by Keiko | Dec 3, 2018 | Culture, Ethnicity
As a Black person I have lived by a certain set of principles that have colored my life, behavior, and choices since I can remember. Principles such as (in no particular order): 1. Whatever happens in our house stays in our house. You don’t tell family secrets....
by Keiko | Sep 21, 2018 | Culture, Ethnicity
The word whitesplaining includes the ways and means that people use to make excuses for racist and/or prejudiced behavior. To be clear: one does not have to be white to participate in #whitesplaining, in my book. Naturally the mainstream definition of the term does...
by Keiko | Sep 19, 2018 | Black Women, Culture, Ethnicity, Poetry
I promise you Sometimes it is truly like living in a cage. Others are free to express freely While I rage on the inside Backed into a corner More like strapped up Vulnerability is feigned Anger is sin Silence is indignant Sound is noise Emotion is victimhood Beauty is...
by Keiko | Aug 31, 2018 | Black Women, Culture, Ethnicity, Hair
Hair Beginnings I’m really not my hair. Yet, it is very important to me. Hair is positioned as such a foundational thing to a black woman. Some of my earliest memories are of me getting my hair combed. My sisters marveling at my “grade” of hair and saying it was...
by Keiko | Aug 17, 2018 | Black Women, Culture, Ethnicity, Uncategorized
Have you ever posted something on social media with specific and honorable intentions, only to see it be twisted into something totally unrecognizable? Verbal sparring matches, hurt feelings, and deleted comments follow in short order? That is what happened to a...
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