Disclaimer Let me first say that I am a true believer in racial equality, fairness, and inclusion. I am in no way against white people or any people for that matter. I wasn\’t raised or taught to dislike or disrespect anyone for any reason. However, I do love my Black brothers and sisters and hope …
Disclaimer Let me first say that I am a true believer in racial equality, fairness, and inclusion. I am in no way against white people or any people for that matter. I wasn\’t raised or taught to dislike or disrespect anyone for any reason. However, I do love my Black brothers and sisters and hope …
Early Friday morning, rapper Young Stretch, 20, whose real name was Anthony Parks, was shot and killed by two assailants during a music video shoot for his hit song “Bloodbath” in his native Atlanta, Georgia. Four members of Parks’ security team were also killed in the incident, and ten people were injured. Both suspects remain …
If you have read a few of my articles for The DC Voice, you likely know how profound it is to me that Black people have survived and succeeded in quite literally every situation that promised to crush them. I consider it an egregious understatement to simply say that this is something to be proud …
Someone sent me this photo and I felt compelled to share it with our DC Voice readers. The captions say it all.
Glenn’s article can be read here. Imagine having the entire world shaped to your singular and specific benefit so comprehensively that there was never a time or place in the last millennium in which you would have been ostracized or denied privileges because you yourself are the picture of privilege. Now imagine the world beginning …
Like begets like, and the progenitor of the recent violence at the United States Capitol building, though some may hesitate to admit it, was the ongoing fervor and volume of the country’s antiracist demonstrations. It should be obvious that this is not to say that antiracist protests, no matter how raucous they have gotten, are …
As the tears ran down my face my heart sunk to my stomach. No, they were not so much tears of fear, but more of disgust, concern, and frustration! What the world saw taking place on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, many are calling insurrection, revolt, riot, and uprising chaos. For me, it\’s all of these …
When discussing race relations with peers and acquaintances, I sometimes raise the question of whether there is hope for anything resembling a “post-racial” future in the United States or, more appropriately, if racism and the afterlife of American slavery will ever cease to be so influential to the contemporary state of affairs. Admittedly, I have …
Lizzo, another Black woman who can’t seem to catch a break from the media. The “Juice,” singer has shared on social media via Tik Tok that she was on a 10-day smoothie cleanse. The chaotic reaction caused many people, especially white women, to feel as if she fell into diet culture. Body Positivity Lizzo has …
