The ruminations of an ex- colored woman
If some people didn’t get the message of the protests against police brutality, with persons around the world marching down city streets and country roads after the death of George Floyd, then the athletes of the WNBA, the NBA, and MLS are repeating it loud and clear. Lebron James tweeted, “Enough is enough” and […]
Read MoreAnother hashtag. #JacobBlake was shot on August 23rd by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The viral video shows him being followed by the officers to the driver’s side of his car. They are attempting to arrest him after a domestic dispute. A new video shows him struggling with the officers near the back of his […]
Read More“You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.” | James Baldwin Pushing back on society’s image of you takes strength, discipline and conviction. There is no easy way out, no clearly marked and accessible option other than the racialized ones. You will […]
Read More“There is a dream in the land. With its back against the wall. To save the dream for one, it must be saved for all.” | Langston Hughes Back against the wall and faced with brick headed people, I will go forward, no matter what is pressed against me, no matter how close hatred gets […]
Read MoreHow do you pray when life looks like gibberish, when so many words are running together—pandemic, police brutality, protest, Confederate monuments, masks—and you can’t make sense of any of it? The present and past collide as history literally falls to the ground—though these rocks don’t cry out. If they could, they would sing the praises […]
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