Tell em why you mad son...
I went to the Sprint store in December (thank you for your prayers and well wishes) and was minding my own business (as the employees...
When gunshots are louder than graphs: The plight of the modern academic
When I walked into the office on Monday, it was an unusually somber tone. Our Racial Empowerment Collaborative at the University of...
"That - is the real world Bow, and our children need to know that that’s the world that they li
I'm a traveler. I get on flights and, like most of us who have traveled on planes before, tune out the flight attendants as they give us...
On Sandra and Kalief: Mental Health in the Black Community
"I feel like I was robbed of my happiness." Many of us are familiar with Kalief Browder's story: a young man was walking home,...
The Wiz | "You can't win"
When I was live texting about The Wiz with my friend last night (I have Twitter – I just don’t know how to use it. Don’t judge.), every...
On the shooting of 5 Black protesters - and Santa
Last year, during a NYC protest affirming Black Lives, a Santa cut in front of my group. Santacon, which is a festivity where people...
"No Nigga Babes"
While reading an article about a Black Mississippi man who was reversed over in a parking lot by a group of White teens (for sport) in...
“‘Post-Racial’ Socialization”: Putting the Cart Well Before the Horse
“All lives matter but all lives aren’t being taken.” – Dr. Nakia Hamlett (2015, personal communication) When an attempt was made to...
And then what?
If you're a Jeezy fan like me, you read that title and naturally went "boom, boom, clap". Despite Jeezy coming to Philadelphia to perform...
Black Life Matters
In 1787, at a place likely not too far in Philadelphia from where I’m typing these words, lawmakers came together to propose that slaves...