By Jarune Uwujaren This question, y’all. This question. It’s always on the tip of someone’s tongue––when a Jessie Williams leaves his Black wife for a white girl, or a Serena Williams marries a white dude, or an Unidentified Williams who’s…
By Kejhonti Neloms I’m not too bothered by shea moisture being owned partially by Bain capital. I feel that all of the things I enjoy are usually anti-me&you, so I’m not unfamiliar with that kind of cognitive dissonance. I’m still…
By Kei Williams This is going to be an unpopular opinion (but definitely not an alternative fact) – we don’t know a damn thing about love. Now, I know that’s a lot to take in and our defenses automatically rise…
By Sierra M. Witcher Imma be real wit y’all, I thought this Umar v Seti (#HotepWars) mess was fake for two reasons; petty Black feminists’ troll level went Super Saiyan and the gargantuan amount of ashiness is too ironic to…
By Said Shaiye Nearly every culture in the world today is centered around the premise that white is more valuable than black; that white skin carries with it an inherent infallibility and black skin is merely a foregone conclusion of…
by Marissa Jenae Johnson It goes without saying that addressing racial issues in the United States is a series of ongoing conversations rife with logical fallacies and confusion, both genuine and manufactured. Coming up with solutions to the immoral racial…
By Hassan Xavier Henderson-Lott “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Psalm…
By Zoe Samudzi Over and over again—for literal centuries—Black people have had to come to terms with the invisiblization of our murderers. After prosecutors announced they were dropping charges against the remaining police officers facing trial "in connection with" the death…
By Wilbert Cordel Kizer Moore “Violence is never the answer” is a sentiment I often hear parroted by people who celebrate the 4th of July in America, a holiday commemorating a violent and deadly rebellion. People have a habit of glorifying violence…
By Hassan Xavier Henderson-Lott “...we have watched for a nation that could not save us. They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets...” - Lamentations 4:18 I’m angry. For over two weeks, I have attempted to, at best,…
