A few months ago, I was invited to join a panel discussion on race, police brutality, and the various ways anti-Blackness permeates within the Black community for a new sketch comedy web-series, BOK TV. Those being such heavy topics, it was fascinating to see how…
by Maurice Tracy “The love for you was different because we weren’t really together. It was the fact of the chase, the thrills and the times we would spend together. The passion and the conversation, the passion and the action…
by Tabias Olajuawon BlaQueer community members, scholars, artists, lovers and griots have long discussed the effects of normative masculinities on our livelihoods and our struggles with and against the hegemonic portrayal of maleness. While (white) maleness is often defined and…
by Thomas Washington, Jr. At a glance, it appears that he is Better. Which means that I have to look closely. I have to see what’s actually in front of me. To hear what is actually said. His pseudonym—“Flash Knows…
By Hari Ziyad Gregory Anderson-Elysee is a Haitian-American filmmaker, director, writer and model, and has been involved in the arts since he was a child. He is currently in the process of publishing a comic series revolving around characters from…
Phillip B. Williams is a Chicago, Illinois native. He is the author of the book of poems Thief in the Interior(Alice James Books, 2016). He’s also co-authored a book of poems and conversations called Prime (Sibling Rivalry Press). He is…
[Click Here to Read Volume I] By Quentin Lucas On a Yahoo! News studio in 2014, pillars of shadow enclosed actors Michael Fassbender and Sir Ian McKellen, centering them for the camera, drawing the eye toward the pair like they were…
What if selling comic books about two white men battling through the world, their adventures founded on the heroism and escapades of two black men, is the closest White America presently stands to being able to honestly discuss the harrowing experiences of Black America — or any other marginalized community?
by Phillip B. Williams This past Monday, Ashley Fantz and Bill Kirkos wrote for CNN that leaders in Chicago are asking for calm as they await the release of video footage from a police dashcam showing an officer shooting Laquan…
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…
