By Hari Ziyad “When you walk through the door, what does one see?” I have always found this a fascinating question for multiple reasons: first, it assumes people are present in every room to “see” and that those people all…
Since her mysterious death inside a jail cell on July 13th, 3 days following her arrest after being pulled over for failing to signal before changing lanes, activists have set the internet ablaze demanding to know #WhatHappenedToSandraBland. But “what happened…
By Hari Ziyad *This piece has been published with permission of the referenced ex-partner. Other relationships may have been slightly altered to protect specific identities.* The first time I was sexually assaulted I must have been 9 or 10 years…
*This the last segment of a four part series, between myself and Tabias Olajuawon of Blaqueerflow. After witnessing weeks of violence birthed from white supremacies, coupled with bursts of queer victories, we decided to create a healing space together where…
*This is the second part of an 4 part series of letters between Tabias Wilson of Blaqueerflow and I. To read Tabias' letter to which this was a response, please scroll to the bottom of the page* Tabias, It's so great…
This past Monday, Seatsmart.com published a study conducted by (white) data analyst Andrew Powell-Morse entitled Lyric Intelligence In Popular Music: A Ten Year Analysis. Powell-Morse ran the lyrics of 225 songs that spent at least 3 weeks at #1 on the…
Love has been defined in many ways. Bruce Lee called love a “friendship that has caught fire.” Renita Weems said, “love means exposing yourself to the pains of being hurt, deeply hurt by someone you trust.” The bible explains that…
1. White folks quoting MLK. 2. Folks thinking they are an expert on race and racism because they watched Roots once. And not even the whole thing because they thought it was too long. 3. Not knowing what happened to…
