Of all the stereotypes and tropes that abound about Black women, the one that is the hardest to shake and causes the most harm is the “angry Black woman” trope. It seeks to frame us as mean, aggressive, and ill-tempered; it is used most to silence and separate us from healthy emotions. To be a …
I grew up in a Black America where our history didn’t get the full coverage and respect that it was due. It was a time when too many white folks at best strived to be color blind and reduce racial differences to the cringe-inducing melting pot concept. In the 70s through the very early 90s …
My writing for the last several months has focused more on political and current events, but today I need to take a detour back to my lane of anti-racism work, because there is something that has been gnawing at me that I finally can put into words. Over the last year, the world has been …