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March 2018

March 11, 2018

If You Want to Learn. Learn from the Women of Wakanda

When my husband and I saw Black Panther a few weeks ago, it was with...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Black Lives Matter Conditionally

By the words of the media, the condition of our communities (the number of murders...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Her Life Matters

This morning I dropped my youngest son off at Kindergarten for his first day. Like...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

My People Motivate Me

As a very little girl I knew my people were beautiful, special...mistreated & hated. I...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

For DaJerria Becton.

Your necessary air is restricted. You take short breaths. You wait for relief. One day,...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

I Need To Say Something Entirely Different To White People

I took the Megabus, Chicago to Nashville a little while ago. I joked on Facebook...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

The Realization

We put on the costumes tryin' to fit suburban hipster shit yo, look at me...

October 06, 2014

What Gives Me Hope for The Church

I’m sitting on a double-decker, red-eye Megabus, Nashville bound, nonstop from Chicago. My friend bought...

October 03, 2014

Why Are Black Women So Argumentative?

Okay. So. I saw this video titled "Why Are Black Women So Argumentative?" being discussed...

October 01, 2014

Is it okay for me to look white?

This morning I saw my dear blogging friend, Osheta's post about writing every day in...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

I Need To Say Something Entirely Different to White People

At the first stop, a white man produces a roll of duct tape. Not even...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

What Fighting Racism is Like as a Black Woman

Your necessary air is restricted. You take short breaths. You wait for relief. One day,...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

On Juneteenth and retraumatizing storytelling: What #TakeDownThatPost Meant for Me

I learned something extremely useful the other day from my online interactions with the lovely, Bethany...

June 03, 2014

Something’s Wrong For Our Sisters

Beneath the stereotype of the angry black woman is an overlooked vulnerability. Rahiel Tesfamariam writes...

May 2014

May 05, 2014

Why I’m Leaving the White Church for the Black One.

A few years ago, I worked for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as a Regional Black Campus Ministries...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

If King Wrote Us a Letter Today

My friend, Micha asked me to guest post on what King's response may be how...

February 10, 2014

Looking For Someone Looking Like Me-ish

I'm reading a great book right now. Great writing, great story, great woman. (I'll eventually...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

What Are You Supposed To Tell Your Sons About the Black Woman Chair?

When an international magazine editor sits down on a chair called "the black woman chair,"...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

9 Things I Want to Say (But Don’t) To Your Curious yet Racially Charged Microaggressions against Me & My Children

I am racially Italian-American & African-American. I am a biracial, self-identifying, culturally & ethnically black...

December 03, 2013

Anger. Dave Ramsey. White Feminists. Micah. My Racism. It’s a hot mess over here.

I am much too angry rage-y right now. If there is anything in the world...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

#StoryChicago NOT a Sense of Place for Blacks

I went to the Story Chicago Conference this past week. The theme was A Sense...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Are We The Same or Different?

I’m so excited to guest post on Grace’s blog – and I hope you’ll find...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

Meet the Racists!

Today, I'm writing my monthly article over at a Deeper Story on racism. Are we...

July 15, 2013

Letting the Stupid Little Ni**er Go

Today I started my new job as a Program Director for a local nonprofit. It...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Why I Respectfully Decline Feminism

For all my life, for one reason or another -often many reasons- I've never been...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

In my light skin with my mostly white babies

What it is like to identify as one race in one ethnic background and give...

August 2012

August 14, 2012

A plea for racial reconciliation

I grew up in a home where my older, white brother called me a "stupid...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

The Hunger Games – Black Rue, District 11 & Trayvon Martin

*Spoiler Alert* I really enjoyed the movie version of The Hunger Games. It was a...

March 23, 2012

The Role of the Media in the Murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman

While I believe the shooting of Trayvon Martin is a tragedy and is racked with...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Have Character? Thoughts to end Black History Month…

I'm guest posting today for Enuma Okoro, author of The Reluctant Pilgrim. From the post...It’s...

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