Tag: philando castile

• Write on Time: Part 3

  

  Although this is my last piece inspired by 4:44, the topics I will address have been on my mind for a long time. For example, one idea was another spin off of “Never Change 2.1,” that focused on Hova’s lyrics about his wife, daughter and mother, but I put it on the backburner in another…

  kashema

  August 8, 2017

  observations

  black cool, gloria carter, helena andrews, jay-z, lyrics, masks, maxine waters, music, philando castile, rap, reclaiming my time, sapphire, smile, valerie castile

• Hey, Dad

  Dear Dad, This morning I came to you with a heavy heart and tears in my eyes. This morning, instead of saying “Happy Birthday,” I said, “They keep killing us.” You gave me your shoulder to cry on and we had a conversation about the murdering of Altson Sterling and Philando Castile—two Black men that…

  kashema

  July 7, 2016

  observations

  alston sterling, between the world and me, birthday, black children, black fathers, freddie gray, lavish reynolds, mario woods, philando castile, ta-nehisi coates