The nod.
What am I missing? Why would this be ubiquitous at home and non existent here? Then it dawned on me… the transatlantic slave trade.
Black and White cultural Differences
A letter to the White Blues Dance Community
A letter to the White Blues Dance Community January 20, 2018 Dear community, In the last day or two, Ellie made a post. It really set off a good conversation in the community. Surprisingly, I haven’t received that many messages yet. I’m slowly realizing that majority of my community has no idea of what it …
What’s a wash cloth?
In college I went to a friends house for an all nighter. Suddenly the sun was burning my eyes. I was gross, in surrounded by papers, in yesterdays clothes and reeked of the crushing weight of deadline stress. “Hey, can I use you shower?” I asked a friend. “ Sure,” He says yawning and hands …
Black Thanksgiving Memes Give Me Life
I LOVE Black Twitter. One of my favorite sets of Memes/tweets that come out every year is #thanksgivingwitBlackfamilies. It was the biggest back in 2015 but still relatable. For me, it’s a perfect showcase of how different the cultures are even around the same holiday and how universal much of the experiences can be. I …
Ask A Black Person: Black Women With White Men
I often get a lot of questions about interracial dating and why it’s so hard, confusing, and awkward. Below are two questions asked! “Are you able to talk about the difficulties that arise when a Black woman wants to date outside her race, how difficult it can be for guys outside her ethnicity to understand …