Trigger Warning: Race/Identity This piece will only be uncomfortable with those who may take offense to the following statement: I have four Black-American grandparents. I know that this statement FEELS aggressive but trust me, it only FEELS that way. This is not poking a wound. In fact it is the…
The way vanilla is misrepresented pains me. Any time someone uses “vanilla” to describe something white, boring, and/or plain, I want to scream. Nothing could be further from the truth. Meet Edmond Albius, the black man behind the revolution of vanilla. Thanks to Albius, we are able to cultivate and…
Highlights First episode of Black Like Vanilla, home for Black conversations outside the simulation. Hosted by Swan. Ep. 101 features Ramsey Robinson, member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Discussions on Covid + mental health, gas prices, Ukraine/Russia, wage theft, socialism and communism, and a 100 year old W.E.B.…
Prince wasn’t new to this. He was true to this. His Purple Majesty. Rest in Prince. From WCCO: The date was April 1970. Minneapolis Public Schools educators went on strike. WCCO restored the film to offer context to the educators strike that happened in the same district just last month. When…
I just started reading “The Spook Who Sat by the Door” by Sam Greenlee. I’m at the part where Freeman bussed Calhoun’s ass in judo for essentially wasting Freeman’s time by underestimating him, going on to defy every obstacle designed to prove Black people were inferior to their white counterparts.…