Category: Blackness
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The past couple of weeks have been one of the toughest stretches of time for me, mentally and physically, in recent memory
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If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there’s no progress. If you pull it all the way out that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven’t even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound. They won’t even…
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As you scan the rows and aisles,through a sea ofmostly white faces,your eyes brighten up. You spot a brother. And as you lock eyes with him,you instantly feel what youcan only describe askinship.You both give the nod,and smile.This semester, you won’t bethe only black boyin the room.
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A continuation of the narrative, based on an adolescent struggle with self-hate.
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Recently, I was having a conversation with both my brother and a very close mutual friend of ours who we’ve known since we were children. We had a conversation about our personal growths since our high school days (we attended the same high school) and I began telling them about my journey through self-hate and…
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Some brief, barely-edited thoughts about something I’ve been thinking about. So Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky was recently detained in Sweden for over a week now after a fight he was involved in in Stockholm. Fellow rappers like Tyler the Creator, Jaden Smith, SchoolBoy Q, and many other celebrities have shown support for Rocky and have…
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A few songs to help soundtrack your Black History Month
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“There was something about hearing those lyrics recently that really hit home for me in a way they hadn’t previously.”
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A narrative, loosely based on an adolescent struggle with self-hate.
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During my junior year of college, I joined a few Black/African organizations on campus; one of the orgs that I joined was the university’s chapter of the NAACP. At the conclusion of our first meeting, we practiced one of the club’s traditions: the students form a large circle, hold hands, and chant the following Assata…
Black Spasmodic 