I listened from a place of privilege and never actually heard you. — I often ask my partner to read my work before I publish or submit it. When I asked him to read my article titled Dear Black Voices, Questions for those with, and from one without, perspective I ended up hurt and angry at his reaction. …

And then, my dad got sick — First, let me say this… My dad is my hero. He was 19 years old when he found out my mother was pregnant with me. I don’t know how he felt when he heard that news. I don’t know what he thought. I only know what he did. He bought a house for my mom…

I was a disappointment to my father and I knew it — Ten years ago I was starting my first business, a local coffee shop and art gallery. At the time I was newly separated from my kids’ dad, had moved back to our hometown, and worked with my dad at his dealership/auto shop/salvage yard (he was finally living his dream). I…

We’re not done here, stop high-fiving and get back to work — I don’t know why I’m surprised to find that so many of my fellow white anti-racism allies have decided to pack up and go home. It’s a fairly common American trend. …

Response to a reader’s comment — there was a time I would have helped him explain away his bad behavior — I’ve read this comment a dozen times and the pic above shows my exact reaction every time. I’ve been trying to find a way to phase my reply that won’t be either too gentle or too harsh. That will neither offend, nor endorse. …

And I’m so angry — It wasn’t yesterday anymore, but it still feels like it. I just saw him. We just had coffee at Cafe de Paris. We were just on the beach together. He was just here! Except he isn’t anymore … Two weeks ago my best friend sat down out back of the…

As blunt and brutal a soundtrack as has ever been made — In an upcoming Singspiel Aside, AJ DeLicious and I talk about the Curtis Mayfield hit, “Move On Up”. While researching for this conversation, we discovered another work by Mayfield, the soundtrack from the 1972 Blaxploitation film, Super Fly. We loved it and while we decided to keep the podcast…

Questions for those with, and from one without, perspective. — Here’s what I know with certainty Systemic racism, anti-Black bias, and white privilege exist and are prevalent in the US. The Black experience in the United States is something that no one who hasn’t lived it can understand. Dear white readers who want to argue about this … please be quiet and listen. An abbreviated timeline of Black medicine in the US