This article originally appeared as a contribution to Afrosapiophile.com on November 18, 2016. Dear Mr. President-Elect: I suppose it’ll be Mr. President in a couple of months. The people spoke, the rules have been followed, and this is where we are. It’s just you, me, and the half-a-million people or so who’ve taken to the …
Month: November 2016
The Tao of Rodney King
This article originally appeared as a contribution to Afrosapiophile.com on November 10, 2016. “I just want to say — you know — can we all get along?” Please don’t do this. I know how it feels. And it’s in my nature to fight, too. I want so badly to lash out. To scream at America, …
The American Rite Of Communion
This article originally appeared as a contribution to Afrosapiophile.com on November 9, 2016. For what I have received from the Lord, I have also passed on to you. This is the line to visit Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite, on Election Day 2016 And suddenly it’s very dusty in here. My earliest memory of what it …