~ An author unknown Colored people. Do we really see beige, black, brown, red, yellow, and white people? By this, I mean, do you see persons who’s skin is physically colored this way living with you, walking past you, standing in line or behind the counter at the grocery store? If the answer is no and I […]
Relevant, adj. 1. closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand Race is not timeless. It is not a classic. It will go out of style just as soon as we, humans, stop fashioning ourselves according to the social coloring of skin. We call ourselves progressive but can’t believe that we will ever get […]
Caged. That’s what I feel like when I begin to talk about life lived according to race. My voice even starts to constrict and my palms start to sweat. Sure, I can move but only so far and I can see and be seen but my vantage point is very limited. My world is shaped […]
Race is so hard for us to comprehend, so difficult for us to get our heads around and our lives out of. It’s sticky and it has gotten on everything that we come into contact with. We have been talking about race for hundreds of years and still, we cannot get it off of us. […]
There aren’t many fans of the word post- racial. It seems utopian for some, unrealistic for others. And from what I hear and read, it seems almost mythical. It’s magic talk and there isn’t a huge market for this fairy dust. We just cannot even imagine the characters for such a story. Because exactly what […]