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AVERSIVE RACISTS AND OTHER FOLKS WHO EXHAUST US © This article introduces what I term the Missy Anne Archetype (Johnson, 2025), a framework for understanding aversive racism rooted in perceived innocence, social image, and moral…

by Nicole Yarde When outrage is everywhere, survival means compartmentalizing politics and centering joy from barbershops to billion-dollar festivals. As this summer winds down, I keep thinking about how Black folks showed up for joy…

Just recently, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, by a jury of eight men and four women, was convicted on two of the five charges he was accused of. The charges he was acquitted of—which I find…

FEATURED AUTHOR: Trinity Ross-Mack Used with permission from the author I’ve been told I’m immoral That I'm emotionless And expressionless A robot That my very existence is a burden Am I that burden? Do my lungs…

FEATURED AUTHOR: Glenville Lovell Used with permission from the author I’m alive today because of Powder, I want you to know that, Ma. You might remember him. Some call him Mad Eric. He walks about the…

FEATURED AUTHOR: Justin Marlowe Used with permission from the author This is an excerpt from Chapter 8 of my memoir where I’m discussing a fairly seminal moment in which I experienced conflict upon my family relocating…

FEATURED AUTHOR: Callie Browning Used with permission from the author The sun was making its descent in the sky as I wandered down to the little copse of trees behind the Bailey house. That’s the first…

FEATURED AUTHOR:  Nicole Yarde Used with permission from the author THE KEYS THAT BINDS US - PART 1 Chapter 1 - MICHAEL  Dr. Michael Madison, or Dr. Mike as most called him, exhaled deeply as…

FEATURED AUTHOR:  Sean Hunter Used with permission from the author They were a close-knit family, always out together on the weekends, whether it be restaurants, movies, or bowling, they could be seen routinely together as…

FEATURED AUTHOR:  Yecheilyah Ysrayl Used with permission from the author In High School, my US History teacher made us watch American History X, a 1998 AmericanCrime Drama surrounding Neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard, who goes to prison…

FEATURED AUTHOR:  Darnese Y. Daniels Used with permission from the author Love. Light. Liberation.  All three words are also three sentences. And each of these sentences, each of these thoughts, complete on their own, have…

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO GIVE OURSELVES PERMISSION TO EXPERIENCE JOY EVEN WHEN GRIEF AND RAGE ARE PRESENT? FEATURED AUTHOR:  Tracey Lewis-Giggetts Used with permission of the author I have decided that 2020 was a great year…