuff slower but it was so good that I could not help myself. Swarm is the Amazon Prime show created by Donald Glover that follows Dre…

Whew, I’m about to touch a landmine. This has circulated in my head for a while now but I didn’t know where to begin. The words “accept my ugliness” will already elicit a strong emotional reaction from anyone. Ugly is a word like fat that we use liberally but which…

Thoughts on the 1923 race massacre — The list of atrocities against Black people in America are lengthy as they are infuriating for how pervasive they have been in our history. There are no shortages of examples of white violence perpetuated against Black people. Throughout history, white and Black contact has resulted in Black death. …