I despise cynicism. It’s lazy, it’s destructive in its inaction, and it’s flatly wrong. All around us—every single day—one can plainly see people go out of their way to help one another. We push cars out of the snow, give money, and run into burning buildings all for the sake of strangers. But there are …
If you are in the business of comedy and making people laugh, the laziest route to fast laughs is to laugh at Black people with no regard to our trauma and history. Which is what NBC’s Saturday Night Live did on April 3, 2021, with their “Vaccine Game Show” sketch featuring esteemed actor Daniel Kaluuya. …
Several weeks ago, an institution here in Maine reached out to me about a potential collaboration. The organization was looking to do an event, and asked if I would create a talk about Black folks in Maine. Honestly, it sounded like a great project, and most certainly up my alley given what I do. Then …