America as a Whole Needs This Movie: Reflections from ‘I Am Not Your Negro’
February 3, 2017
“It’s a great shock to realize you’re black” in America. And me being raised in white suburbia, that line is
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“It’s a great shock to realize you’re black” in America. And me being raised in white suburbia, that line is
My family and I began the 10-hour drive to attend the Women’s March on Washington at 2 a.m. The day
But I do know that you’re the water I won’t pour
No need to water the plants of a
Race is a subject that is often shunned, but the participants of this event were fearless and eager to discuss
Over pancakes at IHOP, my dad expressed that my mom used to sport a “Nautica white, with blue and yellow
I asked young people holding pro-LGBTQ signs or chanting the LGBTQ slogans “What do you think Donald Trump will do
I was supposed to be a fly on the wall
Just an unbiased observer
But when the chants
Women of all ages brought their daughters to Saturday’s March for Women and Social Justice in downtown Atlanta to
The day had arrived to go back to school
Freezing winds were nippy and cruel
All of a
This will not be the last time you feel like this.
There will be days your body feels more
Today I had the pleasure of attending one of the most uplifting events I’ve ever been to in my life.
The wooden stairs creak more
My edges grow, leave, and grow again
Nostalgia becomes a person who haunts