Racism

“Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street made me like Jewish people again.” — Kanye (“Ye”) West, March 2023 Justice Amy Coney Barrett has changed her mind about abortion after watching Jonah Hill in Knocked Up (2007). “The way Jonah said ‘shmashmortion’ to mean ‘abortion’ not only sounded tantalizingly exotic…

Not Much — I Can’t Go to My Class Reunion — A friend of mine struggling with stage 4 cancer asked, “Are you going to the class reunion?” I had been graveling with my decision not to go to my reunion and felt so much white guilt surrounding my whole thought process about the choice. A few years ago, I had…

Sunday, March 12th, we witnessed screen legend Angela Bassett lose the award for best supporting actress at the Oscars. When the nominations were announced in January, the consensus was that Ms. Bassett was the favorite to win. After winning the same category at this year’s Golden Globes, almost everyone believed…

“You can’t date…you’re from different continents.” Life has a funny way of giving you a jolt of reality when you think that all about your life is going well. I have moments where I have been quite content. I was on top of the world. Everything seemed to be right…

I was scrolling through Twitter when I came across a TikTok stating that America was becoming a fascist country, which can be found here. My great-grandparents spoke of a county that, only 80 years ago, banned and burned books, and controlled education. They stripped Jewish people and other groups of…