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“The construction of whiteness affords one many privileges; whether one chooses to acknowledge these privileges or not, is a different story. We (white folks especially, due to proximity to privilege), must intentionally leverage our privileges through collective activism with historically marginalized communities...”— Belle, 2024, p. 17 I am sitting in a chair wearing a red dress and I am looking directly at the camera, smiling. In Start with Radical Love: Antiracist Pedagog

I still remember the first time I realized my labor was being taken for granted. I was 16, working at the New York Public Library in New York City. At that time, I was a Page, which is somebody who puts the books back in alphabetical order (fiction) and numerical order (nonfiction). I did this well, so well that my work was often done early, leaving me with nothing else to do. This would occasionally result in me talking to other workers on the floor (since I could not leave

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is not lost on me that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered when he was only 39 years old. Before entering his fourth decade of life, he was shot down on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. To think that you could lead a life driven by love and social justice and be murdered is still a wild concept f

I used to think that being right in an argument made me feel powerful. And sometimes it did, most times it did not. You get to a certain...

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” —African Proverb Teaching middle school and high school students...

As I watched 16-year old Ma’Khia Bryant’s TikTok video, I quickly realized she had a talent for making short videos with bursts of...

My allegiance is with Black lives not wealthy government buildings.

Throughout my life, I have witnessed the ways that we often choose people or spaces that do not choose us. Sometimes we do this to prove...

“Counterstory telling within CRT is used to demonstrate that color blindness, from a Critical Race Theory perspective, serves principally...

It is no secret that none of us can survive without love. It is likely the first conception of human connection we have, starting with...

I have always been a fan of love notes. Receiving as well as creating love notes for others inspires me. To prove my point further, I...

Over the past 10 years, I have received more rejections than I have ever experienced in my life and the feeling was like having a window...

Every time I think about the shocking ways of the world, especially living in a Black body, I immediately remind myself of all that is...

When I was 12 years old, one of my favorite pastimes was going to the local library. A few of my fellow Black girlfriends and I would...

I am a Black mother. Raising Black children in the modern day public lynching movement. Did we ever really gain our civil rights? A...

To talk about radical self-love while living in a Black body is almost like an oxymoron these days. We cannot do much without getting...

You never thought this day would come. The day where you cannot hide behind that hairstyle, that haircut, that fly outfit or that fancy...

It is no coincidence that the last time I updated this blog was a year ago. As I have gone down this road of personal and financial...

In my latest video, I discuss the importance of forgiving ourselves in order to be able to forgive others. Letting go and forgiveness are...