“A black man has to fly to get something that a white man can just walk to.” – Chris Rock An article was published in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about …
Tag: Blackness
Starting with Second
NOTE: This original piece was inspired by Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s exceptional TED Talk entitled “The Danger of a Single Story”. Having first been written in 2013 for a graduate …
I Suppose You Should Know
I suppose …he could’ve made less sudden moves …he could’ve raised his hands higher …he could’ve walked slower …he could’ve complied with the officers a lot better than he did …
Stars and Strife Forever?
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire By now, you’ve heard …
Tread Softly
“…But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” – W.B. Yeats It is morning His …
The Rabbit Hole 