I like to write.
The thing that annoys me the most about the conversations around reparations (and there are other, minor annoyances, believe me) is that the talk remains centered around money and property. When I read Ta-nehesi Coates’ essay for The Atlantic “A Case for Reparations” — and if you are a resident of America and haven’t read … Read more
Of course I’ve seen “This is America.” I’ve seen it, like 50 times now. I don’t watch music videos, either. And I *checks clips* have never written about a music video. But “This is America” isn’t really a music video. It’s more like a book, so here we go. Let’s start with the chapter I’m … Read more
I like to think of myself as someone who is open to all styles and authors and viewpoints. Having said that, I also decided some years ago that I would bail out of a book if it wasn’t worth it. There is not exactly a scientific approach to arriving to the idea that the book … Read more