Culture, Life

What are you going to do AFTERWARDS? (some brief thoughts on voting)

A lot of people are arguing right now about voting. The same arguments that went on 4 years ago. "Should you vote your conscience, or should you vote for the lesser of two evils?" There's a lot of shaming, and coercing, and weaponizing people's statements to get people to vote for the candidate they deem… Continue reading What are you going to do AFTERWARDS? (some brief thoughts on voting)

Blackness, Life

“We are all Human” …but what does that mean?

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… Continue reading “We are all Human” …but what does that mean?

Life

“Suspicious Humans”: A Discouraging Convo with a Friend about Race

[This story is adapted from an essay I wrote back in August 2016. It was written a month after the shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and five police officers in Dallas. This narrative is about a real conversation with a friend. For discretionary purposes, I won’t use her real name.] A text notification appeared on… Continue reading “Suspicious Humans”: A Discouraging Convo with a Friend about Race