Black Lives Matter

Are We Not Obsidian?*

for Bekezela Mguni and Saretta Morgan *title after Ellen Gallagher’s exhibit Are We Obsidian? This…

Anger in the Service of our Vision and future

Several weeks ago I wrote about the need to stoke our anger and nurture it…

Microeditorial: for the black girls

  for the black girls whose lives don’t look good on paper, for those with…

Microeditorial: 5 Ways Chris Rock Mocked Black Women For The Amusement Of A White Audience

  1. He shamed Jada Pinkett Smith for her decision to boycott the Academy Awards. He…

Microeditorial: Creed

I never thought I’d be rooting for a Rocky film. The franchise recalled American exceptionalism,…

Microeditorial: An Unbroken Line

Just over 100 years ago, President Woodrow Wilson called the film Birth of a Nation…