As we gazed at the lawn and fantasized about life in France, a group of white French men called out, “Niggas in Paris!”
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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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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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Weapons: A 3 Part Series On Violence
Violence has to be grappled with beyond a bullet, a fist, or a war. Violence has to be grappled with as a psychic undoing, as well as a physical one.
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A Letter to the Faculty and Staff of White Serving Institutions
We keep pretending that an education in a prestigious institution cleanses racism.
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Open Casket: The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
I wonder how it feels to have the ability to extract, gauge, or even deny your artwork of a political identity.
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A Tax for the Too Sweets
Once upon a time, I was all about a sweetened beverage tax. It was peak knee jerk reaction.
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Losing Myself: Growing up in the Hood While Navigating White Institutions
I developed the art of code switching and shapeshifting.
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Hypervisibility and Anti-Blackness
All over the globe we are battling anti-Blackness and fighting for our right to live.
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