The Thoughts Between Stories

Black on Both Sides, Vol. 23

On a year of Black stories, my hopes for next year, and Blackness.

It’s me, posing with my copy of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ “The 1619 Project.” Source: My iPhone.

Note: this is the final edition of Black on Both Sides for 2021. I will resume the column on the week of January 2nd, 2022.

I started the year jubilant and ended it with a deep sense of crisis.