For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
My day began at 5:15 a.m. though I set my alarm for 6 a.m. My attire had been preselected, my bag packed (which is to be interpreted purse) and I had visited the salon for an evening hair appointment the night before. There was no reason for me to be awake but, I was. I […]
Read MoreTrayvon Martin. Though he was murdered on February 26, 2012 by a single gunshot to the chest, allegedly fired from a handgun owned by George Zimmerman, a self- appointed “neighborhood watch captain,” his name is seemingly everywhere. His name filled the streets of New York City’s Time Square at the “Million Hoodie March,” on March 21. His name can be found on […]
Read MoreIn this video clip, Toure reads from his latest book Who’s Afraid of Post- Blackness: How to be Black Now. He shares with listeners quite poetically his experience of sky- diving and how a comment from a couple of middle- aged African American men: “Brother, black people don’t do that” could have prevented him from drawing […]
Read MoreThis clip is taken from PBS’ online film festival from the category “Who Are We?” In “Black People Don’t Tip,” persons are invited to examine and discuss a stereotype that commonly defines African American patrons. In this example, socially colored black identity is defined by the perceived group’s practice of not tipping a waiter or waitress after a […]
Read MoreI was in the salon this past Saturday and it would have been like any other day had it not been for a new customer. She was sitting under the dryer, reading a magazine when I arrived. Or, perhaps it was reading her. Her eyes were closed for much of the fifteen minutes that she sat under […]
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The Raceless Gospel 