Quick Thoughts on Brandy Verzuz Monica
I, along with 1.2 million others tuned into the Brandy verzuz Monica event. Here are my quick and dirty reactions. This is just light, silly stream of conscious fun. If you […]
Put Cho Back Into It
“Well, you ain’t gonna change him; so you better change your plan,” my mother instructed in a tone steeped in matter-of-factness, as she leaned back on her green, velvet couch with her […]
White Racial Illiteracy Puts Us All In Jeopardy
More significantly, most White people have never had to learn about Black people. They’ve never had to adapt to our environment, or to learn our collective social norms (even noting that being Black is not one monolithic thing).
One Tough Thing I Want the Newly Woke to Understand
If a look could truly kill a person, my girl would be the feature of a Dateline murder mystery. Her side-eye can erase years of therapy and hours of self-esteem seminars. So, […]
Swimming Against the Current
I stood in my wet, dark blue bathing suit, with my thin goose-bumped arms tightly wrapped around me, rocking back and forth, shaking from a combination of being frightened and […]
Mr. Blackman Goes to Therapy to Save His Relationship
Therapist: What brings you in today Mr. Blackman? Mr. Blackman: My relationship with Rica has turned explosive. Therapist: Explosive? Mr. Blackman: You have no idea, Doc. Therapist: This sounds extremely serious. […]
Black, Successful & Silenced
You are Black. You are successful. And you are silenced professionally. One of the quietly kept secrets in Corporate America (and I am keenly aware of the irony of that […]
Hope is Our Superpower: Realization of a Black Women During the Pandemic
Hope is Our Superpower: A Realization of a Black Woman During the Pandemic “If there is breaking news on CNN that these damn giant “murder hornets” are only drawn to […]
CARMEN & DUECE
CARMEN Carmen glanced over at the little MAC bag sitting on her glass coffee table and wondered if the MAC salespeople were trained to spot women like her. She wouldn’t doubt […]
The Danger of DJ D-Nice that No-one is Talking About
I’m not going to lie, I’m not exactly sure of what it takes to qualify for a Nobel Peace Prize, but I’ve been thinking the last several weeks that D-Nice […]