It’s been a couple of months since I made the decision to run for a seat on my city’s Charter Commission, and I have to say that for all the talk in recent years of asking women to run for office—and specifically Black women and other women of color—there is so much that isn’t spoken …
Last month, I shared some parts of the experience of my friend who was assaulted with racism when she was simply trying to bring her grandson to a local shop for a yummy bagel. Whenever my friend is faced with racist treatment as she goes about her day in public spaces, she has to face …
No doubt what I am about to say is going to rub someone the wrong way, but in this moment, we need truth. Not another day of bowing to white fragility or leaning in to faux civility, which too often places the burden on BIPOC folks to stay silent. Since the murders of Trayvon Martin …