Now that we’ve learned that a Black mermaid makes sense and should exist in fiction, it’s time to talk about the things we probably aren’t okay with. There are a couple of things you might not like about The Little Mermaid 2023. First Issue The first problem is that there’s something a…

White Privilege, like male privilege, is a concept that has been thoroughly explored. A huge part of white privilege is white defaultness, where you (the white person) don’t have to learn about other cultures or peoples, but they all have to learn about you. This also includes how white biases…

A Stephen Candie character analysis through a political lens — Black Conservatives Full disclosure: I used to be a Black conservative. Now as a progressive, I use my old experience to consistently reflect, and maybe help others understand that it’s possible to change. You know how that villain character first was a villain but now they are a valuable teammate for the…

Opioid Overdose Awareness Event held in Washington D.C. — America’s Opioid Crisis September 24th, 2022. Just outside of the west side of the U.S. Capitol was an event held to spread awareness of the current Opioid/ Drug Overdose Crisis in America. This was a medium-sized event, which felt very somber and silent, due to the pain of the family members present. The Mother from Philadelphia

And they continue to engage in historical revisionism — January Sixers I have no love for insurrectionists. September 24, 2022. The fascists who sympathize with their friends who attacked the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, to disrupt the Constitutional process of legitimate transfer of executive power? They showed up in Washington, D.C., again. This was a relatively small-medium event. Ashli Babbitt’s…

Because Black Lives in a White Fascist Movement have Expiration Dates — Black Proud Boys One question: How long do you think they’d let you stay? On the 12th of December, 2020, there had to have been 500–700 Proud Boys in Washington, D.C. They all came from various states, all across America to march in the streets by day and rapaciously maraud at night. One…

Remembering Don’t tell me never to forget; I remember. I was just a U.S. Army Private stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, working that day. One of the Soldiers, as young as me, pushed the door open to tell everyone in the room that one of the twin towers got hit. …

White Imagined Worlds are “White’s Only” Places — A Black Mermaid Actually Makes More Sense The more I think of it, Ariel in the Little Mermaid should be Black, and should have been Black the whole time. If you ever factor in how many Black people were thrown overboard in the Atlantic Ocean (which includes the Caribbean, by the way ) during the Trans-Atlantic Slave…

Washington D.C.’s Rookie Running Back Brian Robinson Was Shot Multiple Times, and I Don’t Like It — Commanders RB Shot in D.C. Forgive me for the fact that this article is seemingly late in regards to being released the moment this was in the news. Some things take time to absorb. Some things take time to think about. This mess hurts me differently. So yes, Washington D.C.’s rookie running back Brian Robinson…