A couple years ago, in the wake of the death of a prominent hip-hop figure, I wrote about the divergent reactions from the public to this sudden and devastating event -- grief and sympathy vs. relief and apathy -- as well as the importance of looking at people's lives holistically and not engaging in the… Continue reading Grief & Revisionist History, Part 2
[*Note: I've purposely omitted the name of the primary subject of this post; however it shouldn't take long to figure out who it is that I'm talking about.] Somebody died the other day. He was a popular rapper, from Florida. His death has been a heavily discussed subject on social media over the course of… Continue reading Grief, the Value of Life, the Propensity to Change, and Revisionist History
Black Spasmodic 