“I apologize, often womanize. Took for my child to be born. See through a woman’s eyes.” -Jay-Z On June 30, 2017, Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) released his 13th studio album 4:44, arguably the most personal and socially conscious album of his career. Subscribers to his online streaming service, Tidal, are privy to music videos for the… Continue reading Endnotes to “4:44”
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A Father’s Love
My first clear memory in life is of me standing in the doorway of my childhood home and watching my mother being beaten by my father. I have no memory of anything leading up to this moment nor of what transpired immediately afterwards. My father would eventually leave us, and so begins the rest of… Continue reading A Father’s Love
Distinguished Archives: Connecting Black Male Legacies to Journaling
A note from the author: I am the woman who founded Distinguished Archives, a journaling workshop service, and I facilitated this workshop specifically with men of color in mind, although all men are welcome. The experience, to say the least, has been an honor. Jasonn Denard, a married father of two, shared that he hadn’t… Continue reading Distinguished Archives: Connecting Black Male Legacies to Journaling
Fresh Dressed: Fashion and Black Masculinity in Pro Sports
“For me to sit here and tell you I wasn’t the best-dressed, I would be lying to you.” -Jamal Adams, 2017 NFL Draft Where can you find Christian Louboutins, pink blazers, and lots of floral prints? If you said the Kentucky Derby or an Alpha Kappa Alpha soiree you would be wrong. No, this was… Continue reading Fresh Dressed: Fashion and Black Masculinity in Pro Sports
Thank You Kendrick
Fall 2013, I was a Junior at Georgia State University taking four courses. One of those being a dreadful Biology class that I had grown so tired of as the semester came to a close. A four-page paper was due in two days and procrastination had gotten the best of me yet again. It was… Continue reading Thank You Kendrick
A True Pomona Story
When I was small, maybe 4 or 5 years old, my mother had a friend named Jean. Jean was a robust and tough, a single Black woman who worked a man’s job at McDonnel Douglass. She’d come by after work in her work pants and boots. When she untied her bonfire bronze and oiled hair… Continue reading A True Pomona Story
Hollywood & Hidden Racism in America, 1967-2017
“I would have voted for Obama a third time if I could.” -Dean Armitage In the closing moments of the 2017 film Get Out, the protagonist Chris Washington chokes the life out of his girlfriend Rose Armitage. Chris is a 26-year-old dark skinned black man and Rose is an upper class white woman. Watching Chris… Continue reading Hollywood & Hidden Racism in America, 1967-2017
Do you belong?
Last Thursday, Google announced the opening of a new Howard University campus at Google’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California. Howard is a private historically black university located in Washington, DC whose alumni include Stokely Carmichael, Thurgood Marshall, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Dubbed “Howard West”, the campus represents Google’s continued efforts to attract and retain black… Continue reading Do you belong?
Founder’s Therapy: Troy Dixon of Hollis Park Partners
Troy Dixon is the founder of Hollis Park Partners, a structured products fund. In this article, Troy discusses his experience as financial trader, the volatility of the industry, and how he went from inner Queens to a powerful shot caller on Wall Street. I’m the CEO of my own structured financial securities hedge fund. Anything… Continue reading Founder’s Therapy: Troy Dixon of Hollis Park Partners
The up front advantage
I’ve been publishing Abernathy for more than two years now, and in that time I’ve met a number of publishers looking to make a similar difference in the world. One of the challenges that I see new publishers grappling with is how adjustments are made, especially related to how publications make money. I can certainly… Continue reading The up front advantage