We simply need to acknowledge and accept that we need more descriptors to describe the totality of blackness. I am blackity black-black but some stupid people tried to tell me that I’m not because of my Caribbean heritage and straight-ish hair. My husband is technically multiracial (Italian white absentee father,…

That said, I’m not going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. America has had to spend a day talking about police brutality, no matter how White and isolated they are.

Brace yourselves. The “Black Well, Actually” is coming.

Let me find my seat real quick because the umar stans are coming.

I definitely get it. Thankfully it doesn’t get popping like that in my part of Queens, but I’m also in the home buying age bracket, and those prices in the hood are mighty cheap, relatively speaking. It might be time to make that move for the sake of your kids. Besides, they can always visit, and Prince Georges…

1) the pearl clutching condom use won’t stop.

It’s hard ouchea for interracial couples. First ‘Get Out’ now this.

I find McMullin’s political career depressing - not because of anything he’s done, but because his miniscule following shows how tiny the audience is for non-crazy conservatism.

I’ve always been REAL suspicious that anyone who tells you you’ve gotta look past stuff like this is secretly harboring some toxic shit of their own and wants the reassurance you’d look past that too.

Unsolicited advice from someone who survived a very necessary estrangement from her own mother: beware of anyone who attempts to convince you that you should be able to look past this. I wish someone had told me 20 years ago that “blood is not thicker than safety.” Thank you and good luck.