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I attended a conference session called, “Defusing the Power of Toxic Religion for Sexual Advocacy,†because I’m writing a memoir…
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At a table on the quiet side of the room, five black women are talking. Sex. Helping a friend…
Notes: My most recent column for National Catholic Reporter references the freshmen class I teach in Philadelphia, not to be…
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How is a church like prison and being incarcerated like belonging to a church? Both have a way of asking,…
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A podcast featuring a 30-something black woman and her dad, talking about life. Click here to listen. (I hadn’t actually made…
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The morning after Muhammad Ali died, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the times he called himself “pretty.” A corner…
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Yellow became my favorite color several years ago because by wearing it, I could prove that my skin is not…
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I’ve been trying to process why Prince’s death feels so much worse to me than Michael Jackson’s or even Whitney…
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Since I see no reason to add to the thousands of think pieces EBONY magazine’s November cover story, “Cosby vs. Cliff,â€Â undoubtedly…
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On the Sunday following the Charleston massacre hate crime, those who hadn’t reached the point where they could forgive the…
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“There are all boys at Stephanie’s (invented name) house, so you can’t turn up like you do here. You have…
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Though I am often critical of the Black Church, my criticism comes from a place of love and fondness…
Since January, I’ve been making an effort to accept my own challenge of re-envisioning God. I made a silent commitment…
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“If you had a little girl right now, how would you discipline her?” a friend asked me recently. “I don’t…
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This inconsistency between black identity and Christianity’s role in the oppression of black people is something I think all black…
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At the Emancipation Day parade in Trinidad, something happened that I didn’t expect: Jesus showed up. The truck we had…
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Do public celebrations commemorating emancipation, heritage and history help to instill a private consciousness in the people of the communities…
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I spent a portion of my last day at 33 dancing and thinking about the messages in the dance. On…
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Finally felt that affinity with other African people when I was in Tobago. I looked out into the salt water…
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Ever notice how it’s the poor, black, unemployed, idle but creative youth who create musical empires? It’s true in Hip-Hop,…
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I started writing this on a Saturday night after making a to-do list for Sunday that had me wondering, “Why…
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On Friday my mom and I drove up to the Evansville Museum to see the exhibit, “Posing Beauty in African…
I passed on the Grammy Awards last Sunday to go see 12 Years a Slave. When I got home from…
While my parents were teaching me to be the best student I could be, my Christian faith taught me to…
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I forgot the Golden Globes were on tonight, and I tuned in just in time to see Kerry Washington not…
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