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…
Back in January 2020, Black-British Get Out/Black Panther actor Daniel Kaluuya, who was born to Ugandan parents, was doing promo for his newly released film Queen & Slim (another film about Black Americans starring Black Brits but I will get to that later). During this promo, Kaluuya did an interview…
Today is July 4th. Apparently it is also the 244th celebration of the birth of a nation: America, land of the free, home of the brave. This 4th hits a little different though. Not for Black people. Nah. Frederick Douglass gave his “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of…