Happy Black History Month! Special Announcement I’m not a perfectionist. I know that’s a thing creative people say…that their weakness is wanting perfection. I am not that person. The thought of perfection is unattainable to me. The thought of it makes me immediately anxious. The first process of getting my book For Black Girls ready […]
Pro- Black And Black Resistance Part 2
Pro- Black And Black Resistance Part 2 In my class we learned the differences between overt resistance and covert resistance. There were many kinds of resistance. Extreme measures like Africans bashing the heads of their beloved babies on rocks upon capture to prevent them from being taken into transatlantic slavery, mass suicide of runaway slaves […]
Pro- Black And Black Resistance Part 1
Pro- Black And Black Resistance Happy Black History Month! When you hear the term pro-black what are some thoughts that come to your mind? As a black woman I envision people who are intentional about knowledge of their black roots, connected and who promote blackness and reject negative stereotypes that can harm and limit black […]
The Black Image Part 3
When it comes to positive black images we need to examine what’s important. Like I established in the previous two posts about this topic. We need positive black images to counter the negative that has circulated and to give a balanced picture of what our world really looks like. Where truth has been omitted or […]
A Nigga and a White
I started a new book the other day called Caucasia. I was only a few pages in when a line hit me. One of the main characters was reminiscing about a turbulent time when racial tensions were high and quoted this chant “A fight, a fight a nigga and a white” That line had me pause for […]
Obsessed with hair-What I’ve learned since Afro puffs
By the time I went natural the second time around I was working full time with a lot of young black girls. Some of them were really angry that I cut my hair. They had met me when I was natural but had loved my hair when it got relaxed and gotten used to it over […]
