On my best days, I walk with my head held high—over or beyond the mystifying childishness that makes a white man wonder if I belong in the airport lounge sitting …
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The Birth Certificate
My birth certificate is a thin, yellow slip that states my name, Morgan Simone Regis Jerkins. Underneath my name are thirty-five dashes that reside in the place meant to indicate …
Race and Representation: Lessons From a Biracial Candidate’s Bid For President in West Africa
This year, 47 people ran for president in Benin, a country with a population of just over 10 million. In other words, a nation with less than half the population …
By the Content of Cousin Pam’s Character
The Cosby Show was never intended as mere entertainment. It was much more like Sesame Street teaching us letters and numbers, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood teaching us about make believe and …
Affirmative Whiteness
For now, race-based affirmative action in US higher education remains constitutional, as the Supreme Court ruled in June via Fisher v. University of Texas II. Still, one fact remains evident: …
Life After Losing Jordan: When 3 1/2 Minutes Becomes Forever
“You were supposed to protect him.” Barely five minutes into the HBO documentary 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, director Marc Silver depicts Jordan Davis’s parents, Lucia McBath and Ron Davis, …
How to Stay Woke in a Room Full of Hoteps
The current liberation movement is under threat. Fueled by the modern lynching of Black bodies, this movement faces one of the same internal foes that have threatened Black liberation movements …
Waxed Cotton Is Only So Protective
It’s not that cute. The collar’s uneven. It looks dusty. But I pined for my Barbour Beaufort for a long time. I don’t remember where I was when I found …
Afro Brasil
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The Tyranny of the P.C. Police
A few months ago, Wesley Morris, deemed 2015 “The Year We Obsessed Over Identity”. Morris, one of the foremost Black culture critics writing today, argued that last year our culture …