To the writer of: “Because.”

“White Privilege” is an ignorance of epic proportions. I am White. I know White privilege. I hate that I have it and Black’s don’t. There is no Black privilege. I read what you wrote. I tried to imagine the reverse of that reality. I was able to see clearly what it meant. I can…

This article was a shameful undertaking, and no doubt it will make a good read if expanded into book form. Nonetheless, rather than being concerned about why African Americans are wearing (rocking) African clothing, you should be more concerned about who is manufacturing the African fabric. Furthermore, you should be educating those of us who lack…

Really Ev?

Being a publishing tool is not necessarily a bad thing and although the points Ev highlights are valid, Medium still comes across a publishing tool and this is why:

• The focus is writing and reading in the layout and overall design
• It feels that social chat, gifs…

I know this was satire and designed for laughs but this exercise and the writing of it tells me that some folks have too much time on their hands. A lot of this was a stretch in order to make these snacks racially offensive. But what the heck? It was a good laugh for someone on a rainy afternoon surfing the net to avoid what I really should be doing…

Dear Angry Black Woman, I used to be scared of you — and maybe I still am — but I am an Angry White Woman who is finally starting to see what you’ve been dealing with all of your life. I have two disabled grown kids and I am now living on social security myself, and only now that I am poor am I able to see how much we’ve been sweeping whole…