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There’s a pattern many of you are pretending not to see. Last week I wrote about the way Charlie Kirk’s message dressed itself in “faith” while hiding a deeper rot. This week made that rot harder to ignore. While I wasn't in the room at last night’s Palm Beach County School Board meeting, community members … Continue reading Baby, Call a Thing a Thing — Part II
“Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence.” – Toni Morrison I keep saying I’m going to leave this alone, but alas, here I am. What exactly are we “educating ourselves” on when it comes to Charlie Kirk? What’s supposedly being taken out of context? Sure, context always matters — but when the … Continue reading Baby, Call a Thing a Thing: Charlie Kirk in Context
"Certainly, there are very real differences between us of race, age, and sex. But it is not those differences between us that are separating us. It is rather our refusal to recognize those differences, and to examine the distortions which result from our misnaming them and their effects upon human behavior and expectation."— Audre Lorde, … Continue reading Defining DEI
But can we talk about how deep and ugly misogynoir and colorism are in our society? I mean, truly ingrained in the fabric of everything but I'm on Beyonce so we gon' be on Beyonce.
Dear Black Grl 