400 Degreez of Reasonable Doubt
Reader Advisory disclaimer: the contents of this write-up were inspired by the conversation alluded to below and the piece: Richard Wright to Jay-Z: The Decline of Young Black Male Literary Writers by KL Reeves. Lyrics and prose are intended for entertainment and thought-provoking purposes only and were not intended to harm any writers actually doing […]
ABMRreflection: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
ππ¦π’π³ ππ°π₯, ππ¦π’π³ π΄π΅π’π³π΄, π₯π¦π’π³ π΅π³π¦π¦π΄, π₯π¦π’π³ π΄π¬πΊ, π₯π¦π’π³ π±π¦π°π±ππ¦π΄, ππ¦π’π³ ππ·π¦π³πΊπ΅π©πͺπ―π¨. ππ¦π’π³ ππ°π₯. – Alice Walker I imagine thereβs not a lot one can say about a work like this that probably hasnβt been said, but there is a lot to be said of the distance one travels when staying alive, gaining experience, and […]
How The Word Is Passed: Land, Buildings, Time + Space.
“Go straight for two miles on Robert E. Lee. Take a left on Jefferson Davis. Make the first right on Claiborne.” translation: “Go straight for two miles on the general whose troops slaughtered hundreds of Black soldiers who were trying to surrender. Take a left on the president of the Confederacy, who understood the torture […]
Riding with Natasha Trethewey on “Memorial Drive: a Daughter’s Memoir”
“In my grandmother’s house the act of remembering, recounting that story, was meant to ensure my future safety, protection gained through knowledge, and the vigilance that brings, a certain hyperawareness: hair rising on the back of my neck when I’d hear a particular kind of southern accent, a tensing in my spine when I’d see the Confederate flag or the gun rack on a truck following us too closely down the road.” In this quote Trethewey shows how being a daughter of the south is a constant state of understanding a hatred nobody believes is there and a danger that feels all to real all the time.
Transnational Roundtable Discussion on Systemic Racism: Video
I had the distinct privilege of being asked to speak on systemic racism both from a literary perspective and as a black man in Amerikkka. The great thing is, I most certainly wasn’t the star of the show. There were people from all over the world giving their informed thoughts and opinions, as well as their experiences. We didn’t stop talking for over 3 hours!
Ibram X. Kendi Vs. Van Jones
Recently I finished βHow to be an Antiracistβ By Ibram X. Kendi and I also recently put the finished stamp on βConversations in Black.β I think both of these books were extremely necessary, especially for the time that we currently find ourselves in. America, at least for me, is at a standstill, and the only […]
Conversations, Reading + Brothers Building…
Right now the world is kind of in shambles. It’s difficult to find anything noteworthy on the internet and everyone’s kind of in a panic the likes of which I’m sure most of us have never seen. The only natural disaster I have to juxtapose what Covid-19 has done to the nation is Katrina, and […]
Contemporary Black Authors I’ve found over the past two years | #ABMR
1. Ed Gordonβs recently released Conversations in black. I havenβt put a big enough dent in this just yet to give thoughts-but Iβm excited. 2. Londrelleβs Eternal Sunshine + Sun Flower Soul both of which are super transformative and filled with everything you need to do daily maintenance on your mind, body, + soul. There’s […]
Image Comics: Excellence
Angela Davis – Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Angela Davis has written and seen more than I could ever imagine. She’s been a noted member of the American Communist Party and she has also been an associate of the black panther party, the black liberation army, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Having been around all of these formative groups, and having […]
