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A White Woman Taught Me About Nat Turner

I don’t remember her name or any other physical attributes — just her skin tone and her message.

Oct 15

A White Woman Taught Me About Nat Turner

Oct 15

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Woke and Restless

My Letter to the Provost of Winston-Salem State University

Please feel free to copy and paste this email and send it to grahama@wssu.edu

Dec 15, 2022

Dec 15, 2022

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Woke and Restless

Why It’s Time to Start Saying N**** at Work

This is a piece for and about n*****. White folks need not participate.

Aug 30, 2022

Why It’s Time to Start Saying N**** at Work

Aug 30, 2022

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10 Thoughts About The Greatest Oscars In The History of the Oscars

I do not watch the Oscars, but I feel like I can confidently say there’s never been a better Academy Award show than there was last night…

Mar 29, 2022

10 Thoughts About The Greatest Oscars In The History of the Oscars

Mar 29, 2022

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Ryan Coogler and the Plight of Real N*****

Some Thoughts About Black-on-Black Racism

Mar 17, 2022

On January 7, 2022, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was detained by police after a bank teller accused him of trying to rob the bank that he was trying to withdraw his money from.

Mar 17, 2022

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Why Do Black Men Dehumanize Other Black Men…?

There is a tweet, or, rather, a picture of a tweet, that goes viral every few years posing some variation of this question to black men —…

Sep 17, 2021

Why Do Black Men Dehumanize Other Black Men…?

Sep 17, 2021

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Can You Be Pro-Black And Date Non-Black People?

I would like to start by acknowledging that this question is often posed lacking the nuance necessary to have a valid conversation that is…

May 12, 2021

Can You Be Pro-Black And Date Non-Black People?

May 12, 2021

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Derrick Jaxn, Kevin Samuels, and the Myth of the Man That Can Help You Find A Man

A few weeks ago, another video of the ironically infamous Kevin Samuels went viral on social media, but this particular video carried a…

Mar 27, 2021

Derrick Jaxn, Kevin Samuels, and the Myth of the Man That Can Help You Find A Man

Mar 27, 2021

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Black Women Will Never Be Able to Satisfy Y’all — So Cardi B and Meg Stopped Trying

A few months ago — Boosie Badazz said that he was forcing his twelve-year-old sons to have sex with grown women in order to prevent them…

Aug 8, 2020

Black Women Will Never Be Able to Satisfy Y’all — So Cardi B and Meg Stopped Trying

Aug 8, 2020

Kermit Ray Thomas Jr

Kermit Ray Thomas Jr

Co-host of the Woke and Restless podcast. Dope, but different. Naturally black. Unnaturally American. Unapologetically both.

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