What We Can Do to Honor the Loss of Tyre Nichols
On January 7th, Tyre Nichols was pulled over by five Memphis police officers for “reckless driving” according to NBC News. What followed was 13 minutes of him being brutally beaten and tased by these police officers. He died in the hospital three days later. When I first heard Tyre’s name circling around social media, I […]
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Coming Home to Harlem
Names have been changed. It was 6th grade recess, and a couple of girls were complaining about how far away they lived from school. I stared off into space, kicking at the fake grass beneath my feet, hoping they wouldn’t ask me where I lived. To the mostly White, wealthy students at my public school […]
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Of Course I’m Smart Enough
“OK class, we’re about to transition to community meeting! On my count. One!” announced my 4th grade teacher. One was the signal to push out your seat from the desk. “Good job we’re moving with urgency! I like it Morgan State!” Morgan State was the name of this class; almost every class at Excellence Boys […]
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Reading the Tea Pages
I first heard about the murder of George Floyd when my sister forwarded a news article via our family group chat. Over the next few days, I read as much as I could about the many acts of social activism taking place around the world in response to Mr. Floyd’s death. But I also saw people making jokes about his […]
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