A Rational Take On An Increasingly Weird World
There really is pain that extends beyond your own body. I promise. My baby brother was literally my best friend. He knew things about me that nobody else knew. Not even secret things, just the things you know about someone when you’ve lived your entire life in arms’ reach. We grew up in 1500 square …
Look, white people are racist. All of us. We can’t help it. It’s really not even our fault anymore. I certainly didn’t ask for five hundred years of colonialist schadenfreude to give me a head start and a shitty attitude toward anyone brown, but even though my parents were dedicated to teaching a belief in equality …
“See, the difference between us and them is that I don’t think they’re listening to our views. I would talk to them but they don’t want to hear what we have to say.” The man in the III%er shirt seemed reasonable enough, I suppose. Behind him, another man, this one a barrel-chested late-50s gammon with …
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For all the furrowed brows and gnashing of teeth we experience in our youth, trying to make ourselves independent, unique people with a genuine, well-considered moral code and a consistent structure of beliefs and actions, the truth is that we mostly learn the important things from the people around us when we’re young. I often …
This article originally appeared as a contribution to Afrosapiophile.com on June 29, 2017 I kinda just had the wind knocked out of me. Just now, my family and I were leaving a local pub-grub restaurant — wings and sandwiches and such. At the door, as with many local establishments, there was a newspaper stand holding …
This article originally appeared as a contribution to Afrosapiophile.com on May 10, 2017 Deep breath. I never thought I’d be telling a story like this. Friday night, I picked up a girl. That’s not as bad as it sounds. I’m an Uber driver, and I pick up lots of girls. But they mostly don’t start …