Derwin DuboseFerguson is not an anomaly.My friends Lisa Eschenbach and Beth Newhall look concerned that Vedette is writing on the windows with dry erase markers, but I pay them no…Jun 28, 2016Jun 28, 2016
Derwin DuboseHustle to Harvard“Man, we the only niggas up in here. Don’t break shit!” my stepfather whispers as we walk through the glass door of the posh International…Jun 22, 2016Jun 22, 2016
Derwin DuboseI miss my friend Cynthia O’Neal.I remember the first personal conversation we had. I was talking with her about some relationship stuff, and referring to my…Jun 4, 2016Jun 4, 2016
Derwin DuboseI’m pissed off and scared.The CNN app on my iPhone says that an unarmed black man was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.May 28, 2016May 28, 2016
Derwin DuboseIt’s not a date, Danny. We’re working!Danny, a Kennedy School classmate from the State Department, winks at me because he thinks Vedette and I are on a date. (It’s in a Taubman…May 27, 2016May 27, 2016
Derwin DuboseKate Goodall is right: I am fragile.Sitting in her immaculately modern office with Kehinde Wiley-style art on the walls, I‘m in tears as I recount my life since graduating…May 27, 2016May 27, 2016