Using a stereotype as a springboard is not a crime; failing to realize the fullness of your leading character – his or her humanely complex and contradictory nature – is the crime.
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Brandan “B-Mike” Odums
This is Brandan “B-Mike” Odums. Visual artist, filmmaker and founder of the urban art space in the city of New Orleans dubbed StudioBE. The street artist that squeezes beauty from the bandos and prefers his resistance in living color.
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For Brown Girls Who Struggled to Imagine Themselves as Brilliant
Encountering illiterate incoming students was just something that these public schools in Latinx neighborhoods had to deal with.
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When Black Bodies Become Agents of White Supremacy
White supremacy requires anti-blackness to be clothed in black face (read: drag) in order to maintain itself.
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House Hunting While Black
I hadn’t assumed that race would factor into my home buying anywhere in the Philadelphia area because I needed it to be different from Mississippi.
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Black and Buddhist
Buddhism has helped me feel empowered in the face of oppression and injustice.
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My Ultimate Feminist Latinx Reading List
Here is an extensive list of books I cherish and value in my own research and in my own work.
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What Does It Mean to Be a #CarefreeBlackBoy?
Without acknowledgment of the contributions made by Black and Brown gay and trans* folks, critical conversations aiming to deconstruct prevailing masculinity remain stagnant.
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The Telling of Black Stories: The Importance of Controlling Our Own Narratives
Allowing mostly non-Black, particularly white, photographers to tell our stories under the guise of photojournalism is a racially insensitive act of erasure.
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