Category Archives: African American Studies

All my skinfolk…

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Byron

Black folks in this country, those who were brought as prisoners of war and those that emigrated of their own accord, have a long history of names and labels that have been applied to us. The list is exhausting. The … Continue reading →

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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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