Meg & Her Momma: Ain’t Nothing Black & White
I binge-watched the Meghan Markle / Prince Harry documentary yesterday. There could easily be an entire year’s worth of DEI class content based solely on the issues that surfaced in […]
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 […]
Obama, Trump and Bubba Gump
Obama, Trump and Bubba Gump By Greg T. “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. […]
The Value of Discomfort
Imagine if you are a top surgeon who specializes in brain cancer; and you frequently talk to your patients and their loved ones about their condition, the proposed treatment options, […]
Twisted: Black Hair, HBCUs & Mixed Messages
For four generations, my mom’s family has sent their kids to HBCUs (Historically Black College & Universities). For the first two generations, it wasn’t truly a choice, due to segregation; […]
WEARING THE MASK: DOES IT HURT US OR HELP US?
Kath is a British woman, with pale skin and short, red hair that shoots from her head in individual spirals that seem to wave hello and greet you before her […]
The Tiger & The Bee: My Contradictory Feelings About Tiger Woods & Beyonce´
I’m 3rd-grade crushin’, teenage-obsessin’, grown-woman lovin’ me some Beyonce following the release of Homecoming, her documentary chronicling the preparation and her performance at 2018’s Coachella. Now, I am a member of her buzzing Bey-hive — hands sticky from scooping up handfuls of the Black honey she produced.
Enough is Enough: The R. Kelly Case
The man sitting behind me on this 50-minute flight from L.A. to San Francisco is White, in his mid-50s with salt-and-pepper hair, gold-rimmed glasses, and wearing the standard business casual […]
Don’t Touch My Hair…Please
The restaurant had only one bathroom. My family and I had been coming to this vibrantly colored beach club every day of our week-long vacation because while they only had […]
HOW A CONVERSATION ABOUT A BLOW-UP SANTA LET THE AIR OUTTA MY JOLLY
Hell naaaaw! Please don’t tell me that you have one of those huge blow up Santas in your front yard, I teased while laughing hysterically. I was talking to one […]