I realize on a deep and cosmic level that I may die dreaming of Black freedom. That will not be fine but I accept all that is, a world that is not safe but can be joyous, the racism, the struggle, and witnessing how so many Whites have remained stuck in honoring White supremacy. Those of…
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The Assassination of Renisha McBride: A Brief Analysis of When Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and Stand Your Ground Laws Collide.
I went to a writer’s workshop yesterday. The workshop leader was teaching us how to write a good query letter. “To write a good query letter,” he said, “We have to write something that people care about.” I froze and then slid into a historical, existential form of African American sadness. Who cares about the…
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