More than five, but less than 6 years ago, I was a member of a mixed-raced, creative writing group. We met once a week to discuss writing techniques and the such. During one meeting, the topic of race and writing characters with realism. Of course, we had members (mostly white) who said that they could write…

The whole team here!!!!!!!

But it’s not just one person, it’s a group of people. Something tells me that a group of successful, independent Black media creatives based in Atlanta aren’t doing this because they crave white validation. It’s totally normal to be skeptical of this, but some people like to do the work of building bridges. No one put…