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Samuel James

What’s in a name? And what’s it got to do with Twitter and Musk?

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by Samuel James

If you’re a white person, I’d like to give you a window into Blackness just for a moment. Let me give you just a tiny glimpse at the many layers of things happening all around you that you probably miss. I’m going to do this by talking about names. My name is Samuel James. Pretty …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural

The hope embodied in our new Black justice

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 by Samuel James

I’m watching the president standing there next to the soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice and I’m overwhelmed with anger. I hate this moment. I hate that he gets to stand there and pull this legacy bullshit. I hate that he’s trying to get us all to forget how much he did for Clarence Thomas and his …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural

“The Slap” at the Oscars and some of what it tells us

April 1, 2022March 31, 2022 by Samuel James

To me, as a Black man, The Slap is complicated. It brings up questions of perception and masculinity and trauma and relativism that I’m still trying to find the answers to in my own life. The fact that mine is just one in an infinite list of hot takes suggests I’m not alone on that …

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