Illusions of Danger: We Are Not Responsible for White People Feeling Threatened
Anytime I’m walking in public at night and hear a person coming up behind me, I step to the side and allow the person to […]
Articles by LaSha
Version 2.0: White Supremacy Online
White supremacy is fundamentally war. To establish and maintain supremacy, it is essential to relentlessly attack the enemy (black and brown people) on all fronts […]
Black Girl Worth It
They taught you that you weren’t worth it. You learned the day you were born and they convinced your mother that her breast milk — […]
We Don’t Need To Know Our Rights
Once it was lunchtime and I was starving. I went to grab my wallet only to realize I’d left it. Generally, I do not make […]
Dinner or Dignity: Expecting the Poor to Remain Moral
A few days ago my son and I went grocery shopping. As a general rule, I do not take my baby with me to grocery […]
Dear Andy Cohen: Fuck You!
Amandla Stenburg is 16 years old. As smart as I like to believe I am, at 16 I could never have explained cultural appropriation as […]
Band of Brothers: What an Open Letter on Behalf of Louisville PD Teaches US
I have one brother. There’s nothing I won’t do for him. And although we’ve had our share of disagreements, whatever happens between us stays between […]
On Baltimore
On CVS: I remember when People’s Drug Store became CVS. My mother would give me a dollar everyday to spend after school, and on our […]
Bye, Becky! Why I’m Never Here For Solidarity With White Women.
We all know “the man.” We’ve been blaming him for decades for destroying our communities. I don’t disagree with blaming white men who run this […]