By: Zach Fulwood Black people are angry. There’s no two ways about it. Black people in America are tired and fed up with being treated like their existence doesn’t matter. They are sick of being treated like second class citizens… Read More ›
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The Black History Month Farce
By: Zach Fulwood So, here we are once again in the month of February, celebrating Black History Month. How are we celebrating it? Well, we play snippets of Dr, King’s “I Have a Dream” speech over and over again, talk… Read More ›
Black People’s Netflix
By: Zach Fulwood Have you ever watched a movie with a bunch of Black actors in it and felt like despite the Black faces, it wasn’t a “Black movie”? Throughout the entirety of the movie, you saw nothing that accurately… Read More ›
Why Can’t Black People Swim?
By: Zach Fulwood I’m sure we’ve all heard that Black people can’t swim. Obviously this is a bit of hyperbole because their are in fact Black people out there who can swim but the belief that the majority of Black… Read More ›
The Art of Selling Out
By: Zach Fulwood In the era of everybody being in everybody’s business, thanks in large part to social media, it’s hard for people to not feel obligated to voice their opinions. From Presidential elections to Hollywood’s sexual harassment epidemic, opinions… Read More ›
A Teachable Moment
By: Zach Fulwood So the past few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind with the story of Keaton Jones. As we all know, Keaton Jones was at the center of a viral video that saw him sobbing to… Read More ›
The Game of Racism
By: Zach Fulwood All white people are racist. Black people can’t be racist. All Republicans are racist and if you voted for Trump or couldn’t wait to see Obama out of office, you’re racist too. Okay, did I get all… Read More ›
The Many Layers of Code-Switching
By: Zach Fulwood Lights. Camera, Action! One of my favorite movies of all time is Training Day and my favorite character from the movie was Alonzo, played by Denzel Washington. Out of all the movies I’ve seen Denzel Washington in,… Read More ›
Yesterday’s Niggers, Today’s Niggas
By: Zach Fulwood Do you remember that song by Trinidad James called “Gold Everything”? That was my song! As soon as the beat dropped, it was time to turn up. The part I loved the most was when he would… Read More ›