Middle Ground or Moral Evasion?

Middle Ground or Moral Evasion?

I am a biracial woman—Black, white, and something in between. One side of my family was Baptist and the other was Church of Christ. Our little double-wide trailer was situated right off the highway that runs down the center of Texas. I am no stranger to being in the...
What’s Lost, What’s Left, What’s Possible

What’s Lost, What’s Left, What’s Possible

I lost five relatives this year. The two oldest and most revered women in our family both moved on after beautiful, wild and peaceful existences—despite all the attempts to mar, tame and disturb them during their century on earth as Black women. The cousin closest to...