Tag: silence
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What are you holding?
When discussing things that trigger us, we hold things for different reasons… A while ago I was in a group discussion and we ended up talking about white privilege. A man who identified as biracial said a lot of things and used Marxism as his crux. One of the things that he said was blacks…
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qotw: burying bodies
And they have haunted my heart, thoughts and soul…until one day, they decided to make a deal with me. They would stop on two conditions: 1) I forgave myself for the burials of the past 2) Never be silent again. We made a deal. Every once in a while one would resurrect, but never for…
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Silence and Violence
One week ago, activist, Brittany “Bree” Newsome scaled a pole and took down a Confederate battle flag in South Carolina. This is called civil disobedience but as child of 1990’s hip hop, I call it, silence and violence. Those of the Fox News breed will say I am promoting negativity. NOPE, come here, let me…