Race

I don’t need to beg for a seat at the table anymore — and as a powerful Woman of Color, neither do you — It’s 2006, I stepped into the cool, air-conditioned offices of one of the biggest Public Affairs firms in the UK. With a pounding heart, a lump in my throat, and sweaty palms, I held my head up, grabbed my courage, and shimmied my way to the “newcomer’s” waiting area. As…

If the government won’t help you, you adopt a hyper independent mindset — If you ask any American what their stereotypes of Asians are, it’s that they’re really good at math and work really hard. As someone who grew up in an Asian immigrant family, I will say it’s an unfair stereotype often used in the “model minority” myth that puts down other…

The tried trope about the “Angry Black Woman” should forever be laid to rest after watching the latest episode on The Insurrection, Season 1, Episode 4 where the dignified and professional Ms. Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss shared how they were targeted by crowds of…

And yet we still worship these guys. Yes, guys — The prevailing theory of “wealth” among people my age (millennial scum) is that it is inherited, whereas, the prevailing theory among older wealth-chasers is that millennials are a bunch of jealous little shitsticks. To this end, if you try to look up how wealth is created, you’re met with statistics…

Does the comfort of my White colleagues matter more than my own? (That’s a rhetorical question!) — For the most part, I’m pretty good at doing me. But If I were to step outside my body and watch myself in situations where I’m the only Black guy in the room, particularly at work, I’d see me doing a me that’s not quite me. Though I don’t use…

Lost and out of gas — The GPS, for some reason, took us through back roads. We were traveling through parts unknown in Texas that looked like it was clinging to the 1950s. “We're going to run out of gas,” my wife said nervously. I understood why she was nervous. The GPS had led us into…