Let’s take a peek at the Black male over time: [1903] W.E.B. DuBois in The Souls of Black Folk: The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world—a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation… Continue reading Dreams Deferred: Fostering Healing in Black Men and Boys
Month: August 2016
Fatherless Boys Transition into Black Men
I grew up without the father I always wanted. Most of the time I struggled with that, other times I tried not to think about it. But that emptiness I felt was always there and always affected me. And at the same time, I used it as a tool to tell my story of growing… Continue reading Fatherless Boys Transition into Black Men
Rogue’s Rules: Chapter 4 Part II
Rogue’s Rules is a work of fiction by award-winning, bestselling author Jervey Tervalon. Read the other chapters in the series here. I watch her disappear into the sea of white faces at round tables. Wonder what she had in mind to do? Maybe she’d get Grummett so high he’d run naked down California Blvd. and… Continue reading Rogue’s Rules: Chapter 4 Part II
Eradicating Patriarchy From Movement Spaces
This is article two of five in a patriarchy series—from the mouth of a Black man to the ears of Black men—written by the multi-talented Daniel Johnson. Subscribe via email. Over the long history of Black resistance and social revolution in America, there has concurrently run a simultaneous vein of Patriarchy which has informed these… Continue reading Eradicating Patriarchy From Movement Spaces
Vol 3: Think Happy Thoughts While Catching Hell
Peace. Black folks have been catching hell since we’ve been in this country, and we keep catching hell today. There’s a perpetual pressure and need for black folks to find a way to balance our mental anguish and rage—born of micro-aggressions, aggressions, and disrespect—with positivity in order to function. Thank God (love) black folks have… Continue reading Vol 3: Think Happy Thoughts While Catching Hell