The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And so it's important to remember that folks of color know their own realities.

The denial of racism is a form of racism itself.

If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people.

People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who am I to act as if I have a choice in the matter? Especially when my future and that of my children in large part depends on the eradication of racism? There is no choice.

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.

Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what is meant, but, if we are willing to be honest, we also know that none of the four describe something real, something tangible, something true.

As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular “hook” upon which to hang the missive you are burning to release.