Category: black family

  • Hush, Little Black Woman, Don’t Say A Word

    You say you strong. You say your shit is solid. You say you got this. You say you Mother Earth in the physical. Hush. You say that, but when some of you are exposed for not being any of that, you get real sensitive. You don’t want that illusion of perfection dancing around in your…

  • Company Sponsored Obesity: To Blacks With Love

    Some weeks ago, my son phoned to ask that I bring home a bottle of Williamson Bros. BBQ Sauce, a sauce we’d tried at Whole Foods that the family seemed to like. “Well, I’m not at Whole Foods,” I responded. “I saw it in Publix, too,” he said. I cocked my mental eyebrow and told…

  • All Minds Have Left the Building

    Our minds are gone. Technology has taken the place of voluntary brain activity. How can I say this? Because I just recently—once again—witnessed it with my own eyes. I don’t know how much more of this I can take y’all. It’s getting harder and harder to breathe [© Maroon 5]. *hooking up to respirator* OK,…