June 30, 2014
Originally published in The Indypendent Blog . “You are recreating the very racism this art is supposed to critique,” I yelled. The...
blog
May 29, 2014
Ta Ne-Hisi Coates' articles for The Atlantic , usually focused on his experiences of American race relations, almost always light up the...
blog
May 5, 2014
Two weeks ago I wrote a piece about a Humans of New York (HONY) post which featured a white teacher talking about the challenges he faces...
Opinion
April 29, 2014
This article appears in a collection of essays entitled, Confronting Genocide: Dehumanization, Denial and Strategies for Prevention" edited...
blog
March 30, 2014
In a profile piece in the most recent issue of The New Yorker , Kobe Bryant revealed his thoughts on a photo tweeted by Miami Heat’s LeBron...
Conversations
February 16, 2014
In 2012, the state of Maryland — home to the nation’s fourth largest African American population — faced a ballot measure that would...
retrospectives
May 31, 2013
The ways of white folks, I mean some white folks, is too much for me. I reckon they must be a few good ones, but most of ‘em ain’t good —...
Opinion
April 22, 2012
Originally published in Pambazuka News . The scene is Stockholm’s Museum of Modern Art, on Sunday, April 15th. The event is the celebration...