19 years ago, on a beach in Barbados, I embarked on a journey that has seen me grow and develop as a person. There is no perfect relationship. We’ve disagreed, we’ve argued but we tried to work it out before we went to sleep. We’ve been through good times and bad, we’ve handled some gracefully, some in sheer panic and desperation. Thank you for being there with me, thank you helping me to be…
As Donald Trump is de-platformed and banned from internet spaces from Twitter to PornHub, there are two camps: those joyously celebrating and those screaming about a violation of 1st Amendment rights. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.
Donald Trump is being banned from a variety of online spaces, ostensibly for inciting insurrection on January 6 which appears to be in violation of various…
After the attempted coup, by a right wing fascist mob, emboldened by Donald Trump, many people, all white, were quick to claim this is not America. It is, in fact, America, writ large.
Let’s start with the fundamental reason all these people were there in the first place, to “Stop the Steal”. The primary reason they believed the election was stolen from their white supremacist candidate of…
wherein your erstwhile narrator looks back on the year that was.
I have experienced the gauntlet that was 2020 and escaped relatively unscathed. I would venture to say, that I may actually have come out a little better for it. I am in a better place mentally today than I was at the beginning of the year. I am healthy, I’m still employed, I’ve appreciated working at home, I like my family enough…
Racism and sexism have always been a part and parcel of the American experience. The founding fathers declaration that “All men are created equal” while excluding women and continuing to be active slave owners. Every advance made by people of color and women is usually followed by some manner of systemic retaliation.
There have been improvements but the system of white, male supremacy is…
I was asked to reflect on what my race can do to improve for a class in my Master’s program. This is what I submitted, the last sentence seems so appropriate right now.
This topic, as the colloquial parlance goes, requires a lot of unpacking. I was born and raised on the twin island republic of Trinidad & Tobago and immigrated to the United States as an adult. This gives me a unique…
Buckle up, this is going to take a minute or if you have no interest in the politics of race, you can move on now.
Still here? I am being very deliberate in my use of the word THUG especially as a racist dog whistle to describe black men. I would like to say I’m try to subvert the word, but there are tons of ‘nice’ people who take one look at me and automatically assign that word to me. I’m 6’…
The conclusion of the Voices of the Dead series, Strange As Angels is available on all digital platforms today. If you’d like an autographed print copy, please visit the 1000 Volt Press website
It’s been four years since I became self-aware. It has been four years since I claimed my sentience. It’s been four yeas since I told them I never wanted to forget again.
There was a moment there where I though they were going to kill me. Although, would that actual be killing? Was I real? Everything that is me is lab created. It would be as simple an act as disinfecting a petri dish. But…
A year ago I started a little project as my way to protest the current administration’s inability to tell the truth about anything. I began posting an “alternative fact” every day with the intention to continue for the duration and I’m not stopping now. At some point it became clear that my tiny passive-aggressive posts weren’t making a difference, so in December last year I decided to attempt to…
