Just Say No Thanks to #thanksalabama and ‘Magical Negro’ Narratives

Black women are not the wet nurses for wanna-be woke whiteness. Our politics are not new, magical, or here to serve white people. Rewire.News, December 14, 2017.

 

I Like My Unruly Eyebrows, Thank You Very Much

Everyday Feminism, May 20, 2016.

 

It’s Not Helpful to Tell Indiana Residents to ‘Just Move to a Blue State’

There’s certainly a lot to be unhappy with Indiana’s government right now. But the way progressives are reacting displays how comfortable people in blue states are with making counterproductive, harmful assumptions about more conservative regions. Rewire.News, April 1, 2015.

 

Dear Thom Tillis: How Long Does It Take for a Black Person to Become a ‘Traditional’ North Carolinian?

An open letter to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who is currently running for U.S. Senate, is prompted by his comments about the Republican Party's demographics. The American Prospect, June 21, 2014.

 

What We Must Learn From the Murders of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson

As a lesbian couple is allegedly killed by one of the women's fathers, Cynthia Greenlee says a culture of intolerance must give way to a culture of love. Ebony, March 18, 2014.