Monthly Archives: August 2019

Gentrification Part I

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Byron

Gentrification is slowly making the city I live in, inhospitable to me. I live in Detroit, but sometimes when I am out and about in my city, white folks look at me like I’m lost. This is offensive to me … Continue reading →

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Why You Sound White?

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Byron

We as a people often give lip service to the ideas of inclusion and treating everyone the same, but we often fall short in this area. There is a popular meme on the black internet that presents folks of various ethnicities and asks if … Continue reading →

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What is Woke?

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Byron

I fully intended to write about how hard it is being a “woke” black person black person in this country. But then I remembered, James Baldwin wrote everything that needs to be written about that in this one sage phrase; “To be a Negro in this country and … Continue reading →

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