Black history month is always a revitalizing time for me. As a black woman, it is a time for me to reflect on the people who have come before me; to honor and revisit their stories, work, struggles and triumphs. However, I am always deeply drawn to the work of great black women who have […]
Read More Four Black Women Making History Today“It is sites like Grindr that are the reason people don’t take us seriously.” The words slide off his tongue smooth like whiskey and he doesn’t give a second thought. This gay boy just sits in all his outrage waiting for everyone to agree. “If these young, black boys would start pulling their pants up […]
Read More On Being Respectable: the Violent Nature of AcceptanceRecently, Buro 24/7, released an interview with the Russian editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, Dasha Zhukova attached to a highly controversial photograph. In the photo, Zhukova is sitting on a chair sculpted to look like a contorted and mostly naked black woman. And while this situation sounds terrible on its own, things were only made worse […]
Read More Quick Hit: Racist Chairs. Art isn’t an excuse.In the spring semester of 2013, I was inducted into one of the most highly competitive organizations on JMU’s campus. The JMU Student Ambassador’s pride themselves on being some of the friendliest college tour guides in the country, convincing prospective high school students from all over the North East to attend the home of the […]
Read More Why I Quit Student Ambassadors – Discrimination at JMU
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