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Dec 14, 2022

An Open Letter to My Community

The challenge I’m accepting for 2023 Once upon a time, I worked for a fairly large media company (which shall remain nameless) that probably should’ve shut down operations long before I ever darkened the door. I don’t say that because the quality of their work stank or because the work…

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An Open Letter to My Community
An Open Letter to My Community

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Feb 7, 2022

How Black Revolutionaries Revived Love & Romance for Me

In a world built and sustained on cruelty, love is the only possible intervention. I was sitting at the piano of one of the most successful pop songwriters in history, feeling so embarrassed I wished could just evaporate. He’d invited me to their posh summer apartment on the Upper West…

Love

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How Black Revolutionaries Revived Love &Romance for Me
How Black Revolutionaries Revived Love &Romance for Me
Love

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Jan 18, 2022

Dr. King Tried to Warn Us About American Fascism. Will We Listen Before It’s Too Late?

In his final book, Where Do We Go From Here?: Chaos or Community (1967), Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. issues a sobering appraisal of American politics that could’ve been written just after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. King employs an entire chapter to describe “a new wave of…

Black Lives Mater

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Dr. King Tried to Warn Us About American Fascism. Will We Listen Before It’s Too Late?
Dr. King Tried to Warn Us About American Fascism. Will We Listen Before It’s Too Late?
Black Lives Mater

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Dec 28, 2021

Why I Think I’m Done Making Hard to Swallow Pills About Racism

A friend once told me that “sarcasm is always anger — always.” I don’t know that I agree about the doubly-emphasized always or that, even if its true, that anger is always a bad thing. …

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Why I Think I’m Done Making Hard to Swallow Pills About Racism
Why I Think I’m Done Making Hard to Swallow Pills About Racism

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Nov 26, 2021

What the Rittenhouse & McMichaels Cases Are Really About

The criminal legal system is literally playing with our emotions. As far as awaiting the verdict in lynching trials go, this week has been a roller coaster. Many Americans appear somewhat relieved that the three white men who hunted and killed Ahmaud Arbery last summer were found guilty of murder…

Black Lives Matter

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What the Rittenhouse & McMichaels Cases Are Really About
What the Rittenhouse & McMichaels Cases Are Really About
Black Lives Matter

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Nov 22, 2021

Why Protest Is the Answer to Racial Gaslighting

Strategic nonviolent resistance is a powerful way to hold up for truth. T-minus 2,856 hours (17 weeks): To countdown to the release of my book, All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep, I’m curating weekly conversations on the book’s themes. This week’s theme is confronting racial gaslighting. It’d be…

Racism

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Why Protest Is the Answer to Racial Gaslighting
Why Protest Is the Answer to Racial Gaslighting
Racism

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Nov 14, 2021

Why Anti-Racism Is Important for Black People Too

The revolution begins with breaking free from the oppressor’s common sense. T-minus 3,024 hours (18 weeks): To countdown to the release of my book, All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep, I’m curating weekly conversations on the book’s themes. This week’s theme is political awakening. It’s the summer of…

Black Lives Matter

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Why Anti-Racism Is Important for Black People Too
Why Anti-Racism Is Important for Black People Too
Black Lives Matter

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Nov 6, 2021

How I Stopped Speaking to Persuade White People

Our stories may not always inspire empathy, but they can still empower. One of the deepest needs people have is to be believed. We have stories to tell, and we want to be heard. I think this is especially true when we’ve been harmed. But oftentimes, in our world…

Racism

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How I Stopped Speaking to Persuade White People
How I Stopped Speaking to Persuade White People
Racism

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Jan 11, 2021

Why America Must (Eventually) Defund the Police or Die

Without an intervention, the institution created to limit democracy for some is a threat to democracy at large. A jolt from the gut startles him awake; he is gasping for air. …

Black Lives Mater

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Why America Must (Eventually) Defund the Police or Die
Why America Must (Eventually) Defund the Police or Die
Black Lives Mater

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Jun 9, 2020

Dear Corporations, Don’t Tell Us ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Show Us.

It’s time to add systemic change to your symbolic actions. It seems no one wants to be caught dead without a protest selfie amidst this global wave of antiracist protests. …

Black Live Matter

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Dear Corporations, Don’t Tell Us ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Show Us.
Dear Corporations, Don’t Tell Us ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Show Us.
Black Live Matter

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Andre Henry

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Singer-songwriter & producer fighting for the world that ought to be.

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