Talking Black, Talking White

Talking Black, Talking White

by | Feb 17, 2021 | Blackness, Culture, Ethnicity

So Y’ALL? Y’all… l forgot to tell y’all in my intro blog that I am from the Midwest…and grew up in a Jamaican household but I can place a “y’all” in just about any conversation LOL. ON this particular blog, you know the one you’re currently reading, I will use...
It’s Just Hair!

It’s Just Hair!

by | Feb 9, 2021 | Black Women, Culture, Ethnicity, Hair, Uncategorized

“It’s just hair! What is the big deal?!” Seems like a fairly harmless statement, but it is ignorant.  I feel comfortable speaking for the majority of black women on this…it is never JUST hair. Hair is never a simple topic for Black women.  Even the people who...
The Black Cage Stage

The Black Cage Stage

by | Feb 19, 2019 | Church, Culture, Ethnicity, Trauma

The “Black Cage Stage” is the cycle that Black folks go through when they discover White Eurocentric reformed theology. This other side to so-called orthodox Christianity hits us Black people smack in the face and we immediately act in illogical ways as a result of...
Lazy Lips

Lazy Lips

by | Dec 14, 2018 | Black Women, Church, Culture, Ethnicity

Assessing some statements we say without thinking I’ve had many confrontations with brothers and sisters in Christ. If we are “one anothering” well and in fellowship, it is inevitable. A wise pastor who I love dearly once said to me, “Keiko, we won’t all be...