For the Love and Liberation of Black Childhood

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I advocate for Black children first, last always. I write. I vlog. I podcast about race, gender, sexuality, spirituality, healing from trauma, Black media, art and culture and what it means to show up for and to shape a better world for Black people and Black children. I’m learning out loud and in public.

Category: Social Issues

  • I’m Not a Perfect Abolitionist, and I’m Okay With That

    I’m Not a Perfect Abolitionist, and I’m Okay With That

    I believe in prison abolition. I am not a perfect abolitionist. I believe that it is not only ideal but essential to our survival as Black people that we defund police, close prisons, and implement practices within our communities that are divorced from carceral systems. And while I am still struggling with what that entails,…

  • We Are Failing Black Boys

    We Are Failing Black Boys

    I keep seeing this argument being made that black boys are being “coddled” and that this is why many of them grow up to struggle as men. What confuses me most about this argument is that it’s most often used in conversations about black men who have criminal records, histories of violence, low education and…

  • Black Girls Deserve Love That Doesn’t Hurt and It Starts With Us

    Black Girls Deserve Love That Doesn’t Hurt and It Starts With Us

    “My mother was the first person to teach me that love looks like violence…” I was awakened to being pulled from my bed by my hair and dragged from my room to the kitchen. I was thrown to the grown and hit in my face repeatedly. I had no idea what was happening or why.…