Clap Back
June 03, 2025
CLAP BACK! There comes a time when time itself is calling for change. When personal and public violations must be addressed. When human dignity is defiled; and human rights are den...
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Essays that name harm clearly and hold anger, courage, and moral clarity together.
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12 posts in Truth-Telling
Notes from an Angry Black Woman
March 13, 2025
I am an angry Black woman. It is not all that I am but for now this is the part of me I want to address. I do so because I refuse to become the thing I hate. That is I refuse to be...
Read moreBrain Damage
December 13, 2024
It is time that someone said it. And I don’t want it to be me. But here it is, the truth, as I see it. A truth that I believe must be known and understood if we are to save ourselv...
Read moreWhat Now
November 13, 2024
On election night I went to bed but knew I would not sleep. The pain, disappointment, and sadness would not allow for a halcyon rest. Kamala had lost. All l could do was feel it. I...
Read moreCrisis or Opportunity: Let's Talk Project 2025
August 14, 2024
There is a Chinese symbol that depicts both crisis and opportunity. We are living in momentous times. There are practices, policies and laws that have been in place for most of our...
Read moreWrong Idea 5: When Inevitable Conflict Occurs Because of Wrong Ideas 1-4 then…It Is Ok to Kill
July 31, 2023
Ajike Owens was a 34 y/o single mother of four who loved her children. So when her 10 y/o son reported that a neighbor had thrown a skate at him she wanted to know why. She knocked...
Read moreWrong Idea 4: Some people are better than others
July 17, 2023
In 1619 twenty African slaves were brought to the colony of Jamestown, creating a racial caste system that established white people as the dominant group and Black people as subord...
Read moreWrong Idea 3: We Must Compete Rather Than Cooperate to Get Our Share
July 13, 2023
The previous two wrong ideas force us into “them vs. us” relationships. It is a fear-based idea in which we feel insecure and deprived. I believe there is healthy competition that...
Read moreWrong Ideas About Us That Could Ruin Us #2: There is Not Enough
July 05, 2023
In the richest country in the world, there are hungry children living among us. There are those dying of diseases and illnesses because they cannot get adequate health care. Many o...
Read moreWrong Ideas About Us That Could Ruin Us
June 30, 2023
We hear it all the time, don’t we? Our political system is corrupt, we are ruining our environment, there is too much violence. We lament the hunger and poverty that many of us are...
Read moreThe Minority Experience In America
January 26, 2021
In my community there’s a thought that is ever present: “You have to be twice as good to get half as much.” This thought summarizes a reality that almost all black people understan...
Read moreProud to be Black & Blue
January 26, 2021
As an African-American senior law enforcement official, in 2016 I was encouraged to combine my love and knowledge of criminal justice with my love, passion and commitment for socia...
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