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Part VI of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- I WANT TO BREATHE:
As I reflect upon what it still means to be black, or a person of color in the United States of America (U.S.), I think about the sleepless nights I have experienced being concerned for my black and multiracial children (especially after we returned from living overseas).
Part V of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM
Today, I had a new appreciation for his anger, sadness, pride and perseverance as not a father, a husband, or a Broker but a BLACK MAN.
Part II of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE LIFE WHEN WHITE IS THE STATUS QUO AND ANYTHING ELSE IS “OTHER?”
Britain’s racism hasn’t disappeared; it’s just gone underground. When white is the status quo and anything‘other’ is exactly that, where do you go? For me, it’s Morocco.
WHAT IS BLACK?
IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, BLACKNESS IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH HOMOGENEITY. 3 MINUTE READ Around the globe, no matter where you find the shade of skin that ranges from milky to mocha, deep chocolate to charcoal, as varied as the skin […]
Part IV of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- I AM STRUGGLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BEING BLACK IN MY WHITE RELATIONSHIPS.
This Kenyan Global Nomad wants you to know how dismissal feels. 4 MINUTE READ “I grew up in Kenya, where everybody around me was black, so being black was not an issue. In fact, I did not even recognize my […]
ASIAN ALLIES: The Activism We Need Today
The Asian American experience of racism in the U.S. and the need for alliances with African Americans and POC.
LaChanda Gaston’s African American Princess vision – In Full Regalia
International hairstylist has worked extensively in Hollywood and wanted to depict African-American girls as princesses.
Part I of VI: WHAT BLACKNESS LOOKS LIKE- STOP TRYING TO DILUTE OR EXPLAIN AWAY MY TRUTH.
A NIGERIAN WORLD TRAVELER LIVING IN THE U.K. SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT. STOP TRYING TO DILUTE OR EXPLAIN AWAY MY TRUTH.