Roseanne Reboot Canceled, But Not Before Reinforcing White Privilege and the Harmless, Lovable Racist
Sunday morning I woke up to my TV tuned in to TV Land. A Roseanne marathon was on. I have had no interest in checking […]
Articles by LaSha
$1 and a Dream: The Philly Starbucks Settlement and the “People Problem” of Racism
“It’s not just a Black people thing. It’s a Black people thing.” After being arrested for simply standing in a Starbucks, a Black man went […]
97 Years A Lie: On Fake Solidarity and White Women Voting Race Over Gender
Last year, my son brought home an assignment. He was in third grade and was learning about voting and the U.S. political system. The worksheet […]
Do It For the Vine: On Black Folks Abusing Their Children to Go Viral
A few weeks ago, my son and I went to the grocery store. We were doing our usual playing and giggling on the way into […]
Meghan Markle, A Royal Wedding and Defining Blackness
Last year, I started seeing talk of Prince Harry dating a Black woman on my timeline. White men with Black wives and girlfriends, or actually […]
Gabbby Douglas and the Race to the Bottom of Woke Mountain
Five years ago while a 16-year-old Gabbby Douglas was becoming the first African-American woman (or girl) to win gold in the Olympic individual all-around gymnastics competition, […]
Women Cannot Expect Men to Be Allies Unless We’re Nicer to Them
As I’ve declared time and again, I am not – indisputably not – a feminist. Part of the reason is because the feminist movement is so […]
Ain’t Y’all Tired of Calling on White People to Stop Their Own?
My social media timelines are bursting with talk about Charlottesville. No, I’m not providing a link because you all know what happened down there. My […]
Julian’s Joint: On Radical Black Indifference as Survival
Foreword by LaSha. “They Black?” I have a friend who used to shoot off this question anytime I told her about a tragedy I’d […]
Bill Maher Gotta Go and Y’all Good Ni***s Do Too
In a typical day, the word “nigga” or its plural comes out of my mouth and keyboard at least a few dozen times. I make […]