June 4, 2025 Whytmanastan I first heard Karen Hunter use the term a while ago, and this morning, Lurie Daniel-Favors said it again on her show—Whytmanastan—to describe the…
May 19, 2025 May 19th Belongs to the Fire Starters: Malcolm & Yuri I’m not here to litigate who killed Malcolm.Not here to debate why the FBI feared him, or how America labeled him a threat while…
May 15, 2025 MOVE I’m a few days late writing this. May 13, 2025, marked what would have been the 40th anniversary of this horrific event. But I…
April 29, 2025 Desegregation vs. Integration — Part II When Desegregation Disguises Itself as Integration Desegregation without real integration wasn’t just a missed opportunity. It was a wound — one that never properly…
April 27, 2025 Desegregation vs. Integration — Part I Unlocking Doors vs. Building New Homes What is the difference between desegregation and integration? A question asked to a panel at a symposium on…
April 13, 2025 What Color Is God? Last night, I was flipping through channels and landed on ABC. They were airing The Ten Commandments — for the 52nd consecutive year. In…
April 11, 2025 Black Bodies Built the Game Before we were athletes, we were warriors, healers, scholars, and artists. We came from kingdoms and kinships that celebrated our bodies not for labor…
April 9, 2025 From Participation Trophies to WEI I guess in a sense, the concept of a “trophy for everyone” isn’t entirely new. At the professional level, when a team wins a…
March 2, 2025 Public Schools Are Failing Black and Brown Children: A Historical and Present-Day Crisis For generations, public schools have failed Black and brown children, not because these children lacked the ability to succeed, but because the system was…
February 28, 2025 Reflecting on Black History Month On this final day of Black History Month, I find myself compelled to sit in the soil and reflect. This year, instead of sharing…