This Is Not ‘The First Purge’, But Our Reality Damn Sure Looks A Lot Like It
The Purging of the most marginalized has been happening for a very long time, and it's been sustained through white supremacist systems. CW: genocide, Black death, state violence Here is the legal definition of genocide, according to the United Nations Convention on
When They See Us Yesterday: The Black Imagination Beyond State Violence
I believe we can build a world where the Black Imagination no longer has to be a response to state-sanctioned violence. This article contains light spoilers for "See You Yesterday" and "When They See Us". I sat down with my Queer
We Need To Stop Hitting Our Kids, It’s Abuse
Videos of Black parents beating up on their children should not be entertaining. But I guess it’s easier to laugh at our own pain than to examine it. TW: Child abuse There was a viral video that went around last weekend, which
So, Wait, the Justice System is Dysfunctional for Black People — Except When it’s Nate Parker?
Penn State alumni's defense of Parker makes no sense in the face of Black Lives Matter's critique of our judicial system. With each passing day, it seems the Nate Parker rape controversy grows even bigger and spirals more out-of-control, threatening to