By Hassan Henderson There are no such things as “appropriate” responses to the violence forged against Black lives. Neither those who directly support the affairs of American imperialism nor their allies possess the moral skill-set to determine how we will…
By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Last week, Jenn Jackson, a PhD student at the University of Chicago, Managing Editor of Black Youth Project, and a writer published in a variety of venues such as B*tch Media, took to Twitter to instigate thoughtful…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: If you’re not Black, this conversation ain’t for you. Luvvie Ajayi is a popular online commentator who fucked up badly this week after she demonized poor Black activists who demand compensation for our labor.…
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 Quentin Lucas It is a powerful reflex, almost a soul’s nervous tic, to wonder and worry, about what whiteness is going to think — even while knowing that whiteness doesn’t allow much room for thought. That, of course, isn’t…
By Victor Bradley My speech feels like vapor. While the tide turned Trumpward, I sat in mournful counsel with friends from around the world, drawn together both by the power of the internet and fear of the unthinkable. Our fears…
By Roman Johnson “There is therefore only one thing left to do; save our money and leave a town which will neither protect our lives and property, nor give us a fair trial in the courts, but takes us out…
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 Phillip B. Williams 1. “All my niggas in the whole wide world/made this song to make it all y’all turn/ for us/ this shit is for us†Solange sings this in her song “F.U.B.U.†from her stunning third album…
Or how I came to hate warnings. By Goyland Williams I was warned. They told me how unprepared the students were. How most of the students were non-traditional. Not prepared. Eighty percent on financial aid. Not prepared. A Hispanic-Serving Institution.…
