Stellar But Not Perfect: On Underground, Colorism and White Saviors
So per usual, I was tardy for the party. After recording the first episode of Underground last spring, and having every intention of watching it, I […]
Rants
A Day Without a Woman Is a Protest of Privilege
Listen, nobody appreciates a day off as much as me. I savor a day to sleep, lounge around and just be generally slothish. Since quitting […]
‘Get Out’ – Your White Partner Won’t Save You
Get Out, the film about a black man who uncovers a sinister secret while off to meet his white girlfriend’s family, has people buzzing with […]
Nah, White People, Nate Parker and Casey Affleck Ain’t That Different
In the past six months, I’ve written three separate pieces on Nate Parker and Birth of a Nation. The first was an explanation of why […]
Too Black and Queer: On Moonlight and the Audacity of White Fuckery
I don’t usually watch award shows not centered around Black people. I honestly don’t care to watch white people fawn over each other as they […]
Glenn McCoy and ‘The New Problem’ With Racism
I went to a street fair when I was 6 because I was the son of a single, Black Mama who made good use of […]
Mejorar La Raza: On Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community
“My mother tells me to fix my hair. And by ‘fix,’ she means straighten. She means whiten. But how do you fix this ship-wrecked history […]
Why Aren’t Black Kids Off Limits?
During the inauguration, an SNL writer tweeted that Barron Trump “would be the first homeschool shooter.” Expectedly, the outrage was swift and broad. The backlash was […]
Leah McSweeney Aces Beckery 101: Lies on Black Man, Gets Exposed and Then Cries Victim
Apparently white women whose names start with ‘L’ and who have podcasts known only to white people have a penchant for lying on Black men […]
On Blerds and Anti-Blackness
A few months ago, I shared a meme that called out anti-Blackness in Black nerd culture. It started one of the most intense discussions I’ve […]