On Independence Day in 2020, a clamoring throng toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus Baltimore neighborhood of Little Italy. When the cheering protesters dragged it down and sunk it beneath the depths of Inner Harbor, the statue became the latest symbol of societal change and a harbinger of a larger reckoning about the hypocrisy and… Continue reading Critical Truths, Racist Lies
Tag: James Baldwin
Shields Or Targets? Black Women Can’t Be Both.
“If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” James Baldwin “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” Malcolm X In 2005, Calvin… Continue reading Shields Or Targets? Black Women Can’t Be Both.
Initiating and Embracing Antiracism: 4 ways
“I’se still climbin’, and life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” Langston Hughes “I am not tragically colored……I do not weep at the world.” Zora Neale Huston “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” James Baldwin The… Continue reading Initiating and Embracing Antiracism: 4 ways
“Please, I Can’t Breathe”….and We Won’t Wait.
“My freedom doesn’t end where your fears begin.” “Fake crisis, Dr. Fauci is wrong!” “The cure is deadlier than COVID, no virus cancels the constitution!” Less than one month into the nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, protests began. The economy at a standstill and unemployment rates at Depression-era highs, people marched… Continue reading “Please, I Can’t Breathe”….and We Won’t Wait.
Forward Movement Means Never Going ‘Back’
Picture it: elementary school, sixth grade homeroom, sometime during the 1980’s. I say something to friends that a white male classmate (I’ll call him Tim) disagrees with. The context of the conversation escapes me now, but I will always remember his loud and hostile response: “Well why don’t you move back to Africa then?” Gasps… Continue reading Forward Movement Means Never Going ‘Back’