Ongoing abuse by law enforcement in Black communities is one reason why he was immediately given the benefit of the doubt.
OPINION: WILL SMOLLETT’S HOAX AFFECT PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF HATE CRIMES?
OPINION: RECENT TRIALS REFLECT WHITE FRAGILITY
One of the classic ways to stoke white fear and justify violence toward Arbery was to dehumanize his Blackness, but it didn’t stop there
CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF REVISIONIST HISTORY
Memory is a form of resistance. It's transgressive against glorified lies.
THE BLACK CHURCH WAS ONE OF R. KELLY’S ENABLERS
Stop being on the down-low about sexuality and sexual abuse, and develop an embodied theology.
THE TOPIC THE BLACK CHURCH DARES NOT SPEAK OF HONESTLY
In 2021, I am still asking these three questions …
OPINION: AFTER JUNETEENTH, WHAT DOES THIS 4TH OF JULY MEAN?
Juneteenth can no longer stand in the shadows of America’s celebration of independence
SHOULD COPS BE AT PRIDE PARADES?
“We reject the notion that police ‘keep us safe’ and refuse to work with them.”
OPINION: TULSA RACE MASSACRE REPARATIONS WOULD BEGIN THE HEALING
The struggle for Black Tulsan survivors and their descendants to receive reparations has been a century-old controversy, one that is a pox on this country’s unwillingness to redress the human rights violation and generational loss of accumulated wealth.
PASTOR MCCLURKIN’S STRUGGLE MIRROR’S THE BLACK CHURCH’S
No applause for this hate-filled coming out party.
WHEN PRIVATE HELL BECOMES A PUBLIC MASSACRE
What happened in Atlanta should be considered a hate crime.
