Though they rain down my social media feeds and timelines daily, I have been hiding or scrolling past videos…

It wasn't always this way.

Life with white folks ain’t been no luxurious affair.

Forty-one days ago, I turned thirty. I didn’t make a big deal of it. ‘Twas a lovely day, though. I had a quiet,…

I watched Harlem Nights for the first time last weekend. It was outlandishly Blackety Black Black. Just how I like…

After a handful of friends insisted that I give Tinashe’s new album, Aquarius, a chance, I pressed play on Spotify…

I like to pretend that, after Steve Hightower went the way of Judy Winslow, Steve Harvey went to live in a cave with…

The artist formerly known as Musiq Soulchild is now an Atlanta-based rapsinger who refers to his former self in the…

I have been here in Hampton, Virginia, with my entire damn family for about a month. My goal here is to get my mind,…

Last week while drowning in free time, I said to myself, “Self, you’re eating good, rubbing booties, and maxin’ and…

I just moved back to the States after roughly two-and-a-half years in Panama City. I spent my time there teaching Bus…

Hi. My name is Alex and watching Soul Train clips on YouTube is one of my favorite procrastination methods.

I used to rock with Bone Thugs N Harmony. I generally enjoyed bopping and inventing words to a handful of Bone Thugs…

A Facebook friend recently sent me this video. Another distraction from all this pretending to write, thought I.…

You see that jovial and inviting grandmotherly grin? Doesn't she look pleasant, like someone who smells of Icy/Hot…

This past weekend, my delegation of Black friends here in Panama and I, all homesick and missing starchy Southern…

Look. I would be lying to you if I told you that the sight of a White man publicly debasing himself at the heels of…