How Do You Stay When the Love & Trust are Gone or Happy 4th of July Black Folks
America, I’ma talk to you plain – like I do with all folks at the end of a relationship. I feel things are betta that way—ain’t no misunderstandings or need […]
My Relationship with America: It’s Complicated / I Won’t Be Celebrating the 4th
I love America. I say that with the same shame of a woman, who is curled up on her old, black leather couch, looking at her friends through eyes blurred […]
5 Reasons I’m Celebrating the 4th of July
I have read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What To the Slave is the Fourth of July?” For many, that is a very real question. The “freedom” America found and began celebrating […]