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An observation: There is less nuance in digital popular discourse about Black America lately. I wonder if it's because of the reverse Great Migration to the Sun Belt, social media,

You find a great starter home. You've scraped together 5 to 10 percent. You've worked hard on your credit. You prequalify. You put in an offer......and so did a corporation

And it's not just that Gretchen is a white woman. She is an ally and an accomplice with a track record and receipts, and folks know her father well. There

That unease many viewers felt from last night's #LovecraftCountry comes from that particular haint *haunting all of US children's media.* #TheShadowBook(This isn't hard stuff - Morrison taught us this

In so many of our cultures, you know the bathroom is clean when you can't go in there for a good half hour -- gotta let the fan and/or open

We've got to teach readers and audiences to see us beyond pain, death, and "lessons to learn," but days like today make that hard task even more difficult.Narrative escape is

HBO's Watchmen and Lovecraft Country aren't directly in my critical lane, but man, there's *something* -- grist for the critical mill! -- about mass confusion when it comes to the

BTW, I've been reading Manigault-Bryant's TALKING TO THE DEAD in the other window. Wow. This is what we believe and do... Now I'm wondering where Black Florida is located in

Painted my nails vermilion last night - forgot how much I've loved this color since early childhood! Very happy.Another related shade I adore: ochre.(I've always loved color words. A lot.)8

Daily, I shake my head over our persistent, collective disbelief that the USA could ever develop concentration camps, when we've had plantations, reservations, redlining, and the largest prison industrial complex

Answering email. There's a lot of it to answer.Here's another good example of Detroiters & good B-sides/album tracks that are almost never an artist's greatest hits, which often get played

I'm going to lock my account in a bit, because Twitter is toxic for Black women with opinions. Please know that my Tweets are NOT indicative of my institution.I. Know.