In this episode of #FocusOnTheState, I sat down with my state senator, Jeff Jackson who sits on the North Carolina state legislature. Jackson was very gracious (and charming) in availing himself for this interview to break down what is role as a state politician is, and how I'm impacted as one of his constituents. He really highlights the significant impact state legislatures have, even though they are largely overlooked in the conversation of voting that springs up every four years around the presidential election. This interview is a great roadmap for anyone looking to become more informed about their state
Josie Duffy Rice offers a wide breadth of insight on what it means to defund the police, why that call is necessary and how it is still not enough in moving towards a more peaceful and equitable society.
Outrage has become a social currency. First strategically enacted by Kris Jenner in the handling of Kim Kardashian’s sex tape. Let the outrage happen, just
I need to get back into the form of writing. So I'm dusting off my Writer's Block book that I picked up after a recommendation in a Damon and Jo video, to put this sucker
The race problem on TikTok is glaring. Converse to the privilege and access that Charli has, most of the innovators on TikTok are almost always Black and Brown kids, who like Jaliah prior to that New York Times article, reaped no rewards from creating the Renegade dance.
At first glance, nothing about eighteen-year-old Billie Eilish screams Black culture, at least not when you play her music. But after the 2020 Grammys people started talking about what they considered the obvious influence of Black American culture on Billie’s image.
It was a rough day in January and like a true millennial I decided to bury my grief by drinking. Okay, maybe I already had this collaboration scheduled and the universe conspired to make sure
Following up on my what I read in 2018 video, here's a my ever evolving reading list for 2019. To be noted, I am working
Here ye, here ye! For all my #SmartBrownGirls here is what I read last year in 2018. Check out my video where I give a
Let's delve into another complex discussion within the African Diaspora. Africans selling their own people, us --- into slavery. And do African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, any of the modern day descendants of enslaved Africans in the
The Black people travel movement has definitely picked up stem in the past few years. It’s beautiful to see Black people traveling all over the
Every now and again I see memes floating around, denoting how no one was with you shooting at the gym or how your friends will
I recently re-read James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk. I sat on panel at SXSW with Barry Jenkins, Oscar award-winning director of Moonlight. In preparation, I picked up Beale Street because I realized I could
It took me forever and a day to get up a Black Panther review but it is finally, FINALLY here. And yes I am talking
Today is Ghana's 61st Independence Day. Winter of 2015 I spent seven weeks there after a work trip to Togo. I didn't really do a good