July 24, 2017

Is nigg(er/a) really a term of endearment, or do we just not know what else to say?


“And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames.” [49:11] Let me first say that the argument about whether white people should get to use the n-word is both tired and played out —the answer has always been no. It is a word used within a particular community and that has […]

July 17, 2017

Stop teaching your kids to speak up


If you grew up a generation or two before mine —or within particular cultures (Caribbean or African for example), you know that when you were a kid, no one really cared about what you had to say. There was such a thing as a “grown ups table” and a “kid’s table” at large family gatherings. […]

July 11, 2017

There is no reading of Islam that supports terrorism -or homosexuality


Liberals and far-right conservatives (within and outside the Muslim community) have the same problem -they think that one can read absolutely anything into Islam/Islamic texts (primarily the Quran and Hadith). Reza Aslan, bless his heart, continuously goes on TV and talks about his “version” or “interpretation” of Islam, his “reading” of the Quran and his […]

July 5, 2017

Necessary Losses | Visual


July 3, 2017

Necessary Losses


I don’t know how mothers do it so gracefully, whenever I think about it makes me a bit mournful. I’ve been a close part of my eldest niece and nephew’s lives for a large part of their early years. I saw them both the day they were born, carried them when they wept, fed them […]

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