“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin Why do I feel like white people played us when it came to Joburg hey? Why Read More …
“Forever, forever, ever, forever, ever? Forever never seems that long until you’re grown”- Outkast revolutionary love So, my husband and I were discussing the ability to walk away if our relationship wasn’t working, if we Read More …
“In a place that will never understand you are amazing, in a place that will put fire to you then say you are callous, they will burn you then say you are reckless, some mothers Read More …
“Burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander! Just because we’re magic doesn’t mean we’re not real”-Jesse Williams (Speech on Race at the BET Awards) Nah guys I’m never one to be complaining Read More …
“Misery won’t touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for nobody but you to know of.” -Edwidge Danticat So, a friend of mine Read More …
“Educated black Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. “You’re us,” and if anyone thinks you are a Negro he is mistaken, because you merely Read More …
“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.”― Warsan Shire So, I have been thinking a lot lately, about how we women seem to take longer than men Read More …
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to Read More …
