By: Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou As a young black woman, identity and culture are very important to me. All my life, a West African father and a Jamaican...
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Overcoming Sexual Assult and Learning to Love Myself Again
By: C.A. Cantwell Before I begin I would like to give a trigger warning, this will contain rape and sexual violence, so please proceed with...
It’s OK Not to Be Okay: How I Learned About Vulnerability in the Midst of Heartbreak
By: Dashae’ Coley-Epps Although it was a windy night in the middle of December, I walked home from school in my cheerleading uniform, not...
Who Says You Cant?: Loving My Blackness, and a White Man at the Same Time
By:Rochelle Justin I was brought up in a middle class West Indian household with both parents. Growing up, I was raised on “black love”...
The Politics of the N-Word
By:Beylul Russom The dehumanization of the black body has been explicitly imposed throughout American history. A popular saying, “sticks and stones...
How my Gap Year Taught Me About My “Privilege” as a Black Woman
By: MarKeicha Dickens “Privilege” is a word that is used often in social justice spaces. Now more than ever we are demanding that everyone in...
To Be Beautiful, Bold, and BLACK on Television
By: Isabella Ntigbu When watching television as a child, I always tried to find the character that looked like me; black and female. I knew doing so...
Unshackling Myself From the Restraints of the Education System
By: Marielle McCloud There’s a short list of things that I choose to identify as, and I can say these things without hesitation; I am black, I...
My Experience with Getting Kicked out of a Band Because of My Race
By: Shama Mapingire “In what world can a black girl and white boy be a successful musical duo?” I thought this to myself two years ago , but at...
Occupying My Space: My Navigation of Workplace Oppression
By: Felisha Nicole I work as the administrative support for a law enforcement agency. Every day I sit in an office occupied by 98% men who carry...
