There Are No More Cookout Invitations

I said this last year, and perhaps the year before last: THERE ARE NO MORE COOKOUT INVITATIONS. Don’t ask me! I can’t speak to nobody else, but I ain’t got …

Decolonize The Podcasts!

In the day in age where we are looking for comfort and COVID symptoms, podcasts help to inform, entertain and pass the time. As the month ends, here are some …

Love To The Negro Leagues

As a reminder: The Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame is in Kansas City, Missouri. Click here to get Negro League merch. I’m a baseball fan. I know, I know–Black, …

Make It Black Owned

My new favorite past time is to window shop on TikTok. In my late night window shopping, I have found more products may buy more Black people than I have …

Protect Black Girls

PRORECT BLACK GIRLS. No matter who they are or where they are!Black girls are under attack–from all sides, and all places. We keep saying as community how we need The …

We Still Stand With Meg

We are now, always, and will ever be Team Black Woman. -JBH In December 2022, Megan Jovon Ruth Peete was vindicated. After enduring the most public abuse that any woman …

What Is Safety For Black People?

For my birthday last year I got a self-defense keychain. My adopted Big Sister Kelly told me that I needed to get a gun. And in speaking to the father …

Struggle Love Is Dead

I’m going to make this declaration loudly: struggle love is dead. We as a people have to get past the idea, even the assumption, that in order for Black people …

The Pursuit Of “Clout”

This docuseries is available on YouTube–and chaos available on TikTok everyday. One thing I’m continually fascinated by is the continual sociological experiment known as social media. Which can be an …

Those White Coats Matter

For the people that know me in real life know that I have parents who met at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Those same people also know …