Privileged
(7 minute read)
These dire times have led me to reevaluate once more my own sense of black identity... I am black, yes, but commonly referred to as “light-skinned”. An internal divide in the Civil Rights movement occurred, and that those of caramel skin were allegedly ousted for not being “black enough”…
Hiding In Plain Sight
(8 minute read)
I. Am. Black. I was taught very early in life that I shouldn't say those words, but my life has been marked by many lies, the bulk of which were thrust upon me by my family. Being black was a dirty little secret. “One mustn’t air one's dirty laundry,” was a common phrase in my household growing up. Fuck laundry. I'm airing it because I refuse to clean dirty undergarments of the past for a minute longer…
The Road Not Taken
(2 minute read)
Had I made a different choice, would I be somewhere else? With someone else? Perhaps with him. For a little while longer, at least. What is it about the nostalgia of youth? As a teen, I couldn’t wait to be grown. As an adult, all I think about are those formative days. The world was a simpler place. If only I’d known it then…
