Get Out: Is Colonial Stockholm Syndrome Preventing a Mass Blaxit?

Through foggy lenses in the airport security line, I stared at my two small bags, vision blurred by the N95 mask. My one-way ticket to Puerto Vallarta felt heavy with my father’s plea to remain in the United States. His familiar sermon on a mental loop, “You know your ancestors fought for our right to […]
Dear You, It’s Me: A Love Letter for the Only Black Girl in the Room

I vividly remember the first time I saw someone my age sitting with their legs crossed, one lanky, hairless limb draped delicately over the other. I was the tender age of eleven and entering my first year of sixth grade in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, after transferring from an out-of-district elementary school. As I scanned my […]