The Nostalgia of School DazeThe Nostalgia of School Daze
If you are an aficionado of Black “coming of age” comedies and commentaries that embed Black culture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, then you can appreciate my reference
Category: SHOUT-OUTS: Announcements and Other Musings
Musings on Black Love as Self-LoveMusings on Black Love as Self-Love
In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, I went through the exercise of identifying and framing, for my desk, three quotes from up and coming African descended women poets:
Hair, Hair, oh,Glorious Hair is NOT InnocuousHair, Hair, oh,Glorious Hair is NOT Innocuous
Hair, hair, hair, hair… Grow it, show it… Long as I can grow it… My hair.. I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggyRatty, matty, oily, greasy, fleecy, shining,
Sisterhood is FamilySisterhood is Family
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Oprah Winfrey We often set aside the month of March to celebrate and acknowledge the accomplishments of women,
If you think Blackface is cool, then you support white supremacy–and we can’t be friends…If you think Blackface is cool, then you support white supremacy–and we can’t be friends…
Full stop. Wearing bronzer and foundation 7+ more shades darker than your natural skin tone, exaggerating and bastardizing certain physical features, dress, music, vernacular in a Sambo-like fashion, whether it’s
Black History Month 2019: A Reflective EssayBlack History Month 2019: A Reflective Essay
[Americans must] seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history. President Gerald R. Ford (1976) Since 1976, the
The Journey Begins…The Journey Begins…
I once read somewhere that writers who don’t accept they’re on a journey into the unknown will never produce works that last in the hearts and minds of their audience.