Today’s post comes from my co-parent, Jeff Bouley (also known as Deacon Blue online) who has gone through a couple decades of racial education (via dating and marriage and child-rearing with me) and continues the journey not just alone but still by my side a lot of days even though we aren’t a couple anymore. …
Yesterday, a Maine-based reader informed me that a friend had woken up to a flyer from the KKK in her driveway and was aghast. I can’t say that I would blame her; if I found a flyer from the KKK in my alley, I too would be pretty damn bothered. Between the time I received …
Daily racial microaggressions are a part of my life and pretty much a part of most Black people’s lives in America. It is the price we pay to live these lives in these containers which are called Black bodies. If I wrote or even thought too hard about the majority of these uncomfortable moments (from …