Category: Ibram X. Kendi

Black History Month Plus Two

Posted on March 1, 2021 by

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February turned out to be another superb reading month. Despite being just 28 days long, I managed to read 11 books, broken down as follows: one history; one biography; one autobiography; one on poetry; two adult novels; one young adult novel; and four poetry… Continue Reading “Black History Month Plus Two”

Category: Danez Smith, Eddie Glaude Jr., Ibram X. Kendi, Jane Commane, Jericho Brown, Jo Bell, Keisha N. Blain, Nina Simone, Octavia E. Butler, Saeed Jones, Shaun David Hutchinson, Tracy K. Smith, Zora Neale Hurston

Thoughts: How to Be an Antiracist

Posted on June 20, 2020 by

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I’ve noticed there’s a fun(?) little trend happening this year about playing the “bingo card” of life. Murder hornets? Deadly kissing bugs? Global pandemic? It seems every few weeks, there’s something else to worry about, some new extravagant nightmare to “check” on one’s bingo… Continue Reading “Thoughts: How to Be an Antiracist”

Category: antiracism, black lives matter, Ibram X. Kendi, Non-Fiction

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