Is “black” at true state of “being”?

I had a conversation with a friend a few weeks back about why black people in America seem to be compounded with problems every generation. From slavery, to Jim Crow, to Civil Rights, to destructive images (aka: coonery in entertainment), to police brutality, to being one of the most unhealthy groups in America, when will this ish end?

According to Locke’s social contract theory, in the “heuristic examination” of the human condition, termed the “state [...]

Every summer, when the temperature increases a few notches, the clothes become more scarce, the skin gets browner, the hair reverts back to the natural curl, a new season of possibility dawns. From summer vacations, to summer jobs – it is a time to meet new people, visit new places, try new things.

This summer I traveled to the motherland for the first time, specifically, Cape Town, South Africa. Of course, it was no accident that I chose to do [...]